· Private foundation
Helms Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $61k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GAMMA DELTA CHAPTER SIGMA CHI HOUSE | $150,000 |
| ILLUMINATE COMMUNITY CHURCH | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $35,852 |
| MIDWEST INNOCENCE PROJECT | $25,000 |
| HOUSE OF REFUGE | $8,266 |
| PROVERBS 31 MINISTRIES | $5,285 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $5,010 |
| FRESH START WOMENS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL | $2,200 |
| CORTNEY'S PLACE | $1,029 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCSIGMA CHI FRATERNITY GAMMA DELTA CHAPTER2× · 2024–2025 · $210k · revenue +51%
Compassion International Incorporated6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +16%- HOHOUSE OF REFUGE INC2× · 2022–2025 · $9k · revenue +143%
Funded once
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CENTRAL ARIZONone grant, 2023 · $120k
- SCSigma Chi Foundationone grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue +4%
- BABALLET ARIZONAone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +5%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
A private institution of higher education, offering both undergraduate and graduate courses to students.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
Non-profit research institute to advance a systems (or holistic and cross-disciplinary) approach to science; personalized medicine; global health & environmental sustainability; science education; & the pioneering & invention of biological…
Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY GAMMA DELTA CHAPTER ↗
- Who funds Sigma Chi Foundation ↗
- Who funds MIDWEST INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds HOUSE OF REFUGE INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds BALLET ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN WAYNE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CORTNEYS PLACE ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds TOYS FOR KIDS INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Helms Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helms Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Toys for Kids Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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