Illinois · Private foundation
Helmsmanshipinc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $78k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 21
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $564k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Helmsmanshipinc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $78k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $68k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $65k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $71k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $33k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Voyages Institute | $25,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Chicago Maritime Arts Center | $21,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Chicago Maritime Museum | $18,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Canal Corridor Association | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Chicago Yacht Club Foundation | $14,800 | 5 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels Chicago | $11,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Wirepoints Corp | $10,750 | 5 | 2% |
| Prager University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Chicago Parents & Friends Inc | $9,250 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helmsmanshipinc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Dr Scholl Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Stone Barrett Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Canning Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Tides Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Helmsmanshipinc
- How much does Helmsmanshipinc give?
- Helmsmanshipinc reported 17 grants totaling $78,355 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Helmsmanshipinc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (16%), Health (15%), Education (12%).
- Who are Helmsmanshipinc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Ocean Voyages Institute ($25k), Chicago Maritime Arts Center ($21k), Chicago Maritime Museum ($18k).
- Does Helmsmanshipinc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helmsmanshipinc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Helmsmanshipinc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dr Scholl Foundation, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Stone Barrett Foundation.
- Where is Helmsmanshipinc based?
- Helmsmanshipinc is based in IL.
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