California · Private foundation
Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter
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.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,700,773
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,700,773
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $3.5M | 100% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $111k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $123k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $94k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $80k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $93k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $101k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $116k | 52% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa De Amparo | $128,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Food for Lane County | $88,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Monarch School Project | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Walk With Sally | $57,750 | 7 | 3% |
| Relief Nursery Inc | $57,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $46,225 | 8 | 0% |
| Voices for Children | $42,000 | 7 | 0% |
| A Window Between Worlds | $35,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Vistamar School | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
How this is measured
Compare Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter with peer funders
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About Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter
- How much does Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter give?
- Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter reported 4 grants totaling $3,456,604 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Education (27%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Casa De Amparo ($128k), Food for Lane County ($88k), Monarch School Project ($80k).
- Does Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter 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 Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Weingart Foundation.
- Where is Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter based?
- Helmstetter Family Foundation co Erik Helmstetter is based in CA.
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