New York · Private foundation
Helping Africa Foundation Inc
The organization was formed for the purpose of making grants to charitable and educational organizations in the U.S. and throughout the world. All of the organization's grants will further its charitable and educational purposes, and to a particular focus of the organization will be to grant funds to increase the awareness of chaitable…
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,514,401
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $87k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Helping Africa Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 7 | $1.9M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $2.7M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.8M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $2.9M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $2.1M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $712k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEB Du Bois Museum Foundation | $2,769,173 | 5 | 99% |
| Adakum Educational Foundation Inc | $219,327 | 5 | n/a |
| Business Council for International Understanding Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harlem Educational Activities Fund Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medshare International Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Helping Africa Foundation Inc
- How much does Helping Africa Foundation Inc give?
- Helping Africa Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $1,944,401 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Helping Africa Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (76%), Arts & Culture (21%), International (3%).
- Who are Helping Africa Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: WEB Du Bois Museum Foundation ($2.8M), Adakum Educational Foundation Inc ($219k), Business Council for International Understanding Inc ($125k).
- Does Helping Africa Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helping Africa Foundation Inc 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 Helping Africa Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Helping Africa Foundation Inc based?
- Helping Africa Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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