Indiana · Private foundation
Helping Fund
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 28
- Grants FY2023
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $112,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 28
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- 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 Helping Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.0M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $135k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $214k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $317k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $375,546 | 4 | 1% |
| Butler University | $169,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $121,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc | $92,700 | 4 | 0% |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Interfaith Cooperation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Newfields Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $375,546 | 4 | 1% |
| Butler University | $169,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $121,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana Inc | $92,700 | 4 | 0% |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Interfaith Cooperation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Newfields Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Mind Trust Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| National Geographic Society | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana Historical Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mental Health Association of Maryland Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $200 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($644k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helping Fund 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: Lilly Endowment Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Ackerman Foundation · Dorsey Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The R B Annis Educational Foundation · White Oak Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Helping Fund
- How much does Helping Fund give?
- Helping Fund reported 28 grants totaling $1,016,628 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Helping Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Animals (22%), Education (12%).
- Who are Helping Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc ($376k), Butler University ($170k), The Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($121k).
- Does Helping Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helping Fund 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 Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc, Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Helping Fund based?
- Helping Fund is based in IN.
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