West Virginia · Private foundation
Helping Hand Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2026
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $131,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 28
- FY2023 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 54% of the organizations Helping Hand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $338k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 31 | $1.1M | 32% |
| FY2025 | 28 | $916k | 54% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $411k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $373k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Service - Upper Ohio Valley Inc | $294,688 | 4 | 6% |
| The Greater Wheeling Coalition for the Homeless Inc | $269,331 | 3 | 5% |
| Life Hub Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Brooke County Committee on Aging | $178,250 | 4 | 5% |
| The Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling Inc | $124,500 | 4 | 5% |
| Appalachian Outreach Inc | $96,225 | 2 | 23% |
| Seeing Hand Association Inc | $90,500 | 2 | 18% |
| Grow Ohio Valley Inc | $78,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Old Man Rivers Mission | $67,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Helping Heroes Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 7% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($900k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helping Hand Foundation 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: Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · Francis J and Edith Jackson Founda Security National Trust Company · Hess Family Foundation · Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust · Vna Home Support Services Inc · August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation · Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundation · United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc · Elizabeth Stifel Kline Foundation · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Rosemary M Front Charitable Trust · James B Chambers Memorial
How this is measured
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About Helping Hand Foundation
- How much does Helping Hand Foundation give?
- Helping Hand Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $1,068,952 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 28 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2025.
- What does Helping Hand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are Helping Hand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2026: Family Service - Upper Ohio Valley Inc ($295k), The Greater Wheeling Coalition for the Homeless Inc ($269k), Life Hub Inc ($225k).
- Does Helping Hand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helping Hand Foundation 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 Hand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc, Francis J and Edith Jackson Founda Security National Trust Company, Hess Family Foundation.
- Where is Helping Hand Foundation based?
- Helping Hand Foundation is based in WV.
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