Florida · Private foundation
Helping Hands Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $239k
- Granted FY2021
- 1
- Grants FY2021
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Helping Hands Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $239,365
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $239,365
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 25% of the organizations Helping Hands Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 4 | $29k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Martin de Porres Academy Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Caritas of Port Chester Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The St Luke Foundation for Haiti | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Dining Room Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Helping Hands Foundation
- How much does Helping Hands Foundation give?
- Helping Hands Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $239,365 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Helping Hands Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (80%), Education (11%), Health (3%).
- Who are Helping Hands Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2020: St Martin de Porres Academy Inc ($10k), Caritas of Port Chester Inc ($3k), The St Luke Foundation for Haiti ($2k).
- Does Helping Hands Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helping Hands 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 Hands Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Helping Hands Foundation based?
- Helping Hands Foundation is based in FL.
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