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Helping Hands Foundation Inc

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.

$813k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$154k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$3.0MHuman Services$2.5MYouth Development$751kEducation$226kInternational$100kPhilanthropy$30k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$103,750
Median grant
4
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIVE KIDS THE WORLD$153,823
PLACE OF HOPE INC$138,464
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$108,151
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$103,750
JUPITER MEDICAL HOSPITAL$100,424
YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$82,926
WEST JUPITER COMMUNITY GROUP INC$75,318
ANGELS OF HOPE$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $85k → 11%WINNER'S CIRCLE CHARITIES: $10k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $84k → 11%WINNER'S CIRCLE CHARITIES: $10k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $84k → 11%WINNER'S CIRCLE CHARITIES: $10k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $83k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $81k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $80k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $100k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $80k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $139k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $139k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $138k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $136k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $136k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $132k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $130k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $130k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE INC: $130k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 13 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
0

Total granted

$6.6M
$0

Still filing today

77%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GK
    GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +32%
  • PO
    PLACE OF HOPE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +102%
  • TC
    THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $751k · revenue +117%

Funded once

    How this is measured

    Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

    04Its field

    Closest unfunded matches

    The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

    1
    Children's Health Care

    We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

    Health
    2
    Variety Children's Hospital

    To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

    Health
    3
    Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

    Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

    Health
    4
    Stc Healthcare Partners Llc

    Website: https://towerhealth.org/locations/st-christophers-hospital- children stc opco, llc (st. christopher's hospital for children) provides a full range of high-quality healthcare services to all children and youth up to age 21 who seek…

    Health
    5
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

    Health
    6
    Miami Children's Health System Inc

    Nicklaus Children's Health System is the region's only healthcare system exclusively for children. Our mission is to inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child. TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO…

    Health
    7
    Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

    The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

    Health
    8
    Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

    Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

    Health
    9
    Children's Hospital Corporation

    Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

    Health
    10
    Shriners Hospital for Children
    Philanthropy
    11
    St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

    We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

    —
    12
    Beth Israel Hospital & Children's Hospital Medical Care Corporation

    Pediatric healthcare, education & research

    —
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Winners Circle Charities Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

    Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

    How this is measured

    Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    1
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    1
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    10/11
    Grantees still filing
    8/11
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $1,224,778 · OtherGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INCTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION: $750,844 · OtherTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATIONMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $637,628 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATIONANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATION: $428,478 · OtherANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATIONJUPITER MEDICAL HOSPITAL: $301,390 · OtherJUPITER MEDICAL HOSPITALPLACE OF HOPE INC: $1,210,586 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $676,541 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIO…+1 more: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $535,332 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPIT…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $469,099 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…+1 more: $29,143 · HealthWEST JUPITER COMMUNITY GROUP INC: $226,244 · EducationBest Buddies International Inc: $100,000 · International
    Other$3,343,118Human Services$1,917,127Health$1,033,574Education$226,244International$100,000

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $1,224,778 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $1,210,586 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION: $750,844 over 7y, 11% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $676,541 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $535,332 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $469,099 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATION: $428,478 over 9y, 12% of budgetWEST JUPITER COMMUNITY GROUP INC: $226,244 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWINNERS CIRCLE CHARITIES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 93% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $29,143 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
    Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

    A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

    • Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
    • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
    • Who funds THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
    • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
    • Who funds ANGELS OF HOPE A FAMILY CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds WEST JUPITER COMMUNITY GROUP INC ↗
    • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
    • Who funds WINNERS CIRCLE CHARITIES INC ↗
    • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗

    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.

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    How this is measured
    Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization Helping Hands Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Helping Hands Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
    • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
    • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
    • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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