New York · Private foundation
Helping Hands International
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.
- $172k
- Granted FY2021
- 69
- Grants FY2021
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 68
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 21
- Total assets, FY2021
- $225k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 29% of the organizations Helping Hands International funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 68 | $172k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 60 | $114k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $78k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 58 | $65k | 72% |
| FY2017 | 40 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $9,510 | 4 | 0% |
| The Lexington School for the Deaf Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Zakat Foundation of America | $6,470 | 5 | 0% |
| Manhattan Theatre Club Inc | $5,700 | 4 | 0% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc | $2,630 | 1 | 0% |
| Childrens Health and Welfare Foundation Inc | $1,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $1,700 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,550 | 4 | 0% |
| 82nd Street Academics | $1,326 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
Plus 98 recipients with no EIN on record ($466k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Helping Hands International 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Helping Hands International
- How much does Helping Hands International give?
- Helping Hands International reported 69 grants totaling $172,043 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 68 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Helping Hands International fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (19%), Arts & Culture (9%), Education (5%).
- Who are Helping Hands International's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Metropolitan Museum of Art ($10k), The Lexington School for the Deaf Inc ($7k), The Zakat Foundation of America ($6k).
- Does Helping Hands International fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Helping Hands International 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 International?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Helping Hands International based?
- Helping Hands International is based in NY.
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