· Private foundation
Louis M Helms Jr and Anita B Helms Charitable Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k26 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $52k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MT PLEASANT FOOD MINISTRY | $15,500 |
| CABARRUS MEALS ON WHEELS | $15,500 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $10,500 |
| COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY | $10,000 |
| OTHERS | $3,945 |
| CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION | $2,200 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| CARE | $1,950 |
| NRDC | $1,850 |
| MERCY SHIPS | $1,750 |
| FRIENDS OF THE EARTH | $1,300 |
| CVAN | $1,000 |
| WINGS OF EAGLES RANCH | $1,000 |
| DOCTORS WO BORDERS USA | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCABARRUS MEALS ON WHEELS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $148k · revenue +59%
- MPMT PLEASANT FOOD MINISTRY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $148k · revenue +44% · 37% of their budget
- WOWINGS OF EAGLES RANCH9× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +113%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $11k
- HPHOSPICE PALLATIVE CAREone grant, 2021 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $2k
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.
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.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Dairy management inc (dmi) was formed in 1995 by the national dairy promotion and research board (ndb) and the united dairy industry association (udia). dmi is a management organization that invests dairy producer checkoff funds in…
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.
To research and develop centrist policy ideas.
Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.
RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.
Climateworks foundation's mission is to connect philanthropy, grantees, and strategic partners to build and deliver high-impact climate solutions that benefit all people.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 58 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CABARRUS MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds MT PLEASANT FOOD MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds WINGS OF EAGLES RANCH ↗
- Who funds CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County ↗
- Who funds WINGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Cabarrus Arts Council ↗
- Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Davidson College ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FEED THE CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
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: Duke Energy Foundation · Wcnc Cannon Charitable Trust · Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Louis M Helms Jr and Anita B Helms Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louis M Helms Jr and Anita B Helms Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
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