Texas · Private foundation
Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund
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.
- $21k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $21k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $20k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $26k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $34k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | $24,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Port Arthur Higher Education Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Some Other Place | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Stephens Episcopal Church | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls' Haven Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Triangle Audubon Society | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | $24,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Port Arthur Higher Education Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Some Other Place | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Stephens Episcopal Church | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls' Haven Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Triangle Audubon Society | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($94k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund
- How much does Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund give?
- Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund reported 11 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Religion (24%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church ($24k), Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc ($8k), Port Arthur Higher Education Foundation Inc ($7k).
- Does Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund 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 Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund based?
- Norman H Helms Jr Charitable Fund is based in TX.
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