Kansas · Private foundation
R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $84k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $54,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 30% of the organizations R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 9 | $84k | 33% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $79k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $84k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $89k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $88k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $88k | 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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall County Historical Societyinc | $29,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Community Memorial Healthcare Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pony Express Partnership for Children Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Marshall County Arts Cooperative | $12,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Koester House Museum Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Marshall County Connection Inc | $7,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Marysville Chamber of Commerce | $5,000 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Marysville | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Usd 364 Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Axtell Community Fitness Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall County Historical Societyinc | $29,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Community Memorial Healthcare Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pony Express Partnership for Children Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Marshall County Arts Cooperative | $12,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Koester House Museum Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Marshall County Connection Inc | $7,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Marysville Chamber of Commerce | $5,000 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Marysville | $4,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Usd 364 Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Axtell Community Fitness Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Blue Rapids Community Action Team | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($449k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust 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: The Guise-Weber Foundation Inc · Greater Manhattan Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust
- How much does R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust give?
- R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust reported 30 grants totaling $84,400 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Philanthropy (13%), Public Benefit (12%).
- Who are R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Marshall County Historical Societyinc ($29k), Community Memorial Healthcare Inc ($20k), Pony Express Partnership for Children Inc ($14k).
- Does R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Guise-Weber Foundation Inc, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation.
- Where is R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust based?
- R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust is based in KS.
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