New Jersey · Private foundation
The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust
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.
- $357k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 28 | $357k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $284k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $285k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $308k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $255k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $241k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $210k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $291k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $430,405 | 8 | 0% |
| North Shore Animal League America Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $125,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Westchester Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Warner Library | $92,000 | 8 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $87,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wateraid America Inc | $85,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $85,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Worldwide Fistula Fund | $85,000 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($199k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust with peer funders
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About The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust
- How much does The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust give?
- The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust reported 28 grants totaling $357,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (23%), Environment (19%), Animals (18%).
- Who are The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: World Wildlife Fund Inc ($430k), North Shore Animal League America Inc ($160k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($125k).
- Does The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust 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 The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust based?
- The Helen Schlaffer Foundation Trust is based in NJ.
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