Maryland · Private foundation
The Helena Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,330,140
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,330,140
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Helena Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $4.0M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $2.5M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $2.4M | 8% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $2.3M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $2.2M | 6% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc | $2,447,286 | 6 | 0% |
| Historic Annapolis Inc | $1,370,836 | 6 | 7% |
| The Blue Waters Foundation | $1,330,140 | 1 | 6% |
| The Dovana Foundation Inc | $1,330,140 | 1 | 6% |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City | $1,319,342 | 6 | 0% |
| Wheelock College | $1,119,279 | 6 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $1,057,412 | 6 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $1,055,308 | 5 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Conservancy Inc | $984,638 | 6 | 3% |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | $408,535 | 5 | 4% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Helena Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · Arts Council of Anne Arundel County Inc · Norman J Fisher and Doris Fisher Foundation · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation · The Mhe Foundation Inc · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Schuh Family Foundation Inc · Dea Code Family Foundation Inc · The Dealy Foundation Inc · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Land Trust Alliance Inc
How this is measured
About The Helena Foundation Inc
- How much does The Helena Foundation Inc give?
- The Helena Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $3,990,420 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Helena Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (35%), Environment (24%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are The Helena Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc ($2.4M), Historic Annapolis Inc ($1.4M), The Blue Waters Foundation ($1.3M).
- Does The Helena Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Helena Foundation Inc 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 Helena Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co, Arts Council of Anne Arundel County Inc, Norman J Fisher and Doris Fisher Foundation.
- Where is The Helena Foundation Inc based?
- The Helena Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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