Texas · Private foundation
The Helm Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $195k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Helm Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $195k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $215k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $155k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $126k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $184k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Center Inc | $150,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Tomagwa Ministries Inc Dba Tomagwa Healthcare Ministries | $145,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Neighbors In Action Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Duke University | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Stephens Episcopal School | $82,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Marbridge Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ascending Leaders | $35,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Strategic Global Missions Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 10% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($221k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Helm Foundation Inc
- How much does The Helm Foundation Inc give?
- The Helm Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $195,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Helm Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (34%), Education (21%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are The Helm Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Samaritan Center Inc ($150k), Tomagwa Ministries Inc Dba Tomagwa Healthcare Ministries ($145k), Neighbors In Action Inc ($100k).
- Does The Helm Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Helm 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 Helm Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Helm Foundation Inc based?
- The Helm Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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