Louisiana · Nonprofit
HELIO FOUNDATION
HELIO FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,126,779 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($647,829). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $174k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $246k
What Helio Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Helio Foundation is to serve the underserved within our community.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2021 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Part iii line 2: the organization developed three new programs as a response to the damages related to hurricane ida. The programs include a direct funding program where families received money that helped with immediate needs like food and gas for generators and a program called float the boat that assisted independent commercial fishermen in fixing damaged vessels and buying lost equipment necessary to start working again and a home recovery program that assisted residents that had significant storm damage in fixing their homes and replacing home goods lost from storm damage.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The moving community forward program assisted families in both directly rebuilding damaged homes, replacing lost home goods and restocking food goods lost due to hurricane ida. The individuals participating in this program were referred through community leaders.
$324,578 spent42% of program spendingThe emergency funds program allocated $400.00 per family for any family within our service area directly effected by hurricane ida. These funds were used for fuel and food necessary for basic survival in the days and weeks following the storm. Families living in tents and shantys were allocated $1000.00 community leaders referred these individuals to the organization. The organization did not receive any revenue from this program. The funds used for this program were donated by the public.
$268,101 spent35% of program spendingThe float the boat program assisted independent commercial fishermen in replacing equipment and repairing damages due to hurricane ida. Each family was allosed up to $4,999.00. This allowed the fishermen to get back to work much quicker and begin rebuilding their families lives and livelihood. No revenue was made from this program. The funds used were from donations received from the public. The organization received a $50,000 grant from the greater new orleans foundation to help with this program. The remainder of these funds were donated by the public.
$166,261 spentof which $50,000 as grants22% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$7,095 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $766,035.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $401k to $246k (−39%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of HELIO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $1.0M → $7k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HELIO FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
HELIO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HELIO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 62% · 2022 79% · 2023 68% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
63% of HELIO FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $421k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $706k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
HELIO FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 4,329 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,329 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Organizations like HELIO FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HELIO FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HELIO FOUNDATION?
- HELIO FOUNDATION (Louisiana) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,126,779 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($647,829). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HELIO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,126,779 in grants to HELIO FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HELIO FOUNDATION?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $647,829 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HELIO FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2021–2022), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing