New York · Nonprofit
THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC
THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,920 to it, the largest being BARBARA & BENJAMIN CARDOZO FOUNDATION ($21,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $163k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $281k
What The Helicon Foundation Inc does
Mission
To increase public awareness of the special breadth and importance of our western musical heritage through musical performances of music of the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Venturing beyond the scope of standard concert settings, helicon symposiums immerse the audience in a sweeping musical experience. Discussions illuminating the compositions invite the listener to join the conversation of chamber music, and the proximity to the performers renders every musical gesture and interpretive nuance palpable. Become a part of the musical dialogue and helicons vibrant fellowship, all in a beautiful and intimate space.
$110,405 spent$1,755 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $110,405.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $347k to $267k (−23%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $5k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC’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
THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 44% · 2022 65% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
How long its funders stay
29% of THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC: 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 THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC?
- THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,920 to it, the largest being BARBARA & BENJAMIN CARDOZO FOUNDATION ($21,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $47,920 in grants to THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC?
- BARBARA & BENJAMIN CARDOZO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HELICON FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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