Utah · Nonprofit
THE HELM FOUNDATION
THE HELM FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($135,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $455k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $180k
- Net assets
- $141k
What The Helm Foundation does
Mission
At The Helm Foundation, our vision is a world where every child and woman can thrive regardless of background or circumstance. We are committed to breaking the cycle of poverty through education, healthcare, and sustainable development. In africa, we empower women and children with clean water, education, and medical support. In salt lake city,we provide mentorship and a stable home for first-generation middle and high school students. Together, we build brighter futures, one life at a time.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Legacy children home - kenya, africa program focus: shelter, education, healthcare, and daily needs beneficiaries: 267+ orphans and vulnerable children accomplishments: 1. Provided safe shelter, food, and daily care for over 267 orphans. 2. Funded school tuition, uniforms, and supplies to ensure continued education for all children. 3. Supported access to emergency healthcare, medical supplies, and regular wellness checks. 4. Launched a clean water initiative to reduce disease and improve sanitation for the home and nearby community. 5. Provided spiritual and emotional support in collaboration with local faith-based leaders and missionaries. Women & community empowerment - kenya, africa program focus: financial literacy, healthcare, and skills development accomplishments: 1. Trained over 150 women in financial literacy, small business skills, and sustainable agriculture. 2. Facilitated community health workshops and distributed feminine hygiene kits to school-aged girls. 3. Partnered with local clinics to provide basic medical screenings and maternal health services. 4. Helped launch micro-enterprises that are now generating stable income for women-led households. Youth mentorship…
Legacy children home - kenya, africa program focus: shelter, education, healthcare, and daily needs beneficiaries: 267+ orphans and vulnerable children accomplishments: 1. Provided safe shelter, food, and daily care for over 267 orphans. 2. Funded school tuition, uniforms, and supplies to ensure continued education for all children. 3. Supported access to emergency healthcare, medical supplies, and regular wellness checks. 4. Launched a clean water initiative to reduce disease and improve sanitation for the home and nearby community. 5. Provided spiritual and emotional support in collaboration with local faith-based leaders and missionaries. Women & community empowerment - kenya, africa program focus: financial literacy, healthcare, and skills development accomplishments: 1. Trained over 150 women in financial literacy, small business skills, and sustainable agriculture. 2. Facilitated community health workshops and distributed feminine hygiene kits to school-aged girls. 3. Partnered with local clinics to provide basic medical screenings and maternal health services. 4. Helped launch micro-enterprises that are now generating stable income for women-led households. Youth mentorship…
$338,140 spentof which $328,140 as grants100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $338,140.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $25k to $141k (+468%).
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 THE HELM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $20k → $25k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 HELM 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
THE HELM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE HELM FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE HELM 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180k 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
THE HELM FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE HELM 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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE HELM 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 THE HELM FOUNDATION?
- THE HELM FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,000 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($135,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE HELM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $180,000 in grants to THE HELM FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HELM FOUNDATION?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HELM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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