Funding search · EIN 852595921 · Cincinnati, OH

Helen E Allen Charitable Foundation

Name: Helen E Allen Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

88
grants reported: $320,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

promote

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Cincinnati Art Museum4 grants · $27,500
Cincinnati Fire Museum4 grants · $20,000
Cincinnati Nature Center3 grants · $20,000
Cincinnati Preservation Association4 grants · $20,000
Cincinnati Zoo3 grants · $20,000
Ohio Valley Voices4 grants · $20,000
Best Point Education &3 grants · $15,000
Art Academy of Cincinnati4 grants · $15,000
Springer School & Center4 grants · $12,500
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$62,500

2022

$67,500

2023

$93,000

2024

$97,500

2025

Grant history

All 88 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$10,000
Cincinnati Zoo · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$10,000
Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$10,000
Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$7,500
Art Academy of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Adventure Crew · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Preservation Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Street Soccer · Hebron, KY · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Ohio Valley Voices · Loveland, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Best Point Education & · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cardinal Land Conservancy · Milford, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Preservation Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Zoo · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Down Syndrome Association of · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Ohio Valley Voices · Loveland, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Best Point Education & · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Preservation Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Zoo · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
New Path Child & Family Solutions · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Ohio Valley Voices · Loveland, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Xavier University Poverty Book · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Best Point Education & · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Fire Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Cincinnati Preservation Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Ohio Valley Voices · Loveland, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$5,000
Springer School & Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$3,000
Cancer Family Care · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
1n5 · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Adopt a Class · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Als United Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Camp Joy · Clarksville, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cancer Family Care · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cet · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Easterseals Redwood · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Faith Freedom Life · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Hearing Speech & Deaf Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Jdrf · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Nku Chase Law School · Highland Heights, KY · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Serenity Recovery Network · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Springer School & Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Women'S Art Club of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
1n5 · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Als United Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Art Academy of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Beech Acres · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cet · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Easterseals Redwood · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Gorman Heritage Farm · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Hearing Speech & Deaf Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Jdrf · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Know Theatre · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Springer School & Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Women'S Art Club of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Art Academy of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Hearing Speech & Deaf Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Jdrf · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Know Theatre · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Springer School & Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
The Dragonfly Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Women'S Art Club of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
1n5 · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Always Lifting Spirits · Mason, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Art Academy of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Contemporary Art Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Hearing Speech & Deaf Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Know Theatre · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Ladd · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
The Als Association · Columbus, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
The Children'S Theatre of · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,500
Women'S Art Club of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,000
Gorman Heritage Farm · Evandale, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$2,000
The Dragonfly Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose
$1,000
Ohio Alleycat Resource · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Promote charitable purpose

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.