Funding search · EIN 237031791 · Palm Beach, FL

Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation

Name: Helen S and Merrill L Bank Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

139
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Vail Health Foundation3 grants · $252,000
Palm Beach Dramaworks4 grants · $115,849
Raymond Kravis Cent for Performing4 grants · $109,000
Chautauqua Institution4 grants · $86,000
Steadman Philippon Research Institu3 grants · $85,000
University of New Hampshire Marine4 grants · $40,000
Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival4 grants · $40,000
New England Baptist Hospital3 grants · $35,000
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore4 grants · $32,000
Gbmc3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$261,234

2021

$267,413

2022

$172,746

2023

$577,090

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 139 grants.

$130,000
Vail Health Foundation · Vail, CO · 2024
Support
$62,000
Vail Health Foundation · Vail, CO · 2022
Support
$60,000
Vail Health Foundation · Vail, CO · 2021
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$55,000
Steadman Philippon Research Institu · Vail, CO · 2024
Support
$47,290
Palm Beach Dramaworks · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
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$32,446
Palm Beach Dramaworks · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
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$30,000
Raymond Kravis Cent for Performing · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
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$28,000
Raymond Kravis Cent for Performing · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Support
$26,000
Raymond Kravis Cent for Performing · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Support
$25,000
Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2024
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$25,000
Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2023
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$25,000
Raymond Kravis Cent for Performing · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
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$20,613
Palm Beach Dramaworks · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
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$20,000
New England Baptist Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Support
$19,000
Baltimore Outreach Services · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$18,000
Garrison Forest School · Owings Mills, MD · 2024
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$18,000
Gbmc · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$18,000
Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2022
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$18,000
Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2021
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$15,500
Palm Beach Dramaworks · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
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$15,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach Cou · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
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$15,000
Steadman Philippon Research Institu · Vail, CO · 2022
Support
$15,000
Steadman Philippon Research Institu · Vail, CO · 2021
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$13,000
Baltimore County Humane Society · Reisterstown, MD · 2024
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$13,000
Children'S Hospital of Colorado Fdn · Denver, CO · 2024
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$13,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
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$12,000
Wypr Public Radio · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$11,684
University of Maryland Medical Syst · Baltimore, MD · 2021
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$10,000
Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival · Vail, CO · 2024
Support
$10,000
Linden Hall School · Lititz, PA · 2024
Support
$10,000
South Florida Pbs · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024
Support
$10,000
University of New Hampshire Marine · Durham, NH · 2024
Support
$10,000
Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival · Vail, CO · 2023
Support
$10,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach Cou · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Support
$10,000
University of New Hampshire Marine · Durham, NH · 2023
Support
$10,000
Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival · Vail, CO · 2022
Support
$10,000
University of New Hampshire Marine · Durham, NH · 2022
Support
$10,000
Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival · Vail, CO · 2021
Support
$10,000
New England Baptist Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Support
$10,000
University of New Hampshire Marine · Durham, NH · 2021
Support
$8,000
Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2024
Support
$8,000
Everyman Theatre · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$8,000
Planned Parenthood of S E and N Fl · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Support
$8,000
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$8,000
Everyman Theatre · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Support
$8,000
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Support
$8,000
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Support
$8,000
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2021
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$7,000
Denver Dumb Friends · Denver, CO · 2024
Support
$7,000
Planned Parenthood of S E and N Fl · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Support
$7,000
Baltimore Outreach Services · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Support
$7,000
Children'S Hospital of Colorado Fdn · Denver, CO · 2022
Support
$7,000
Gbmc · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Support
$7,000
Planned Parenthood of S E and N Fl · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Support
$7,000
Planned Parenthood of S E and N Fl · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
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$6,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2024
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$6,000
Humane Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
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$6,000
Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
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$6,000
Denver Dumb Friends · Denver, CO · 2022
Support
$6,000
Everyman Theatre · Baltimore, MD · 2022
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$6,000
The Right Step · Littleton, CO · 2022
Support
$6,000
Everyman Theatre · Baltimore, MD · 2021
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$5,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
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$5,000
League of Women Voters of Palm Beac · Wellington, FL · 2024
Support
$5,000
The House of Ruth · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$5,000
Univ of Calif College of Bio Studie · Davis, CA · 2024
Support
$5,000
University of Maryland Medical Syst · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$5,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Wlrn Public Radio · Miami, FL · 2024
Support
$5,000
South Florida Pbs · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023
Support
$5,000
Baltimore County Humane Society · Reisterstown, MD · 2022
Support
$5,000
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach Cou · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Support
$5,000
New England Baptist Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
Support
$5,000
South Florida Pbs · Miami, FL · 2022
Support
$5,000
Baltimore County Humane Society · Reisterstown, MD · 2021
Support
$5,000
Children'S Hospital of Colorado Fdn · Aurora, CO · 2021
Support
$5,000
Denver Dumb Friends · Denver, CO · 2021
Support
$5,000
Gbmc · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Support
$5,000
South Florida Pbs · Miami, FL · 2021
Support
$5,000
The Right Step · Littleton, CO · 2021
Support
$4,000
Maryland Public Television · Owings Mills, MD · 2024
Support
$4,000
Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2023
Support
$4,000
Boston Children'S Hospital Trust · Boston, MA · 2022
Support
$4,000
Linden Hall School · Lititz, PA · 2022
Support
$4,000
Linden Hall School · Lititz, PA · 2021
Support
$4,000
University of Maryland Medical Syst · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Support
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support
$3,000
Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
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$3,000
League of Women Voters of Palm Beac · Wellington, FL · 2023
Support
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Support
$3,000
Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Support
$3,000
Univ of Calif College of Bio Studie · Davis, CA · 2023
Support
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Support
$3,000
Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Support
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2021
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$3,000
Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2021
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$2,500
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2022
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$2,500
Betty Ford Alpine Garden · Vail, CO · 2021
Support
$2,500
Black Girls Dive Fdn · Owings Mills, MD · 2021
Support
$2,500
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2021
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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.