Funding search · EIN 942850977 · Phoenix, AZ

Helios Education Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

316
grants reported
$86.4M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Education Forward Arizona4 grants · $10.4M
  • Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation3 grants · $5.6M
  • Northern Arizona University Foundation1 grant · $3.8M
  • Teach for America - Miami-Dade2 grants · $2.6M
  • Teach for America - Phoenix4 grants · $2.4M
  • Candelen3 grants · $2.3M
  • University of Central Florida Foundation4 grants · $2.2M
  • Aliento2 grants · $2.0M
  • Achieve Miami3 grants · $2.0M
  • Read Better Be Better4 grants · $1.8M

Giving over time

$22.8M
2021
$19.9M
2022
$24.2M
2023
$19.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 316 grants.

  • $6.1M

    Education Forward Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $4.0M

    Education Forward Arizona · 2023

    See part iv

  • $3.8M

    Northern Arizona University Foundation · 2022

    See part iv

  • $3.7M

    Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    See part iv

  • $2.5M

    Teach for America - Miami-Dade · 2023

    See part iv

  • $2.2M

    Teach for America - Phoenix · 2023

    See part iv

  • $2.0M

    University of Central Florida Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $1.9M

    Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $1.8M

    Read Better Be Better · 2022

    See part iv

  • $1.6M

    Community Foundation of Tampa Bay · 2022

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  • $1.6M

    St Petersburg College Foundation · St Petersburg, FL · 2021

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  • $1.5M

    All in Education · 2023

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  • $1.5M

    Aliento · 2023

    See part iv

  • $1.5M

    Make Way for Books · 2023

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  • $1.5M

    Miami Dade College Foundation · 2022

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  • $1.4M

    Hillsborough Education Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2021

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  • $1.4M

    University of South Florida Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024

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  • $1.3M

    University of Arizona Foundation · 2022

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  • $1.3M

    Valencia College Foundation · 2022

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  • $1.1M

    Arizona Board of Regents · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

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  • $1.1M

    Broward Education Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

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  • $1.1M

    Arizona Science Center · 2023

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  • $1.0M

    Center for the Future of Arizona · 2023

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  • $1.0M

    Candelen · Tempe, AZ · 2024

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  • $1.0M

    Achieve Miami · 2023

    See part iv

  • $1.0M

    Phoenix Suns Charities · 2023

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  • $1.0M

    The Children'S Movement of Florida · 2023

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  • $980,000

    Consortium of Florida Education Foundations · Gainesville, FL · 2024

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  • $968,000

    Arizona Community Fdn · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

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  • $955,000

    Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation · 2022

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  • $950,000

    Florida College System Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $930,000

    Facct Initiatives · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

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  • $905,500

    Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

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  • $900,000

    Southwest Human Development · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

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  • $865,000

    Breakthrough Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

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  • $861,690

    Impact Florida · 2022

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  • $800,000

    Florida Children'S Council · Tallahassee, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $760,000

    Southwest Human Development · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $750,000

    Heart of Florida United Way · Orlando, FL · 2024

    See part iv

  • $725,385

    Florida Chamber Foundation · 2023

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  • $721,500

    Candelen · Tempe, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $600,000

    Consortium of Florida Education Foundations · 2022

    See part iv

  • $550,000

    Candelen · 2022

    See part iv

  • $534,500

    Aliento · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $512,888

    Valley of the Sun United Way · 2022

    See part iv

  • $507,500

    Translational Genomics Research Institute Foundation · 2023

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  • $500,000

    Achieve Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    See part iv

  • $500,000

    Camp Catanese Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    See part iv

  • $500,000

    The Able Trust · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    See part iv

  • $500,000

    Achieve Miami · 2022

    See part iv

  • $500,000

    Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Committee · 2022

    See part iv

  • $500,000

    Arizona Board of Regents · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $480,000

    Arizona School Administrators · 2023

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  • $454,000

    Arizona Community Foundation · 2023

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  • $450,000

    Wested · 2022

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  • $445,000

    Wested · Seal Beach, CA · 2024

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  • $428,000

    Florida Philanthropic Network · 2023

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  • $400,000

    Tucson Values Teachers · Tucson, AZ · 2024

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  • $400,000

    University of Florida · 2023

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  • $393,000

    Wested · 2023

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  • $380,000

    Wested · Los Alamitos, CA · 2021

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  • $333,025

    Valley Leadership · 2022

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  • $330,000

    Az Center for Comm College Success · 2022

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  • $325,000

    American Business Immigration Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2021

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  • $300,000

    Broward Public Library Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

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  • $300,000

    University of Florida Board of Trustees · 2022

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  • $265,000

    University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $253,000

    Early Learning Coalition of Orange County · Orlando, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $250,000

    Institute for Citizens and Scholars · Princeton, NJ · 2024

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  • $250,000

    Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Committee · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    See part iv

  • $250,000

    Florida College System Foundation · 2022

    See part iv

  • $250,000

    Early Learning Coalition of Osceola County · Kissimmee, FL · 2021

    See part iv

  • $250,000

    Institute for Citizens and Scholars · Princeton, NJ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $236,000

    Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $226,500

    Tucson Values Teachers · Tucson, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $220,000

    Yavapai County Education Services Agency · 2023

    See part iv

  • $215,794

    University of South Florida Foundation · 2023

    See part iv

  • $201,200

    The Children'S Movement of Florida · Miami, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $200,000

    Valencia College Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2024

    See part iv

  • $200,000

    Florida State University Research Foundation · 2022

    See part iv

  • $200,000

    Florida International University Foundation · Miami, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $192,150

    Education Forward Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    See part iv

  • $166,000

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $164,900

    Pinellas Education Foundation · Largo, FL · 2021

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  • $154,280

    Hillsborough Education Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024

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  • $150,500

    Leadership Florida · 2022

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  • $150,000

    Elevation Scholars · Orlando, FL · 2024

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  • $150,000

    Famu Foundation · 2023

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  • $150,000

    Open Campus Media · 2023

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  • $139,900

    Take Stock in Children · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

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  • $135,175

    Take Stock in Children · 2022

    See part iv

  • $127,750

    National College Attainment Network · 2023

    See part iv

  • $125,185

    Florida Philanthropic Network · Tampa, FL · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $125,000

    Florida International University Foundation · 2023

    See part iv

  • $125,000

    University of Central Florida Foundation · 2023

    See part iv

  • $125,000

    Council for a Strong America · 2022

    See part iv

  • $121,450

    Asu Foundation for a New American University · 2023

    See part iv

  • $119,350

    Pinellas Education Foundation · Largo, FL · 2024

    See part iv

  • $105,000

    Valley of the Sun Ymca · Phoenix, AZ · 2021

    See Part IV

  • $100,000

    Arizona Charter Schools Association · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    See part iv

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.