Funding search · EIN 921233998 · Grand Rapids, MI

Sri Lanka Helping Hands

Name: Sri Lanka Helping Hands grants, 2023–2025
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.

145
grants reported: $57,483
total given: 2023–2025
filing years: $230
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education medicine culture transportation creation health income public

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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.

Mangala Rajapaksha21 grants · $8,851
Mula Gandhakuti Vihara Buddhist Temple4 grants · $5,034
A Premasiri6 grants · $4,381
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha8 grants · $4,190
Sharmila Seyyid Ahamed1 grant · $2,603
Mahamaya Girls College Ppa1 grant · $2,499
Nilanthi Sriyalatha10 grants · $2,216
Nilanthi Sriyalata1 grant · $1,959
Tamara Kumari Bandara2 grants · $1,413
Samangi Pera Pasala1 grant · $1,348

Giving over time

$20,331

2023

$20,308

2024

$16,844

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 145 grants.

$2,682
Mula Gandhakuti Vihara Buddhist Temple · 2024
Culture
$2,603
Sharmila Seyyid Ahamed · 2023
Support for rescue school for abandoned children
$2,499
Mahamaya Girls College Ppa · 2025
Education
$2,131
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2023
Build fence for protection against elephants
$2,008
A Premasiri · 2025
Infrastructure
$1,959
Nilanthi Sriyalata · 2023
grant for household expenses well work fence work lime tree planting
$1,429
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2025
Education
$1,351
Mula Gandhakuti Vihara Buddhist Temple · 2024
Culture
$1,348
Samangi Pera Pasala · 2023
grant for preschool renovation
$1,333
Mawathawewa Purana Vihara · 2024
Culture
$1,000
A Kawu Amma · 2023
Grant to dig a well to make cultivation possible for very low income family
$1,000
N C Bandara · 2023
Grant to build bathing steps and benches at Nallamudawa Reservoir
$987
Mawathawewa School · 2024
Education
$984
Mula Gandhakuti Vihara Buddhist Temple · 2024
Culture
$849
Sharmila Seyyid · Omaha, NE · 2023
laptop for student from low-income family
$836
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2024
Education
$831
Anupama Dilrukshi Jayarathna · 2025
Education
$829
Tamara Kumari Bandara · 2025
Education
$819
Hm Nethmini Chamodya Weerarathna · 2025
Education
$805
A Premasiri · 2025
Education
$805
A Premasiri · 2023
educational expense
$780
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Culture
$772
Anupama Dilrukshi Jayarathna · 2024
Education
$755
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2023
Second grant for building stairs and benches at community reservoir
$735
H M Rathnakumari · 2023
grant for roof repair for low income family
$697
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2025
Job creation
$697
Nilanthi Sriyalatha · 2025
Medicine
$670
Grama Seva · 2025
Culture
$655
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2024
Education
$653
Nallamudawa Viduhala School · 2024
Education
$636
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2023
Grant to build streetlights for elephant protection
$634
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2025
Public health
$634
H M K K Herath · 2023
grant for tuition support for children
$604
Anoma Kumari Jayarathna · 2023
school fees
$586
H B Chandrika · 2024
Charity
$584
Tamara Kumari Bandara · 2023
Household and children's expenses
$573
Anupama Dilrukshi Jayarathna · 2023
laptop computer for education
$523
Nilanthi Sriyalatha · 2025
Public health
$498
Ajith Weerasinha · 2024
Medicine
$496
Nilanthi Sriyalatha · 2024
Culture
$486
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2025
Public health
$482
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2023
Grant for food relief for very low income families
$474
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Transportation
$473
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Public health
$424
Dhanangani Karunasinghe · 2023
Grant for household and children's expenses to very low income family
$403
Anapama Dilrukshi Jayarathna · 2023
educational expenses
$403
H M Wijerathna · 2023
medicine
$403
Maleesha Sumuduni Bandara · 2023
education expense
$403
Sekini Kaushalya Wijerathna · 2023
education expense
$403
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2023
education grant
$399
Anoma Jayarathna · 2024
Education
$370
Nallamudawa School · 2025
Education
$339
Gamage Somapalage Dhanavathi Chandani · 2025
Medicine
$338
A Premasiri · 2024
Education
$338
Nallamudawa Viduhala School · 2024
Culture
$338
Nilanthi Sriyalatha · 2024
Medicine
$327
Gamage Somapalage Dhanavathi · 2024
Medicine
$327
H M T Tharaka · 2024
Medicine
$324
N W Chandrasiri · 2024
Charity
$298
Gamage Somapalage Dhanavathi Chandani · 2025
Charity
$297
Nallamudawa Viduhala · 2025
Infrastructure
$274
Siri Guna Rathana Pirivena · 2024
Education
$263
Anoma Jayarathna · 2025
Education
$260
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Job creation
$257
A Premasiri · 2025
Culture
$257
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2025
Education
$253
Nalinda Chanaka Bandara · 2024
Job creation
$253
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2024
Education
$252
C J Kuruppuarachchi · 2024
Medicine
$252
Ven M Vijitha · 2024
Education
$250
Rev Principal Uparathana Himi · 2023
computer for student training
$238
S D Theekshana Prasad Dissanayaka · 2025
Education
$230
Sekini Kaushalya Wijerathna · 2024
Education
$203
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Transportation
$194
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2024
Education
$169
P Dharmasiri · 2024
Education
$168
A Premasiri · 2025
Charity
$167
Dr a V Samarakoon · 2025
Medicine
$167
Priyanka Kumari Herath · 2025
Medicine
$167
Hma Priyangani Herath · 2023
Grant to very low income family for household and children's expenses
$167
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2023
connect water line purchase meter pay for installation at SLHH property in Sri Lanka
$166
C J Kuruppuarachchi · 2024
Medicine
$163
Sunera Sathsilu Rajapaksha · 2023
grant for student for communications technology
$162
David Stuart Atwater · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
Education
$159
Hmc Prameeth · 2025
Education
$150
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Job creation
$144
H M Shamika Tikshana Herath · 2023
tablet for schoolwork
$136
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Job creation
$133
Achala Devmith Bandara · 2024
Education
$120
Gamage Somapalage Dhavavathi · 2023
Grant to pay medical chemotherapy costs for son
$113
Samagi Montessori School · 2024
Education
$110
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2024
Transportation
$101
K Kusumawathi Herath · 2024
Medicine
$100
Kilinochi Net Project · 2023
Malaria nets
$86
Mangala Rajapaksha · 2025
Charity
$84
Irrigation Department · 2024
Food
$83
Suranga Anuradga Wimalaweera · 2025
Charity
$83
W Nihal Dayananda · 2025
Charity
$83
H M H G Mudiyanse · 2023
Grant for medicine for heart condition
$82
Nallamudawa Viduhala School · 2024
Education

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