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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “helms”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION — $25,000 unrestricted grant; $25,000 restricted - foreign policy event series
Largest: $15,000 to THE HELM — general operating support
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $43,561 · through 2024Largest: $19,429 to HELMS HOPE FOUNDATION — this grant is designated for general support.
Detroit Area Agency On AgingDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $570,419 · through 2023Largest: $216,333 to THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER (SOC) — senior services
Largest: $85,000 to THE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION — dickson-goodwin house project
John a & Marlene L Boll FoundationSt Clair Shores, MI
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to THE HELM CENTER AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER — to support healthy independent lives for seniors
Largest: $7,000 to THE JESSE HELMS CTR FOUNDATION — free enterprise leadership challenge
Largest: $10,000 to JESSE HELMS CENTER — free enterprise support
North Carolina Community FoundationRaleigh, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $146,360 · through 2024Largest: $119,310 to THE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION INC — other public and societal benefit
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $5,000 to ASCENSION ST VINCENT'S FOUNDATION — for the robert w. helms cardio-pulmonary education and research fund
Community Foundation of theYoungstown, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $65,000 · through 2024Largest: $57,500 to THE RYAN GIAMBATTISTA HELMS FOUNDATION — program support
Trumbull Memorial Health FoundationYoungstown, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to THE RYAN GIAMBATTISTA HELMS FOUNDATION — health care services/health care education
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →