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12 funders with a record of paying for “helpers”
Where the money went United Helpers Canton Nursing Home Inc → United Helpers Nursing Home Company Inc: $3.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Feeding Pennsylvania → Food Helpers: $684K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Society of the United Helpers → United Helpers Care Inc: $277K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Peterman Foundation Inc → Pet Helpers Inc: $230K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Yaqub Family Foundation → Obat Helpers Inc: $210K across 7 grants, latest 2025 Southeast Utah Community → Helper City Fire: $112K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Centimark Foundation → Food Helpers: $74K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → Pet Helpers: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Texas Instruments Foundation → St Josephs Helpers of Dallas Texas: $49K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Kardos Family Foundation → Association of Marian Helper: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2025 George S and Dolores Dore → Helper City: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Koch Foundation Inc → Society of the Helpers of Mary African Region: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 United Helpers Canton Nursing Home Inc → Society of the United Helpers: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Society of the United Helpers → United Helpers Canton Nursing Home Inc: $88K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Southeast Utah Community → Helper City Municipal Corporation: $66K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Texas Instruments Foundation → Obat Helpers Inc: $33K across 4 grants, latest 2024 George S and Dolores Dore → The Helper Project: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → Tent City Helpers: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Kardos Family Foundation → Association of Marian Helpers: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → Lay Mission-Helpers Association: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Society of the United Helpers → United Helpers Management Company: $80K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Southeast Utah Community → Helper Youth Groups: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Kardos Family Foundation → Marian Helpers: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Koch Foundation Inc → Society of the Helpers of Mary: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Texas Instruments Foundation → Plain-O Helpers: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2024 George S and Dolores Dore → Friends of the Helper Area: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Koch Foundation Inc → Lay Mission Helpers Association: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Southeast Utah Community → Helper Middle School: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2023 United Helpers Canton Nursing Home Inc: $3.3M on this topic. Open the funder. United Helpers Canton Nursing… $3.3M Feeding Pennsylvania: $684K on this topic. Open the funder. Feeding Pennsylvania $684K Society of the United Helpers: $445K on this topic. Open the funder. Society of the United Helpers $445K The Peterman Foundation Inc: $230K on this topic. Open the funder. The Peterman Foundation Inc $230K Southeast Utah Community: $218K on this topic. Open the funder. Southeast Utah Community $218K Yaqub Family Foundation: $210K on this topic. Open the funder. Yaqub Family Foundation $210K Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc: $95K on this topic. Open the funder. Leslie L Alexander Foundation… $95K Texas Instruments Foundation: $87K on this topic. Open the funder. Texas Instruments Foundation $87K Centimark Foundation: $74K on this topic. Open the funder. Centimark Foundation $74K George S and Dolores Dore: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. George S and Dolores Dore $55K The Kardos Family Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. The Kardos Family Foundation $50K Koch Foundation Inc: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Koch Foundation Inc $50K United Helpers Nursing Home Company Inc: received $3.0M on this topic United Helpers Nursing Home Com… $3.0M Food Helpers: received $758K on this topic Food Helpers $758K Society of the United Helpers: received $300K on this topic Society of the United Helpers $300K United Helpers Care Inc: received $277K on this topic United Helpers Care Inc $277K Obat Helpers Inc: received $243K on this topic Obat Helpers Inc $243K Pet Helpers Inc: received $230K on this topic Pet Helpers Inc $230K Helper City Fire: received $112K on this topic Helper City Fire $112K United Helpers Canton Nursing Home Inc: received $88K on this topic United Helpers Canton Nursing H… $88K United Helpers Management Company: received $80K on this topic United Helpers Management Compa… $80K Pet Helpers: received $70K on this topic Pet Helpers $70K Helper City Municipal Corporation: received $66K on this topic Helper City Municipal Corporati… $66K St Josephs Helpers of Dallas Texas: received $49K on this topic St Josephs Helpers of Dallas Te… $49K Helper Youth Groups: received $33K on this topic Helper Youth Groups $33K Association of Marian Helper: received $30K on this topic Association of Marian Helper $30K Helper City: received $25K on this topic Helper City $25K The Helper Project: received $25K on this topic The Helper Project $25K Tent City Helpers: received $25K on this topic Tent City Helpers $25K Society of the Helpers of Mary African Region: received $20K on this topic Society of the Helpers of Mary… $20K Association of Marian Helpers: received $10K on this topic Association of Marian Helpers $10K Lay Mission-Helpers Association: received $10K on this topic Lay Mission-Helpers Association $10K Marian Helpers: received $10K on this topic Marian Helpers $10K Society of the Helpers of Mary: received $10K on this topic Society of the Helpers of Mary $10K Lay Mission Helpers Association: received $10K on this topic Lay Mission Helpers Association $10K Helper Middle School: received $7K on this topic Helper Middle School $7K Plain-O Helpers: received $6K on this topic Plain-O Helpers $6K Friends of the Helper Area: received $5K on this topic Friends of the Helper Area $5K 12 funders, 26 recipients, grants matching “helpers” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $16,763 to ST JOSEPHS HELPERS OF DALLAS TEXAS — donations to colleges, universities and other organizations under "matching gifts program."
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Largest: $50,000 to OBAT HELPERS INC — general & unrestricted
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Largest: $260,880 to UNITED HELPERS CARE INC — provide assistance for operations
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Largest: $1.3M to UNITED HELPERS NURSING HOME COMPANY INC — net assets contribution
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Largest: $15,000 to HELPER CITY — for general support of the helper arts, music and film festival to be held august 16-18, 2024 and to support the return of the helper arts workshops
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Largest: $325,958 to FOOD HELPERS — hunger relief
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Largest: $10,000 to ASSOCIATION OF MARIAN HELPER — provide assistance to those in need
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Largest: $70,000 to PET HELPERS INC — spaying and neutering animals
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Largest: $105,825 to HELPER CITY FIRE — fire fighting & equi
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Largest: $10,000 to SOCIETY OF THE HELPERS OF MARY AFRICAN REGION — to support the education and daily living expenses of women religious
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Largest: $26,000 to FOOD HELPERS — operating expenses
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Largest: $35,000 to PET HELPERS — animal rescue
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