Helmle-Shaw Foundation
Bacliff, TX · EIN 76-0420414. Reported 102 grants totalling $608,500 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Helmle-Shaw Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $42,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas Episcopal Church & School | Houston, TX | $84,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bo's Place | Houston, TX | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston, TX | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Galveston Historical Foundation | Galveston, TX | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Utmb Health | Galveston, TX | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Childrens Hospital | Houston, TX | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Heritage Society | Houston, TX | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natl Multiple Sclerosis Society | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Williams Marshall Rice University | Houston, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Presbyterian Church | Lake City, CO | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oak Cliff Cemetary Association | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Grand 1894 Opera House | Galveston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Grand 1984 Opera House | Galveston, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Utmb School of Health Professionals | Galveston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake City Arts Council | Lake City, CO | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Galveston Island Railroad Museum | Galveston, TX | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lake Fork Valley Conservancy | Lake City, CO | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hcsar Volunteers Inc | Lake City, CO | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Galveston Historical Fdn | Galveston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oak Cliff Cemetery Association | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Leon Oyster Fest | San Leon, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Augustina-Hippo Episcopal Church | Galveston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Children's Hospital | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lcmc Endowment Fund Inc | Lake City, CO | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Judy's Mission | Houston, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Angelican Way | Savannah, GA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christian Community Service Center | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Christian Community Service Ctr | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Galveston Historical Fdn - Menard Society | Galveston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Judy's Mission Ovarian Cancer Foundation | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lcmc Endowment Foundation | Lake City, CO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Tay Sachs & Allied Diseases Association Inc | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Marine Society of the City of New York | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Austin, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Univ of Tx MD Anderson Cancer Ctr | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Texas MDA Cancer Center | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| No Foot Too Small | Coralville, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alpine Atv Association | Lake City, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chance for Hope | Pearland, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Glaad | Pasadena, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Galveston Railroad Museum | Galveston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Natl Tay Sachs & Allied Diseases Assoc Inc | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save Foundation | Santa Fe, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chance for Hope Fdn | Pearland, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian Comm Serv Center | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College of Charleston | Charleston, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chance for Hope Foundation | Pearland, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lunches of Love | Rosenberg, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas A&m University | College Station, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Work Faith Connection | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Junior League of Houston | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Utmb School of Nursing | Galveston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Workfaith Connection | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art Museum of Se Texas | Corpus Christi, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Galveston Bay Fdn - Friends of Pine Gully | Kemah, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
22 of 62 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- University of Texas Medical Branch
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $139,000 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 26 | $170,000 | $3,500 |
| 2023 | 19 | $141,000 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 36 | $158,500 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 81% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Helmle-Shaw Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2603 Bayshore Drive, Bacliff, TX, 77518. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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