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The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 27-3406311 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$9.8M
Grants reported
31
Typical grant
$149.3K
Future commitments
Not reported

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE HELEN GURLEY BROWN FOUNDATION

Where The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Cardinal Hayes High School

Bronx, NY

$1.5MTax year 2024

Youth and education-"bridgeup" 2.0 grant: purpose: "bridgeup: core", and "bridgeout" programs-to work collaboratively to support selected "bridgeup" scholars from cardinal hayes high school, st. Catherine academy, and the academy of mount st. Ursula by providing innovative programming, scholarships, post-graduation college prep and job assistance, and alumni support.

Dana-Farber Cancer Center

Boston, MA

$1.4MTax year 2024

Leadership-the helen gurley brown presidential initiative grant: purpose: funding "helen fellows", "helen mentors", and "helen trailblazer" awards at dana-farber cancer institute to develop an initiative which is a supportive environment and network for researchers, and to advance their careers to help shepherd the next era of breakthroughs in cancer medicine and discovery.

Northern Stage Company

White River Junction, VT

$1.3MTax year 2024

Leadership-"bold circle" grant: purpose: to create a network of artistic directors as well as associate artistic directors, producers, and fellows, who in turn will support innovative writers, directors, and designers, and the development of new pieces of artistic work written for the theater stage.

School Seed Foundation

Memphis, TN

$857.7KTax year 2024

Youth and education- "bridgeup" "giddy up" grant:purpose: to offer under-resourced children a unique track to personal development, empowerment, academic excellence, and the pursuit of higher education through the medium of horseback riding.

National Center for Women and Information Technology

Boulder, CO

$624.2KTax year 2024

Youth and education-"bridgeup" stem grant:purpose: to provide opportunities for underserved individuals of all backgrounds to learn the skills of computer science in small groups with their peers.

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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