The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-7184401 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust is a private foundation based in New York, NY (EIN 13-7184401). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $886.6M paid in 1,164 grants, with a median grant of $403.4K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $7.1B. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · helmsleytrust.org
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- Total grants paid
- $886.6M
- Grants reported
- 1,164
- Typical grant
- $403.4K
- Future commitments
- $1.1B
- Total assets
- $7.1B
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE LEONA M AND HARRY B HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust 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.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-leona-m-and-harry-b-helmsley-charitable-trust-137184401
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass General Brigham for the Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | Pen-plus expansion | Tax year 20232023 | $9M |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | American heart association center for telehealth | Tax year 20242024 | $7M |
| Mass General Brigham for the Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | Accelerating progress and promoting quality t1d care for the poorest billion through the global pen-plus partnership | Tax year 20242024 | $6.8M |
| Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation | Saipan | Cnmi chcc mri/medical equipment upgrade project | Tax year 20232023 | $6.4M |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Beer Sheva | Construction of the leona m. And harry b. Helmsley charitable trust computer science building | Tax year 20242024 | $5.8M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (1,164 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings 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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