Helene Fuld Health Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The trust supports student nurses and nursing education, and its recorded grants have mostly gone to universities, colleges and nursing schools, so work of that kind is where a fit is most likely.
- It accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold application is not an open route, and an organisation that has not been chosen should not expect a request to be considered.
- Its typical grant band runs from about $125,000 to $1,500,000, with a median of about $220,000 and half of its grants at about $220,000 or less, so a request sized near that middle is realistic, though the band is not a ceiling and its largest grant was $2,500,000.
- Repeat giving is substantial, with 45% of its grant dollars to organisations in the filing going to organisations it had funded before, and given that it works by invitation, relationships seem to matter more than an open call.
- The filing gives no steps for requesting funds and states no geographic focus, so say no more than that about how or where to approach it.
Overview
Helene Fuld Health Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, HSBC Bank USA, in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (en.wikipedia.org), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Trust is devoted to supporting student nurses and nursing education, and its grants, scholarships and financial aid support their education, health and welfare. Its recorded organisational grants have gone mainly to universities, colleges and nursing schools, with purposes reported as programme support or promoting programmes and study. The filings show recipients across multiple states. It makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so it does not offer an open application route.
Themes
- Nursing education
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Tennessee and the United States.
How to apply
Organisations can receive grants only if preselected; the trust does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no further steps for submitting a request.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 45% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 67 grants to organisations were about $220,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 16%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 15%
- The largest single recipient received 18% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 45% of grant dollars went to organisations Helene Fuld Health Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 25 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $200k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- University of Chattanooga Foundation · Program support$2,000,0002024 tax year
- Unc School Of Nursing · Program support$1,900,0002024 tax year
- MGH Institute Of Health Professions · Program support$1,500,0002024 tax year
- University of Central Florida College · Program support$1,500,0002024 tax year
- University of South Florida Foundation · Program support$750,0002024 tax year
- Florida International University Foundation · Program support$700,0002024 tax year
- Rutgers University Foundation · Program support$700,0002024 tax year
- Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies · Program support$700,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, HSBC Bank USA.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $8,796,758 | $7,808,578 | $166,623,784 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $9,631,373 | $8,351,164 | $206,597,749 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $14,965,483 | $13,645,299 | $222,163,551 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- New York, NY (office of its trustee, HSBC Bank USA)
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- New York, NY (office of its trustee, HSBC Bank USA)