The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

• Check first that your work sits in one of its six programmes (Crohn's disease, Israel, rural healthcare, type 1 diabetes, vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa, or New York City) or in its priority areas, which include the U.S. and New York City.
• Its filing lists its application method as by invitation only and says it does not accept unsolicited requests, so approach it through a connection, then send a pre-proposal, which it reviews before asking for a full proposal.
• Size any request against the typical grant band, about 8 in 10 grants falling between $42,500 and $1,900,000, with half of its grants to organisations at $400,000 or less, rather than against its largest grant of $22,500,000, which went to End Fund, an organisation it pays every year that regrants to other organisations.
• In its latest filing, 82% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so it appears relationship-led and new applicants should expect competition from established grantees.
• Do not apply if your organisation is a 509(a)(3) Type III supporting organisation, which it does not typically fund.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• American Heart Association · American heart association center for telehealth
  $6,966,0242024 tax year
• Mass General Brigham for the Brigham and Women's Hospital · Accelerating progress and promoting quality t1d care for the poorest billion through the global pen-plus partnership
  $6,753,6382024 tax year
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · Construction of the leona m. and harry b. helmsley charitable trust computer science building
  $5,785,7142024 tax year
• Hadassah Medical Organization · Equipping the new hadassah - helmsley medical center, netivot
  $5,265,1602024 tax year
• Kapiolani Health Foundation · Martha b. smith cancer & infusion center at kapiolani medical center for women & children
  $5,000,0002024 tax year
• Stichting The Ocean Cleanup · Develop and scale technologies to rid the oceans of plastics
  $5,000,0002024 tax year
• The Queens Medical Center · The queen's medical center - west oahu cancer center expansion
  $5,000,0002024 tax year
• Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings clinic surgical intensive care unit
  $5,000,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.