Bregal Helps Initiative Inc

Private foundation · Grantmaker New York, NY EIN: 85-1793900

Bregal Helps Initiative Inc is a private foundation, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $173K in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 1 grant totaling $32K.

Bregal Helps Initiative Inc at a glance

In short: Bregal Helps Initiative Inc gave $32K across 1 grant in 2024 (avg $32K), mostly in Florida. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2024)
$32,000
-83.7% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
1
-85.7% vs 2023
Average grant
$32,000
+14.3% vs 2023
Median grant
$32,000
Total assets
$172,741
-19.5% vs 2023
Primary geography
Florida (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Bregal Helps Initiative Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2024

Neptune Flood for Tampa Bay Watch: $32KNeptune Flood for Tampa BayWatch$32K

The largest 2024 recipient was Neptune Flood for Tampa Bay Watch ($32K).

Grant Size Distribution

30 grants across all recorded years

23<$50K5$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 23 grants of 30 (77%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

12states

Share of the 2024 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

New YorkAtlantaSan DiegoBuffalo GroveWashingtonBrooklynCharlesChicagoDurhamGrass ValleyIrvineNew OrleansPort MatildaRichmondSaint PetersburgSarasotaSilver SpringWernersville

How Bregal Helps Initiative Inc gives

  • Giving fell 81% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K11 grants2020 7 grants2021 4 grants2022 7 grants2023 1 grant2024

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $32K (2024) to $450K (2020). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $32K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Neptune Flood for Tampa Bay Watch Saint Petersburg, FLOyster reef restoration project$32,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2024$172,741—$41,812$32,0001
2023$214,553—$202,096$196,0507
2022$410,649$627,500$255,872$255,3664
2021$39,021$67,800$168,190$167,5017
2020$139,411$590,000$450,589$450,00011

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Bregal Helps Initiative Inc's 2024 filing lists 3 officers; none of the 3 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Michelle Riley

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Fishman

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Wong

    Vice President

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Quentin V Doosselaere (2020–2021) — President

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Bregal Helps Initiative Inc

How much does Bregal Helps Initiative Inc give each year?

Bregal Helps Initiative Inc gave $32K across 1 grant in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2023 it gave $196K across 7 grants.

How large is Bregal Helps Initiative Inc?

Bregal Helps Initiative Inc reported $173K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Bregal Helps Initiative Inc operate?

Bregal Helps Initiative Inc has awarded grants in California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia.

What is Bregal Helps Initiative Inc's EIN?

Bregal Helps Initiative Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 85-1793900. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(1)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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