Gates Helms Hawn Foundation
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation is a private foundation, based in Charlottesville, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $39K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $3K. Net investment income was $1K.
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation at a glance
In short: Gates Helms Hawn Foundation gave $3K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in New Jersey. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $2,700
- +17.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $2,700
- +17.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,700
- Total assets
- $38,702
- -3.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New Jersey (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Gates Helms Hawn Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Grace Chapel ($3K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Gates Helms Hawn Foundation gives
- Giving grew 35% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 93% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. 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
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2020) to $3K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $3K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Chapel Bedminster, NJ | General | $2,700 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $38,702 | $1,763 | $3,077 | $2,700 | 1 | $2,700 | $1,458 | $2,894 |
| 2024 | $40,016 | $1,855 | $2,653 | $2,300 | 1 | $2,300 | $1,566 | $2,665 |
| 2023 | $40,814 | $1,239 | $2,392 | $2,100 | 1 | $2,100 | $983 | $2,284 |
| 2022 | $41,967 | $7,015 | $2,281 | $2,000 | 1 | $2,000 | $779 | $2,099 |
| 2021 | $37,233 | $3,639 | $2,254 | $2,000 | 1 | $2,000 | $4,580 | $2,182 |
| 2020 | $35,848 | $409 | $2,234 | $2,000 | 1 | — | $218 | $1,892 |
| 2019 | $37,673 | $1,073 | $264 | — | — | — | $882 | $1,884 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Gates Helms Hawn Foundation reported a distributable amount of $3K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation is led by Gates Helms Hawn, Trustee on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Gates Helms Hawn
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Gates Helms Hawn Foundation
How much does Gates Helms Hawn Foundation give each year?
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation gave $3K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $2K across 1 grant.
How large is Gates Helms Hawn Foundation?
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation reported $39K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $3K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $3K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
Where does Gates Helms Hawn Foundation operate?
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation has awarded grants in New Jersey, New York.
What is Gates Helms Hawn Foundation's EIN?
Gates Helms Hawn Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-6939318. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 5, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 30, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 3, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 6, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 25, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 24, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
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