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Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Austin, TX EIN: 74-2756725 Website

To exclusively support helping hand home for children, inc., which exists to help abused and neglected children.

Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$20,760,817
+10.2% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$4,141,002
+309.3% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$4,104,745
+321.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$116,532
-4.8% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation funds

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

States

Cities

Austin

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2020, annual grant giving ranged from $106K (2019) to $872K (2020). In 2020 it made 1 grant totaling $872K.

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$20,760,817$4,141,002$116,532——$4,104,745
2024$18,832,770$1,011,731$122,395——$973,219
2023$16,595,852$2,944,378$110,004——$458,210
2022$12,756,243$1,416,163$108,236——$818,681
2021$13,494,204$695,457$98,854——$641,140
2020$10,345,951$496,602$969,069$872,0211$410,149
2019$11,143,860$785,470$192,299$105,9241$694,893

About Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Austin, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $20.8M in total assets. Net investment income was $4.1M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation is led by Tania Leskovar-Owens, CEO - Hhh on the 2025 filing; none of the 17 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Tania Leskovar-Owens

    CEO - Hhh

    New on the 2025 filing

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ellen Miura

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amber Carden

    Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • April Downing

    Director

    Past Chair → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jane Flieller

    Director

    Chair → Past Chair, 2021

    Past Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sally Metschan

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marsha Lockett

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lucy Weber

    Director

    Hhh President → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ginny Liverman

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Sutton

    Director

    Hhh Treasurer → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carol Crowley

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Ann Frishman

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary McDonald

    Immediate Past Chair

    Treasurer → Chair, 2021

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thresa Nasi

    Vice Chair

    Hhh Treasurer → Director, 2023

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Diane Lee

    Treasurer

    Hhh Treasurer → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Atkins

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carolyn Bryant

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (21)
  • Former: Kay McNutt (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Ted Keyser (2019–2024) — Executive Director - Hhh
  • Former: Shannon Cameron (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kay Enoch (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Michelle Tobias (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Catherine Parks (2023–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Beth Plater (2024) — Hhh President
  • Former: Becky Roche (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Brannon Smith (2021–2023) — Hhh President
  • Former: Kathryn Ross (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jocelyn Johnson (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Julie Ballard (2022) — Hhh President
  • Former: Kim Day (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Melissa Jackson (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Tracey Bury (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Lisa Zodin (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Kathy Schwartz (2020) — Hhh Treasurer
  • Former: Betsy Farmer (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Jennifer Johnson (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Julie Metzger (2019) — Hhh President
  • Former: Michelle Cline (2019) — Director

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 Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation

How large is Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation?

Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation reported $20.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.1M.

What is Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation?

Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Austin, TX. It holds $20.8M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation operate?

Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation has awarded grants in Texas.

What is Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation's EIN?

Helping Hand Home for Children Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 74-2756725. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 27, 2021)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 8, 2020)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 29, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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