Richard and Helen Robbins
Columbus, GA · EIN 20-8440979. Reported 192 grants totalling $860,332 to 80 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Richard and Helen Robbins did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,400. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $110,007. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of N America | New York, NY | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yale Alumni | New Haven, CT | $115,007 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Temple Israel | Columbua, GA | $114,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of the Chattahoochee | Columbus, GA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Springer Society | Columbus, GA | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus Technical College Foundati | Columbus, GA | $23,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Columbus Museum | Columbus, GA | $22,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Columbus Symphony Orchestra | Columbus, GA | $15,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| US Holocaust Museum | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Muscogee Co Library Foundation | Columbus, GA | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Natl Infantry Museum Holocaust | Columbus, GA | $13,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| River Center | Columbus, GA | $13,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hadassah | New York, NY | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ctc Foundation | Columbus, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Med of Columbus | Columbus, GA | $9,550 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Jude Hospital | Memphis, TN | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hart Theater | Waynesville, NC | $7,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pastoral Institute | Columbus, GA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Serv of Wnc | Asheville, NC | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trees Columbus | Columbus, GA | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ferst Fdn for Childhood Literacy | Madison, GA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Joy to Life Foundation | Montgomery, AL | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Columbus Hospice | Columbus, GA | $5,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Helping Hungry Kids | Columbus, GA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Paws Humane | Columbus, GA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Riverdale Porterdale Cemetery | Columbus, GA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Csu Foundation | Columbus, GA | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midtown Inc | Columbus, GA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Columbus, GA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Fnd of the Chattahoochee | Columbus, GA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Civil War Naval Museum | Columbus, GA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cornell Free Speech Alliance | San Antonio, TX | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feeding the Valley | Columbus, GA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family Services of Wnc | Asheville, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muscogee Educational Excellence | Columbus, GA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Ctr | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tuscola Waynesville Band Boosters | Waynesville, NC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Phi Beta Kappa Society | Washington, DC | $2,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Harbor | Columbus, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Muscogee Educational Excellence Fou | Columbus, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Valley Rescue Mission | Columbus, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus | Columbus, GA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Georgia Alabama Land Trust | Piedmont, AL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lakeview Church of the Nazarene | Waynesville, NC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Land Conservancy of Mchenry Co | Woodstock, IL | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charlies Angels Animal Rescue | Fletcher, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children of the Mountains | Waynesville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chs Alumni Association | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbus Botanical Garden | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Haywood Public Lib | Waynesville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haywood County Rescue Squad | Canton, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Foundati | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rmsota Foundation | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriners Childrens Hospital | Greenville, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stewart Community Home | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Land Conservancy of Mchenry Cou | Woodstock, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Stewart Home | Columbus, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Within Reach of Haywood | Waynesville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Haywood Co Public Librar | Waynesville, NC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Haywood Co Rescue Squad | Waynesville, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Thomas Episcopal Church | Columbus, GA | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Columbus, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Fdn | Columbus, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Paul UMC | Columbus, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Temple Beth Ahabah | Richmond, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Police Lives Matter | Richmond, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sha Arey Israel | Macon, GA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Springfield Christian Church | Springfield, VA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Anne Catholic Church Outreach | Columbus, GA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Anne Outreach | Columbus, GA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Haywood Christian Ministries | Waynesville, NC | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
48 of 80 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Yale Alumni
TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO ORGANIZATION - Jewish Federation of N America
TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO ORGANIZATIO - Columbus Technical College Foundati
TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE ORGANIZATION - Hart Theater
TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO ORGANIZAITON - Friends of Haywood Public Lib
TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ORGANIZATION - Friends of Haywood Co Public Librar
TO PROVIDE FUND TO THE ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 56 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | $149,650 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $225,457 | $1,300 |
| 2023 | 45 | $154,725 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 44 | $170,250 | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 31 | $160,250 | $2,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
51% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,400. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Richard and Helen Robbins's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2811 Fleetwood Drive, Columbus, GA, 31906. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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