The Helen Matchett Demario
New York, NY · EIN 13-3213185. Reported 128 grants totalling $866,700 to 61 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Helen Matchett Demario 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 $3,550. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $9,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $134,200. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous Charities | New York, NY | $142,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lehigh University | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Berkshire Theatre Group | New York, NY | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Bridge Inc | New York, NY | $51,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dickinson College | New York, NY | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $36,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alma Nyc Dance Company | New York, NY | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Satofrick Lectures | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gingold Theatrical Group Inc | New York, NY | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together Long Island | New York, NY | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Quad Preparatory School | New York, NY | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Caringkind | New York, NY | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Her Justice Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Venture House Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hunter College Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shakespeare & Company | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Concrete Temple Theatre | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvard Law School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The New Jewish Home | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Starr Library | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vassar College | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uja Federation | New York, NY | $9,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Mainstreaming Assosiates Inc | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Encorescity Center | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Frick Estate Lectures | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Riverside Park Fund | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice America | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Msf Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Botanical Gardens | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tanglewood | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Israel of Jamaica Estates | New York, NY | $5,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ansche Chesed | New York, NY | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dorot Inc | New York, NY | $5,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aranow Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Strauss Park | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manhattan College | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Barrington Stage Company | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Boston Symphony | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Citizens Union Foundation | New York, NY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Huntington Mens Chorus | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hole in Wall Gang Camp | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Khal Bobov 45 Inc | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lawyers Alliance | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mobilization for Justice | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aleph Society Inc | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Heights Synagogue | New York, NY | $3,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Community Alternatives | New York, NY | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yeshiva Har Torah | New York, NY | $3,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heartshare Human Services of Ny Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Straus Park | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prevent Gun Violence | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Abbington | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upstate Films Ltd | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yad Vashem | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thhs PTA | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
38 of 61 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 60%, across 3 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 22 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 | 10 | $214,700 | $7,750 |
| 2022 | 43 | $222,000 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 34 | $215,000 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 41 | $215,000 | $2,500 |
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
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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 $3,550. 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 New York.
- 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 The Helen Matchett Demario's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: Co Windels Et Al 156 West 56TH St, New York, NY, 10019. 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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