How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Robert J Helm
2305 S Blackman Road, Ste D
Springfield, MO 65809
(417) 887-0585
- Form and materials
- Not applicable
- Deadlines
- Not applicable
- Restrictions
- Not applicable
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$242,000
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $5,394,264
-
Tax year 2024
$602,000
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $4,146,604
-
Tax year 2023
$305,075
- Grants listed
- 23
- Assets, end of year
- $3,765,557
-
Tax year 2022
$217,000
- Grants listed
- 25
- Assets, end of year
- $2,958,402
-
Tax year 2021
$135,000
- Grants listed
- 24
- Assets, end of year
- $3,906,895
-
Tax year 2020
$87,500
- Grants listed
- 19
- Assets, end of year
- $2,212,403
-
Tax year 2019
$63,000
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $1,420,868
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Tax year 2018
$46,000
- Grants listed
- 15
- Assets, end of year
- $848,945
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Boys and Girls Club of SpringfieldSpringfield, MO
Williams school
$121,000 -
Council of ChurchesSpringfield, MO
Ambassadors for children, crosslines
$30,000 -
Christ Episcopal ChurchSpringfield, MO
Charity
$25,000 -
St Andrews Episcopal ChurchKansas City, MO
Charity
$15,000 -
Nature Conservancy of MoSt Louis, MO
Missouri tstee matching prog.
$5,000 -
PTSD Foundation of AmericaHouston, TX
Charity
$5,000 -
Casa of SW MissouriSpringfield, MO
Charity
$5,000 -
KsmuSpringfield, MO
Charity
$5,000 -
Ozarks Public TelevisionSpringfield, MO
Charity
$5,000 -
Ozarks Food HarvestSpringfield, MO
Charity
$5,000 -
BGC Partners in Education (pie)Springfield, MO
Charity
$5,000 -
Care to LearnSpringfield, MO
Charity-sps students
$3,000 -
The Warrior's JourneySpringfield, MO
Charity
$3,000 -
Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL
Charity
$2,500 -
Mo Prairie FoundationColumbia, MO
Charity
$2,000 -
Care Animal RescueSpringfield, MO
Charity
$1,000 -
National Parks Conservation AssociaWashington, DC
Charity
$1,000 -
National Wildlife FederationMerrifield, VA
Charity
$1,000 -
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DC
Charity
$1,000 -
Conservation Federation of MissouriJefferson Cty, MO
Charity
$1,000 -
Missouri Parks AssociationKansas City, MO
Charity
$500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Food and agriculture1 grant $5,00024% of the total
- Public affairs1 grant $5,00024% of the total
- Human services1 grant $3,00014% of the total
- Religion1 grant $3,00014% of the total
- Health1 grant $2,50012% of the total
- Environment2 grants $1,5007% of the total
- 1 other causes1 grant $1,0005% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Missouri17 grants $234,000
- Texas1 grant $5,000
- District of Columbia2 grants $2,000
- Virginia1 grant $1,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Jon M RisdalPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
- David J RisdalVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
- Kathy A RisdalSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
- Robert J HelmTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
- Michelle Risdal BarnesVICE PRESIDE Hours 0Pay $0
The return
More foundations
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- Private foundations in Springfield
- Foundations that fund food and agriculture in Missouri
- Foundations that fund public affairs in Missouri
- Foundations that fund human services in Missouri
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