Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation

About Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation

A $110,007 grant to Yale Alumni in 2023 stands out in the Robbins Family Foundation’s recent giving, where most awards are much smaller and tied to Jewish communal life and Columbus-area institutions. Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Inc. uses grants to support established organizations rather than individuals, with recurring support for groups that provide communal infrastructure, local services, and cultural or educational programs. Its recent list includes repeated gifts to Jewish Federation of North America, Temple Israel, and United Way of the Chattahoochee, showing a pattern of staying with long-standing partners across multiple years. The foundation also supports organizations connected to education and alumni ties, including Yale Alumni and CSU Foundation, alongside community institutions such as The Columbus Museum, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and Columbus Hospice. Grant purposes are consistently framed as funds to the organization, and the portfolio includes both local Columbus recipients and national nonprofits. That mix points to a foundation that balances hometown giving with support for Jewish communal networks and select higher-education affiliations. With annual grants of $550,432 and total assets of $3,287,573, it operates at a modest scale but with a steady, recurring approach to institutional philanthropy.

What Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Funds

Jewish communal organizations are a core part of the foundation’s giving. It made $40,000 in 2024 and $30,000 in 2025 to Jewish Federation of North America, and also supported Temple Israel with $27,000 in 2025, following earlier gifts of $14,000 in 2024 and $12,000 in 2023. Local community welfare is another clear strand. United Way of the Chattahoochee received $25,000 in 2024, $25,000 in 2023, and $20,000 in 2025, indicating repeated support for a regional service organization. The foundation also gave $5,000 in 2024 to Muscogee Co Library Foundation and $4,000 in 2024 to Columbus Hospice. A third theme is support for education, alumni, and related civic institutions. Yale Alumni received $110,007 in 2023, and the foundation also gave $3,000 in 2025 to CSU Foundation. These gifts sit alongside support for groups such as Springer Society and The Columbus Museum, suggesting attention to civic and educational life in Columbus.

How Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Gives