West Virginia · Private foundation
August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $410k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $410k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $375k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $385k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $395k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $330k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $362k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $330k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $332k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling Inc | $430,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Faith in Action Caregivers Inc | $306,000 | 7 | 41% |
| Oglebay Institute | $250,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Oglebay Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The King's Daughters Child Care Centers Inc | $165,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Life Hub Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 17% |
| The House of the Carpenter Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Wheeling Health Right Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Laughlin Community Center | $72,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Arc of Ohio County | $70,000 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling Inc | $430,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Faith in Action Caregivers Inc | $306,000 | 7 | 41% |
| Oglebay Institute | $250,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Oglebay Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The King's Daughters Child Care Centers Inc | $165,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Life Hub Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 17% |
| The House of the Carpenter Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Wheeling Health Right Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Laughlin Community Center | $72,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Arc of Ohio County | $70,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Youth Services System Inc | $64,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Harmony House Inc | $64,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Seeing Hand Association Inc | $58,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Catholic Charities West Virginia Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wheeling Country Day School | $43,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hoh Share Inc | $42,000 | 1 | 16% |
| West Virginia Northern Community College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nami of Greater Wheeling Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Elmhurst House of Friendship Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Wheeling Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Ohio County Family Resource Network | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust · Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundation · Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · Hess Family Foundation · Elizabeth Stifel Kline Foundation · Francis J and Edith Jackson Founda Security National Trust Company · Robinson S Parlin Trust · Rosemary M Front Charitable Trust · Robert L& Helen E Levenson Family Charitable Tr · Vna Home Support Services Inc · James B Chambers Memorial · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation with peer funders
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About August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation
- How much does August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation give?
- August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $410,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Education (17%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Soup Kitchen of Greater Wheeling Inc ($430k), Faith in Action Caregivers Inc ($306k), Oglebay Institute ($250k).
- Does August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust, Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundation, Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc.
- Where is August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation based?
- August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation is based in WV.
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