Illinois · Private foundation
Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $850
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $747k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 13 | $13k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $4k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $6k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $9k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $17k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $11k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County Historical Society | $12,943 | 2 | 7% |
| Macedon Historical Society Inc | $6,767 | 7 | n/a |
| Lyons Heritage Society | $6,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Sodus Bay Historical Society | $5,800 | 5 | 2% |
| Newark-Arcadia Historical Society | $4,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Town of Sodus Historical Society | $3,425 | 3 | n/a |
| Wayne County Historical Society | $3,300 | 2 | 3% |
| Historic Palmyra Inc | $2,875 | 4 | 2% |
| Galen Historical Society | $2,050 | 3 | n/a |
| Walworth Historical Society | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County Historical Society | $12,943 | 2 | 7% |
| Macedon Historical Society Inc | $6,767 | 7 | n/a |
| Lyons Heritage Society | $6,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Sodus Bay Historical Society | $5,800 | 5 | 2% |
| Newark-Arcadia Historical Society | $4,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Town of Sodus Historical Society | $3,425 | 3 | n/a |
| Wayne County Historical Society | $3,300 | 2 | 3% |
| Historic Palmyra Inc | $2,875 | 4 | 2% |
| Galen Historical Society | $2,050 | 3 | n/a |
| Walworth Historical Society | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Marion Historic Association | $1,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Historic Pursuits | $1,025 | 2 | 9% |
| Rose Historical Society | $968 | 1 | n/a |
| Butler Historical Preservation Society | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Wolcott Historical Society | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Wallington Community Center Association Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
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: Rochester Area Community Foundation · The William G Pomeroy Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation with peer funders
About Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation
- How much does Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation give?
- Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $13,108 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (81%), Human Services (5%), Public Benefit (5%).
- Who are Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wayne County Historical Society ($13k), Macedon Historical Society Inc ($7k), Lyons Heritage Society ($6k).
- Does Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, The William G Pomeroy Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation based?
- Augustus and Jennie D Hoffman Foundation is based in IL.
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