· Private foundation
Bob Hong 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCHOOL HOUSE 4 REIMAGINING EDUCATION | $49,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| THE STORE | $15,993 |
| FLORIDA PANHANDLE BREAST CANCER | $15,000 |
| SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY | $10,000 |
| GIVE A NOTE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS COA | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SHSchool House 4 Reimagining Education Inc4× · 2022–2025 · $114k · revenue +62% · 100% of their budget
- PPPENSACOLA PRIVATE SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS INC5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +3%
- STSAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +108%
Funded once
- PRPROJECT RESOTRE US INCone grant, 2021 · $35k
- USUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLEone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +8%
- PCPENSACOLA CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $18k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
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The mission of hawai'i public radio is to serve the people of hawai'i by informing with essential news, inspiring through the power of music and the arts, and connecting through conversations and convenings.
To lead changes that expand public media as a trusted source of knowledge, information, and inspiration for all.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
Epic's mission is to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age for all people through advocacy, research, and litigation.
To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The mission of the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) is to maximize the success and impact of creatives in society by driving evidence-informed change in training and illuminating the value of arts and design education.
To serve audiences as a distinctive content source for information, insights and cultural experiences essential to living in our diverse, interconnected world.
At smarthistory we believe art has the power to transform lives and to build understanding across cultures. we believe that the brilliant histories of art belong to everyone, no matter their background.
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds School House 4 Reimagining Education Inc ↗
- Who funds PENSACOLA PRIVATE SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE ↗
- Who funds Womens Audio Mission ↗
- Who funds THE STORE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC ↗
- Who funds FOOTPRINT PROJECT ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds 309 PUNK PROJECT ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
- Who funds GIVE A NOTE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds The Star Island Corporation ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bob Hong Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bob Hong Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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