Kentucky · Public charity
Book for Hope Inc
The mission of book for hope, inc. Is to raise childhood cancer awareness, financially assist families in kentucky, southern illinois, and northern tennessee with a child actively in cancer treatment and to donate to childhood cancer research.
- $234k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $131k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $397k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Book for Hope Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $131k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $104k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $166,366 | 2 | n/a |
| Tough2gether Foundation | $62,500 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
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About Book for Hope Inc
- How much does Book for Hope Inc give?
- Book for Hope Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $131,000, out of $233,731 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Book for Hope Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (64%).
- Who are Book for Hope Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Regents of the University of Michigan ($166k), Tough2gether Foundation ($63k).
- Does Book for Hope Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Book for Hope Inc based?
- Book for Hope Inc is based in KY.
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