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Harry and Lillian Hoffman Foundation at a glance

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Harry and Lillian Hoffman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$44kInternational$7kHuman Services$4kEnvironment$2kHealth$2kEducation$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$860Housing & Shelter$540Other$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$80k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES (300 OR LESS PER CHARITY)$4,587
Individual grant recipient$2,730
BAIS MENACHEM$1,500
YESHIVA TORAS CHAIM TALMUDIC SEMINARY$1,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID$500
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$500
PROJECT WORTHMORE$500
HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY$500
NRDC$500
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$360
SEFARIA$360
SHELTERBOX$350
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHELTERBOX: $750 → 14%SHELTERBOX: $680 → 14%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $500 → 8%SHELTERBOX: $350 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $500 → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $500 → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $500 → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56k · 13 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
12

Total granted

$56k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+1%

Still filing today

69%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthEducationHuman ServicesReligionEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +20%
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $2k · revenue +26%
  • SU
    SHELTERBOX USA INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE ST FRANCIS CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $540 · revenue +96%
  • HB
    HARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW
    one grant, 2023 · $530 · revenue -20%
  • RI
    ROFEH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +77%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
3
Sherit Isroel
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4
Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra

To promote partnership and coexistence among jewish and arab citizens of israel by providing support for integrated schools and providing funding for and assisting in program development in connection with israeli nonprofits with similar…

International
5
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
6
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
7
United Israel Appeal Inc

The principal function of uia is to administer and supervise the funds allocated for philanthropic purposes related to immigration and absorption of humanitarian migrants to israel and jewish identity programs in israel and the former…

International
8
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
9
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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10
Jewish Family Service of San Diego

Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.

Human Services
11
Jewish Fertility Foundation Inc

The jewish fertility foundation (jff) engages hopeful parents by providing financial assistance, emotional support, and infertility education to those struggling to build their families.

Health
12
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ner Gavriel Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $18,267 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES (300 OR LESS PER CHARITY): $17,446 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES (300 OR LESS PER CHARITY)BAIS MENACHEM INC: $3,860 · OtherBAIS MENACHEM INCYESHIVA TORAS CHAIM TALMUDIC SEMINARY: $3,250 · OtherYESHIVA TORAS CHAIM TALMUDIC SEMINARY+6 more: $3,070 · Other+6 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,180 · InternationalMEDECINS …AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $860 · InternationalWORLD CEN…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $500 · InternationalJEWISH NA…HIAS INC: $500 · InternationalHIAS INCISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $360 · InternationalISRAEL EM…SHELTERBOX USA INC: $1,780 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT WORTHMORE: $500 · Human ServicesPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,500 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation: $860 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $500 · HealthSEFARIA INC: $1,040 · EducationMOED INCORPORATED: $500 · EducationDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $500 · EducationNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentNER GAVRIEL FUND INC: $500 · ReligionYesod Foundation: $360 · Religion
Other$45,893International$5,400Human Services$3,780Health$2,860Education$2,040Environment$2,000Religion$860

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,180 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $1,780 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEFARIA INC: $1,040 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST FRANCIS CENTER: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRIETT BUHAI CENTER FOR FAMILY LAW: $530 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT WORTHMORE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROFEH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOED INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNER GAVRIEL FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRADER-WILLI SYNDROME ASSOCIATION (USA): $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ACADEMY OF TORAH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYesod Foundation: $360 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Rose Community Founda…Mile High United Way …American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Rose Community FoundationCO13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harry and Lillian Hoffman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry and Lillian Hoffman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Harry and Lillian Hoffman Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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