California · Private foundation
Hobbit Room Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $100k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Hobbit Room Charitable Trust’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Hobbit Room Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partners for Justice Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 5% |
| When We All Vote | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Fund for Women Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
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About Hobbit Room Charitable Trust
- How much does Hobbit Room Charitable Trust give?
- Hobbit Room Charitable Trust reported 1 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Hobbit Room Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (38%), Public Benefit (19%), Civil Rights (19%).
- Who are Hobbit Room Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Partners for Justice Inc ($200k), When We All Vote ($100k), Global Fund for Women Inc ($100k).
- Does Hobbit Room Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hobbit Room Charitable Trust 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.
- Where is Hobbit Room Charitable Trust based?
- Hobbit Room Charitable Trust is based in CA.
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