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Hobbs 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.

$750k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$14M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Hobbs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalInternationalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving38$750k13%
FY202434$700k15%
FY202332$650k6%
FY202231$600k3%
FY202135$550k17%
FY202033$531k27%
FY201932$450k13%
FY201830$320k13%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$2.3MHousing & Shelter$840kYouth Development$685kEducation$515kHealth$180kPhilanthropy$140kInternational$125kArts & Culture$60kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Hobbs Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dawning Family Services Inc$225,00091%
Childrens Harbor Inc$195,00091%
Family Promise Inc$195,00081%
Voices for Children Foundation Inc$191,00091%
Place of Hope Inc$180,00090%
Nurse-Family Partnership$180,00080%
Chapman Partnership Inc$165,00090%
Voices for Children of Tampa Bay Inc$165,000913%
Youth Haven Inc$165,00091%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$165,00090%
Grace Place for Children and Families Inc$160,00090%
Champions for Children Inc$150,00070%
Heart Gallery of Tampa Inc$140,00065%
Charity Navigator$140,00091%
Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay Inc$140,00090%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami Inc$130,00080%
Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc$130,00090%
Educate Tomorrow Corp$130,00061%
One More Child Inc$125,0008n/a
Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc$125,00061%
Miami Diaper Bank Inc$120,00063%
Academy Prep Center of Tampa Inc$105,00051%
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc$90,00090%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc$90,00090%
The Children's Place at Home Safe Inc$85,00040%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc$80,00070%
Friends of Joshua House Foundation$80,00082%
Florida International University Foundation Inc$60,00030%
Clothes to Kids Inc$60,00061%
Kids in Distress Inc$60,00060%
Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc)$50,00041%
Children in Crisis Inc$30,00031%
Florida United Methodist Children's Home Inc$30,00030%
Brookwood Florida Inc$30,00031%
Heartland for Children Inc$30,0003n/a
Center for Child Counseling Inc$25,00020%
Family Promise of Brevard Inc$20,00021%
Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast Inc$20,00020%
Heart Gallery of Broward County Inc$20,00023%
Children's Literacy Initiative$20,00020%
Genesis Hopeful Haven Inc$20,00021%
The Heart Gallery of Pinellas & Pasco Inc$20,00025%
Covenant House Florida Inc$10,00010%
The Sundari Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Museum of Science & Industry Inc$10,00010%
Lighthouse Ministries Inc$10,00010%
I Will Mentorship Foundation Inc$10,00014%
Caring Children Clothing Children Inc$10,0001n/a
New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc$10,00010%
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc$10,00010%
Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children$10,00010%
Computer Mentors Group Inc$10,0001n/a
Suncoast Voices for Children Foundation Inc$10,00011%
The Lucy Project Inc$10,00011%
Barry University Inc$10,00010%
Heart Gallery of Sarasota$10,000113%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Inc$10,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($430k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hobbs Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDawning Family Services Inc: $225,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetChildrens Harbor Inc: $195,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Promise Inc: $195,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetVoices for Children Foundation Inc: $191,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetPlace of Hope Inc: $180,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNurse-Family Partnership: $180,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChapman Partnership Inc: $165,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVoices for Children of Tampa Bay Inc: $165,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetYouth Haven Inc: $165,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMetropolitan Ministries Inc: $165,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGrace Place for Children and Families Inc: $160,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetChampions for Children Inc: $150,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHeart Gallery of Tampa Inc: $140,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetCharity Navigator: $140,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay Inc: $140,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Miami Inc: $130,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetJack and Jill Children's Center Inc: $130,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEducate Tomorrow Corp: $130,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJunior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: $125,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMiami Diaper Bank Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetAcademy Prep Center of Tampa Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Pbc: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Place at Home Safe Inc: $85,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Joshua House Foundation: $80,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetFlorida International University Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetClothes to Kids Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetKids in Distress Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHelping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc): $50,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetChildren in Crisis Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFlorida United Methodist Children's Home Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBrookwood Florida Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCenter for Child Counseling Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Promise of Brevard Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the Suncoast Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHeart Gallery of Broward County Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetChildren's Literacy Initiative: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGenesis Hopeful Haven Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Heart Gallery of Pinellas & Pasco Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCovenant House Florida Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Sundari Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Science & Industry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetI Will Mentorship Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetNew Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

Publix Super Markets Charities IncFL43.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Camelot Community Care Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc

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.

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How do I get to Hobbs Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hobbs 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.

About Hobbs Foundation

How much does Hobbs Foundation give?
Hobbs Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $750,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hobbs Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are Hobbs Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dawning Family Services Inc ($225k), Childrens Harbor Inc ($195k), Family Promise Inc ($195k).
Does Hobbs Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hobbs 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 Hobbs Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Publix Super Markets Charities Inc, Suncoast Credit Union Foundation, Rays Baseball Foundation Inc.
Where is Hobbs Foundation based?
Hobbs Foundation is based in VA.

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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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