Nebraska · Private foundation
Hofer Family Foundation
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.
- $327k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 15
- Total assets, FY2024
- $144k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Hofer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 40 | $324k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $233k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $288k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $86k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $71k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $136k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $60k | 7% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $136k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Light Church Omaha | $225,568 | 8 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $162,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $153,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society | $75,400 | 8 | n/a |
| Nebraska Family Alliance Inc | $53,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Oaks International | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Navigators | $47,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brazilian Evangelistic Association | $29,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Pioneers | $20,800 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Light Church Omaha | $225,568 | 8 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $162,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $153,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society | $75,400 | 8 | n/a |
| Nebraska Family Alliance Inc | $53,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Oaks International | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Navigators | $47,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brazilian Evangelistic Association | $29,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Pioneers | $20,800 | 7 | n/a |
| Heartland Family Service | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Omaha Youth for Christ | $10,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Young Life | $10,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Cbmc Inc | $10,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Platte Institute for Economic Research Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gospelink Inc | $9,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Europe Mission | $9,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Envision Academy | $8,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Angels Among US | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Family Lines | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Insight for Living | $4,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Abide Network Inc | $2,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Lily Haven | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Dynamics | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Joni and Friends | $1,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Front Range Christian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Investment Foundation | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Rising Star Ministries Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| John Brown University | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($338k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hofer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Servant Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Hofer Family Foundation
- How much does Hofer Family Foundation give?
- Hofer Family Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $327,120 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hofer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Human Services (27%), Civil Rights (12%).
- Who are Hofer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City Light Church Omaha ($226k), Alliance Defending Freedom ($162k), Focus on the Family ($153k).
- Does Hofer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hofer Family 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 Hofer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, The US Charitable Gift Trust, Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation.
- Where is Hofer Family Foundation based?
- Hofer Family Foundation is based in NE.
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