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Hofmeister 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.

$145k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,200
Organizations funded a year
14 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Hofmeister Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
HealthEducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitHuman ServicesReligionOther
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 arriving22$145k36%
FY202426$140k19%
FY202325$123k44%
FY202220$109k30%
FY202114$70k14%
FY202020$50k30%
FY201918$36k39%
FY201825$32k60%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$253kHealth$215kReligion$195kHuman Services$55kArts & Culture$5kPublic Benefit$4kYouth Development$2kCommunity Improvement$600Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
IA
IN
OH
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Blessing Foundation Inc$210,75091%
Culver-Stockton College$207,10090%
Cheerful Home Association$52,00081%
St Louis University$40,00030%
The Heritage Foundation$3,05080%
Eureka College$3,00020%
Down Country$2,62160%
Quincy University Corporation$1,97020%
Mississippi Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$1,61480%
The Salvation Army$1,2003n/a
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All grantees of Hofmeister Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Blessing Foundation Inc$210,75091%
Culver-Stockton College$207,10090%
Cheerful Home Association$52,00081%
St Louis University$40,00030%
The Heritage Foundation$3,05080%
Eureka College$3,00020%
Down Country$2,62160%
Quincy University Corporation$1,97020%
Mississippi Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$1,61480%
The Salvation Army$1,2003n/a
The Quincy Museum Inc$1,20030%
Disabled Veterans National Foundation$80060%
Friends of the Dr Richard Eells House$70070%
Quincy Park Band Inc$7007n/a
Quincy Symphony Orchestra$62540%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$40030%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$40040%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$34030%
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church$2002n/a
Quincy Public Schools Foundation$20020%
Quincy Notre Dame Foundation$20010%
Quincy Art Center$20020%
Young Men's Christian Association of West Central Illinois$20020%
United Service Organizations Inc$15010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$10010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$10010%
Adams County Olde Tyme Association Inc$1001n/a
Quincy Community Theatre$10010%
Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County$10010%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
Quincy Society of Fine Arts$10010%
Quincy Humane Society$5010%
St Peter Lutheran Church$501n/a
North Point Church$501n/a
United States Deputy Sheriffs' Association Inc$501n/a
Great Commission Broadcasting Corp Attn Broc Hampsmire$501n/a
American Diabetes Association$5010%
Samaritan's Purse$2710%
Camp Callahan Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Blessing Foundation Inc: $210,750 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCulver-Stockton College: $207,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCheerful Home Association: $52,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSt Louis University: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $3,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEureka College: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDown Country: $2,621 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetQuincy University Corporation: $1,970 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $1,614 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Quincy Museum Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDisabled Veterans National Foundation: $800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Dr Richard Eells House: $700 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetQuincy Symphony Orchestra: $625 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $340 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Public Schools Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Notre Dame Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Art Center: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of West Central Illinois: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Community Theatre: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Quincy & Adams County: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Society of Fine Arts: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Humane Society: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $27 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Callahan Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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 32.

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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.

Community Foundation of the Quincy AreaIL38.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Quincy Area · Michelmann Foundation · Marion G Jackson Char Tr · The Jw Gardner II Foundation · Nuessen Family Foundation · The Lindsay Family Foundation · Stillwell Foundation · The Cfm Foundation · Kunes Family Foundation · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Hofmeister Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hofmeister 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 Hofmeister Foundation

How much does Hofmeister Foundation give?
Hofmeister Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $144,944 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hofmeister Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Health (29%), Religion (27%).
Who are Hofmeister Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Blessing Foundation Inc ($211k), Culver-Stockton College ($207k), Cheerful Home Association ($52k).
Does Hofmeister Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hofmeister 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 Hofmeister Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Quincy Area, Michelmann Foundation, Marion G Jackson Char Tr.
Where is Hofmeister Foundation based?
Hofmeister Foundation is based in IL.

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 75 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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