Illinois · Private foundation
Hometown America 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $926k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 92% of the organizations Hometown America Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 14 | $31k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $25k | 92% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $110k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ignite | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Myerstown First Aid Unit | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lovextension Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Long Island Cares Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frank J Evans Charitable Foundation CO Gregory M Evans | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hometown America 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: Aetna Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Hometown America Foundation
- How much does Hometown America Foundation give?
- Hometown America Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $31,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hometown America Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (39%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Hometown America Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ignite ($20k), Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc ($20k), Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc ($20k).
- Does Hometown America Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hometown America 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 Hometown America Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aetna Foundation Inc, Verizon Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Hometown America Foundation based?
- Hometown America Foundation is based in IL.
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