· Private foundation
Hooper Legacy 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $73k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| HOSPICE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $15,000 |
| MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF WNY | $12,500 |
| COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| MUSEUM OF SCINECE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| RED BARN NATURE'S WAY FOUNDATION INC | $4,000 |
| GRAYCLIFF | $3,000 |
| ONE RED THREAD WQUINE COMMECTION | $2,000 |
| UPWARD DESIGN FOR LIFE | $1,000 |
| HUMMANGO | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMY3× · 2022–2024 · $45k
- AAALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION2× · 2023–2024 · $40k
- BFBison Fund2× · 2022–2023 · $35k
Funded once
- AAAlzheimer's Assiciation of WNYone grant, 2022 · $15k
- HHospicone grant, 2022 · $15k
- BPBuffalo Philharmonic Orchestraone grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
See Schedule OThe Kanack School of Musical Artistry is the not-for-profit epicenter of Creative Ability Development (CAD) within our community and internationally. We provide an enriching, nurturing, and inclusive environment where all can…
The mission of music conservatory of westchester is to provide the extraordinary benefits of music to all in our community. we believe in the inherent power of music to provide personal enrichment, creative expression, lifelong learning,…
Alleyway Theatre, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional theatre company and a collaborative incubator for bold, visceral new theatre works. Our education and development programs foster the talents of emergent artists from Western…
Our mission is to help every individual reach their full potential; horses and humans alike. We have three great programs that come together in harmony to accomplish that.
Rehabilitation services provided to handicapped individuals.
How this is measured
7 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 7 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hooper Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hooper Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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