Texas · Public charity
Hope Hits Harder
Raise funds for existing organizations that provide support, care and summer camp experiences to childhood cancer patients and their families
- $108k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $95k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Hope Hits Harder funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 4 | $95k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $588k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $663k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $377k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $109k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $536k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $475k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $261k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christus Children's Foundation | $1,629,989 | 7 | 4% |
| Discovery Camps Inc | $434,769 | 3 | 36% |
| A Shelter for Cancer Families | $115,245 | 4 | 7% |
| Big Love Cancer Care Services | $80,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Pga Tour Charities Inc | $68,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rey Feo Scholarship Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Methodist Healthcare System | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Magik Childrens Theatre of San Antonio Dba the Magik Theatre | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($673k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hope Hits Harder supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: San Antonio Area Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hope Hits Harder
- How much does Hope Hits Harder give?
- Hope Hits Harder reported 4 itemized grants totaling $95,000, out of $107,834 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hope Hits Harder fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (70%), Youth Development (14%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Hope Hits Harder's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Christus Children's Foundation ($1.6M), Discovery Camps Inc ($435k), A Shelter for Cancer Families ($115k).
- Does Hope Hits Harder fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hope Hits Harder?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Hope Hits Harder based?
- Hope Hits Harder is based in TX.
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