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James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$31k
Granted FY2022
17
Grants FY2022
17
Organizations funded FY2022
24%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 27
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
8
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 24% of the organizations James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22
Civil RightsInternationalEnvironmentHealthEducationOther
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
FY202217$31k24%
FY202119$42k26%
FY202021$40k29%
FY201920$56k50%
FY201727$63kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$104kEducation$67kYouth Development$20kPhilanthropy$10kRecreation & Sports$8kPublic Benefit$7kHousing & Shelter$4kHealth$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
IN
PA
NJ
CA
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bright Stars of Bethlehem Nfp$73,47052%
Eastern University$12,00040%
Heritage Classic Foundation$7,60040%
Bethany Lutheran Church$6,0004n/a
Family Promise of the Lowcountry$4,00030%
Lutheran Diaconal Association Inc$3,50030%
New Directions Inc$3,4503n/a
Lord of Life Lutheran Church$3,0001n/a
Arab American Institute Foundation$1,05810%
Play for Pink Inc$1,00040%
Show all 24 grantees
All grantees of James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bright Stars of Bethlehem Nfp$73,47052%
Eastern University$12,00040%
Heritage Classic Foundation$7,60040%
Bethany Lutheran Church$6,0004n/a
Family Promise of the Lowcountry$4,00030%
Lutheran Diaconal Association Inc$3,50030%
New Directions Inc$3,4503n/a
Lord of Life Lutheran Church$3,0001n/a
Arab American Institute Foundation$1,05810%
Play for Pink Inc$1,00040%
Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation$1,00010%
Hundred Acre Hollows Inc$7503n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$75030%
Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy$51511%
Tri-Cities Area Association for Handicapped Inc$5001n/a
Sc Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation Inc$50010%
World Affairs Council Hilton Head$2501n/a
Spring Island Trust$10010%
The Sunshine Kids Foundation$10010%
Association for Individual Development$10010%
Equal Justice Initiative$10010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$5010%
The Heritage Library Foundation Inc$2510%

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBright Stars of Bethlehem Nfp: $73,470 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetEastern University: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHeritage Classic Foundation: $7,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of the Lowcountry: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLutheran Diaconal Association Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetArab American Institute Foundation: $1,058 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlay for Pink Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy: $515 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSc Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpring Island Trust: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sunshine Kids Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation for Individual Development: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Library Foundation 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 18.

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 LowcountrySC17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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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About James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation

How much does James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation give?
James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $30,922 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Education (29%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Bright Stars of Bethlehem Nfp ($73k), Eastern University ($12k), Heritage Classic Foundation ($8k).
Does James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is James and Susan Hooker Family Foundation based?
James and Susan Hooker Family 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 52 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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