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John C Hover Foundation Inc at a glance

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John C Hover Foundation Inc

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.

$6k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$19kReligion$18kHealth$8kArts & Culture$7kPhilanthropy$5kEnvironment$3kInternational$3kCivil Rights$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
6
States reached
$70k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES$1,000
RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$1,000
THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL$1,000
SWIM ACROSS AMERICA$750
Buckingham Friends School$500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$500
THE CLAN CURRIE SOCIETY INC$250
BOWMANS HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE AS$250
Solebury School$250
Bucks County SPCA$250
Rye Garden Club$200
Michener Art Museum$150
American Tinnitus Association$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INGLIS FOUNDATION: $250 → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
NC
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$53k · 19 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
13

Total granted

$53k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+8%

Still filing today

74%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PI
    PRIORY IN THE USA OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSP / ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM
    5× · 2017–2022 · $6k · revenue +46%
  • SA
    Swim Across America Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $5k · revenue +35%
  • RC
    RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PENN MUSEUM OF ARCHAE
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • WB
    WASHINGTON BACH CONSORT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -2%
  • NH
    NEW HEMPSTEAD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
6
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
7
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
12
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rye Country Day School; the most unlike its peers is Bucks County Playhouse Theater Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW YO: $16,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW YOUNIVERSITY OF PENN MUSEUM OF ARCHAE: $2,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENN MUSEUM OF ARCHAEPLANNE PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AME: $1,600 · OtherNEW HOPE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,500 · Other+17 more: $8,100 · Other+17 moreTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $9,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILL…RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $4,250 · EducationRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY O…+3 more: $750 · EducationPRIORY IN THE USA OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSP / ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM: $5,600 · HealthPRIORY IN THE …ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES INC: $2,500 · HealthALCOHOLICS ANO…+1 more: $100 · HealthSwim Across America Inc: $4,800 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,250 · InternationalThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $500 · InternationalWASHINGTON BACH CONSORT INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $500 · Arts & CultureTHIRTY WEST FORTY FOURTH STREET FOUNDATION: $250 · Arts & CultureBUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE THEATER INC: $250 · Arts & CultureBOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION: $500 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE FUND INC: $500 · Environment
Other$30,200Education$16,500Health$8,200Philanthropy$4,800International$2,750Arts & Culture$2,000Environment$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPRIORY IN THE USA OF THE MOST VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSP / ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM: $5,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $4,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS WORLD SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWASHINGTON BACH CONSORT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Westbury Gardens Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLEBURY SCHOOL: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRYE GARDEN CLUB INC: $400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE SYMPHONIA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINGLIS FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clan Currie Society Inc Robert CurriePresident: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUMSEY HALL SCHOOL INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Philadelphia Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Philadelphia FoundationPA12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John C Hover Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John C Hover Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Riverside Symphonia Inc: 17% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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