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Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$444k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$85,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$9.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterHealthPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving28$426k43%
FY202423$335k43%
FY202318$399k44%
FY202210$274k10%
FY20218$168k13%
FY202014$337k43%
FY201921$413k33%
FY201817$523k35%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$868kFood & Nutrition$403kInternational$390kHuman Services$346kArts & Culture$316kYouth Development$244kHealth$189kAnimals$156kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pennsylvania State University$467,0007n/a
Leaf Project Inc$360,000911%
Join Hands$320,0007n/a
Downtown Daily Bread$185,00082%
Upmc Pinnacle Foundation$100,00022%
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa$100,00021%
Perry County Animal Rescue$80,000539%
Millerstown Fire Company$68,850116%
Perry County Literacy Council$60,84348%
Greenlight Operation$60,00037%
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All grantees of Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pennsylvania State University$467,0007n/a
Leaf Project Inc$360,000911%
Join Hands$320,0007n/a
Downtown Daily Bread$185,00082%
Upmc Pinnacle Foundation$100,00022%
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa$100,00021%
Perry County Animal Rescue$80,000539%
Millerstown Fire Company$68,850116%
Perry County Literacy Council$60,84348%
Greenlight Operation$60,00037%
Messiah University$50,00010%
Cure International Inc$40,00010%
Millerstown Ambulance League$40,000113%
Historical Society of Perry County$37,750412%
Join Hands Ministry Inc$35,0001n/a
Hospice of Central Pennsylvania$29,11040%
The Perry Historians$25,500231%
Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc$25,00011%
The Nativity School of Harrisburg$25,0001n/a
The Vista Foundation$25,00010%
New Hope Ministries Inc$25,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Harrisburginc$25,00012%
Brethren Housing Association$20,00022%
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church$20,0003n/a
Central Penn College$20,0002n/a
Downbeat Foundation$20,0001n/a
The Lion Foundation$18,00042%
Hershey Area Playhouse$17,793212%
Mission Pre-Born Inc$17,50030%
Ronald McDonald House Charties of Northeastern Pensylvania Inc$15,00016%
The Nobody's Cats Foundation$15,00021%
Millerstown Senior Citizens Center Inc$13,3883n/a
Leg Up Farm Inc$12,50020%
Perry County Council of the Arts$11,00022%
The Joshua Group$10,00011%
Beacon Clinic for Health and Hope$10,0001n/a
Bloomfield Public Library$10,0001n/a
Speranza Animal Rescue Inc$10,00010%
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet$10,00010%
Tri-County Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc$8,00011%
Millerstown Community Success Inc$6,2901n/a
Rye Township Community Association$5,0001n/a
Peyton Walker Foundation$5,00010%
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Loving Care Cat Rescue$5,00012%
Ms Fiteffect$5,0001n/a
K9s for Warriors Inc$2,5001n/a
Derry Township Community Cats$2,5001n/a
Cocoa Kitties$2,50012%
Hershey Food Bank and Community Outreach Inc$2,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLeaf Project Inc: $360,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetDowntown Daily Bread: $185,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetUpmc Pinnacle Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetGirl Scouts in the Heart of Pa: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPerry County Animal Rescue: $80,000 over 5y, 39% of budgetMillerstown Fire Company: $68,850 over 1y, 16% of budgetPerry County Literacy Council: $60,843 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetGreenlight Operation: $60,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetMessiah University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCure International Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMillerstown Ambulance League: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHistorical Society of Perry County: $37,750 over 4y, 12% of budgetHospice of Central Pennsylvania: $29,110 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Perry Historians: $25,500 over 2y, 31% of budgetHarrisburg Symphony Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Vista Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew Hope Ministries Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Harrisburginc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBrethren Housing Association: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Lion Foundation: $18,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetHershey Area Playhouse: $17,793 over 2y, 12% of budgetMission Pre-Born Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charties of Northeastern Pensylvania Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetThe Nobody's Cats Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLeg Up Farm Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPerry County Council of the Arts: $11,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetThe Joshua Group: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSperanza Animal Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Pennsylvania Youth Ballet: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTri-County Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPeyton Walker Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLoving Care Cat Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCocoa Kitties: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHershey Food Bank and Community Outreach Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 35.

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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 Foundation for Enhancing CommunitiesPA51.3× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · United Way of the Capital Region · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation · Hall Foundation · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc

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 Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation

How much does Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation give?
Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $444,221 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Food & Nutrition (11%), International (11%).
Who are Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pennsylvania State University ($467k), Leaf Project Inc ($360k), Join Hands ($320k).
Does Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable 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 Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, United Way of the Capital Region, McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397.
Where is Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation based?
Lawrence L & Julia Z Hoverter Charitable Foundation is based in PA.

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 84 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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