New York · Private foundation
Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $314k
- 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 Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $16k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $13k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $18k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $18k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $16k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $17k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York | $25,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Buffalo Sabres Foundation | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wright State University Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Hilbert College | $7,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Roswell Park Alliance Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ecmc Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| City Mission Society Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The International Institute of Buffalo | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Buffalo Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York | $25,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Buffalo Sabres Foundation | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wright State University Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Hilbert College | $7,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Roswell Park Alliance Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ecmc Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| City Mission Society Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The International Institute of Buffalo | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Buffalo Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jericho Road Ministries Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaleidoscope | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc give?
- Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $15,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Education (16%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York ($26k), Buffalo Sabres Foundation ($17k), Wright State University Foundation Inc ($14k).
- Does Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc 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 Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, James H Cummings Foundation Inc, The Baird Foundation.
- Where is Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc based?
- Oliver C and Julia Hamister Family Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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