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Ralph W Hooper Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ralph W Hooper 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.

$110k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$75k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$360kEducation$286kHuman Services$185kHealth$140kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kArts & Culture$25kYouth Development$25kRecreation & Sports$5k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$972k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Deep Roots Inc$75,000
The Positive Vibe Foundation$30,000
Western Delaware Valley Lions Club$5,000
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.

US giving: 83% of grant dollars ($900k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 17% that went abroad ($186k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $555k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Red Cross: $30k → 14%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $100k → 7%Deep Roots Inc: $75k → 10%American Red Cross: $25k → 14%Deep Roots Inc: $75k → 10%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%Deep Roots Inc: $75k → 10%Deep Roots Inc: $50k → 10%Deep Roots Inc: $50k → 10%Cecilton Lions Charities Inc: $30k → 10%Deep Roots Inc: $30k → 10%Deep Roots Inc: $5k → 10%Cecilton Lions Charities Inc: $5k → 10%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.

Beyond the US: 17% of all-years giving ($186k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
St Lucia$186k · 4 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$776k · 7 repeat orgs$310k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$776k
$275k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+1%

Still filing today

43%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • DR
    DEEP ROOTS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $360k · revenue +36%
  • SR
    Soufriere Regional Development Foundation
    4× · 2020–2023 · $186k
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2018–2020 · $60k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • UN
    US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +31%
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +1%
  • CO
    CRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -15%
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
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.

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2
Us Navy Memorial Foundation

The navy memorial mission is to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services and the important contributions made by them while serving in the united states navy, marine corps, coast guard and merchant marine. the…

Arts & Culture
3
Naval War College Foundation Inc

Help the naval war college to: a. develop strategic and operational leaders: provide professional military education programs that are current, rigorous, relevant, and accessible to the maximum number of qualified u.s. officers and navy…

Education
4
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc

See schedule othe marine corps scholarship foundation is the nation's oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children. founded in 1962, the marine corps scholarship foundation provides access to education for…

Education
5
Marine Corps Association Foundation

To provide resources and support to sustain and expand programs and activities essential to the marine corps association's (mca) mission by engaging everyone inspired by the marine corps.

Arts & Culture
6
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
7
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc

Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…

Education
8
Navy League Foundation

The mission of the navy league foundation is to support educational, advocacy, and related programs that benefit the men and women of the us sea services and their families. the foundation is responsible for the management of the navy…

Education
9
Uss Constitution Museum Inc

The uss constitution museum engages all ages in the story of "old ironsides" to spark excitement about maritime heritage, naval service, and the american experience.

Arts & Culture
10
Marine Corps Association

The mission of the marine corps association (mca) is to support the marine corps by disseminating knowledge of military art and science among marines, provide opportunities for professional development for marines, and to foster the spirit…

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11
United States Naval Academy Alumni Assoc

To serve and support the united states, the naval service, the naval academy, and its alumni.

Education
12
American Legion Auxiliary Dept of Minnes

In the spirit of service, not self, the mission of the american legion auxiliary is to support the american legion and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cecilton Lions Charities 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

10 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. 10 of the 14 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEEP ROOTS INC: $360,000 · Human ServicesDEEP ROOTS INCMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATIONAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters an…Cecilton Lions Charities Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesCecilton Lions Charities IncSoufriere Regional Development Foundation: $186,492 · OtherSoufriere Regional Development …Salvation Army: $50,000 · OtherSalvation ArmyUnion Hospital Foundation: $35,000 · OtherUnion Hospital FoundationCRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $25,000 · OtherCRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 B…+1 more: $5,000 · OtherTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE BRYN M…POSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthPOSITIVE V…EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $25,000 · HealthEAGLES AUT…US NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationUS NAVAL A…MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$555,000Other$301,492Health$105,000Education$100,000Arts & Culture$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDEEP ROOTS INC: $360,000 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetUS NAVAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCecilton Lions Charities Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetPOSITIVE VIBE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 14 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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