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Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman 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.

$6k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100
Largest grant, FY2025
$500
States reached, FY2025
19
Total assets, FY2025
$122k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Animals$5kHuman Services$900Public Safety & Disaster$800Environment$700Philanthropy$700Health$300Public Benefit$300Arts & Culture$200Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Best Friends Animal Society$40020%
Alley Cat Allies Inc$35020%
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation$30020%
Paws Chicago$30020%
Tree House Humane Society Inc$30020%
The Yard Foundation Inc$30020%
Endangered Species Coalition$30020%
K9s for Warriors Inc$2001n/a
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$20010%
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc$2001n/a
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc$20010%
Zoological Society of San Diego$2001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$20020%
Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd$20020%
National Anti-Vivisection Society$20010%
Heartland Animal Shelter Nfp$20020%
National Park Foundation$15020%
Gary Sinise Foundation$15020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10010%
Wings of Rescue Inc$10010%
Pasadena Humane$10010%
The Seeing Eye Inc$10010%
The 100 Club of Illinois$1001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10010%
California Fire Foundation$10010%
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$10010%
Streetdog Foundation$10010%
National Wildlife Federation$1001n/a
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$10010%
Greater Good Charities$10010%
Fisher House Wisconsin Inc$1001n/a
Defenders of Wildlife$10010%
Alley Cat Rescue Inc$10010%
Sierra Club$10010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$10010%
Wilderness Watch Inc$1001n/a
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$10010%
Mutts With a Mission$1001n/a
American Prairie Foundation$5010%
Vested Interest in K9s Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Police Memorial Foundation: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Chicago: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTree House Humane Society Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Yard Foundation Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEndangered Species Coalition: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Society Ltd: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Anti-Vivisection Society: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeartland Animal Shelter Nfp: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWings of Rescue Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPasadena Humane: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Fire Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wild Animal Sanctuary: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStreetdog Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Good Charities: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVested Interest in K9s Inc: $50 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 33.

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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.

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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 Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation

How much does Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation give?
Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation reported 44 grants totaling $6,106 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (48%), Human Services (9%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
Who are Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Best Friends Animal Society ($400), Alley Cat Allies Inc ($350), Chicago Police Memorial Foundation ($300).
Does Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman 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 Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman Foundation based?
Rita J Manuel S& Steven D Hoffman 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 65 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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