North Carolina · Private foundation
Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation
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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $24,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $223k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 37 | $98k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $94k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $120k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $156k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $117k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $52k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $70k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc | $279,950 | 8 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $44,215 | 7 | 0% |
| North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation | $25,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Surry County Inc | $19,578 | 2 | 0% |
| Stokes Partnership for Children Inc | $7,530 | 8 | 0% |
| Sauratown Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated | $7,520 | 8 | 1% |
| East Stokes Outreach Ministry Inc | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Danbury Volunteer Fire Department | $6,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Exodus Ministries | $5,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Gideons International | $5,500 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($335k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Reynolds American Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · American Snuff Charitable Trust · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation
- How much does Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation give?
- Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $97,543 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (35%), Religion (31%), Education (7%).
- Who are Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc ($280k), Wake Forest University ($44k), North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation ($26k).
- Does Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam & Pam Hooker 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 Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Reynolds American Foundation, The Winston-Salem Foundation.
- Where is Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation based?
- Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation is based in NC.
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