Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Tears of Hope 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.
- $198k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 48
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 48
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $824k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Tears of Hope Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 | 34 | $198k | 59% |
| FY2024 | 48 | $246k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $235k | 68% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $234k | 68% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $198k | 89% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $137k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parochial Medical Center | $171,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Christian Aid Ministries | $14,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Rock Refuge Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Clinic for Special Children Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Therapy Barn | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hands 2 Care | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eastbrook Well Spring Care | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Conestoga Retreat | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parochial Medical Center | $171,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Christian Aid Ministries | $14,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Rock Refuge Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Clinic for Special Children Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Therapy Barn | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hands 2 Care | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eastbrook Well Spring Care | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Conestoga Retreat | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kurtz Homestead Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunlight Gardens | $3,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Retreat Re | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philhaven | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Horizons of Hope | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Water Street Ministries | $2,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Mt Hope Charities Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Choices Healthcare | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gator Wilderness Camp School Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Armor of Light | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinecraft Community Center Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunrise Meadows | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherds Pathway | $566 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 141 recipients with no EIN on record ($961k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tears of Hope Foundation 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 Tears of Hope Foundation
- How much does Tears of Hope Foundation give?
- Tears of Hope Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $198,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 48 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Tears of Hope Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (72%), Human Services (13%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Tears of Hope Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Parochial Medical Center ($171k), Christian Aid Ministries ($14k), Mercy Ships International ($14k).
- Does Tears of Hope Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tears of Hope 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 Tears of Hope Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Anabaptist Foundation, Eastwood Corner Non-Grantor Irrv Tr, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is Tears of Hope Foundation based?
- Tears of Hope Foundation is based in PA.
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