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The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann 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.

$90k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
132
Grants FY2024
139
Organizations funded FY2023
4%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$300
Largest grant, FY2024
$18,000
Organizations funded a year
122 to 154
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
24
Total assets, FY2024
$1.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 4% of the organizations The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureReligionEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving130$89k4%
FY2023139$86k4%
FY2022154$81k4%
FY2021153$62k14%
FY2020122$63k2%
FY2019147$74k10%
FY2018145$76k10%
FY2017139$64kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$179kPhilanthropy$130kEducation$72kHealth$43kHuman Services$39kArts & Culture$35kHousing & Shelter$20kPublic Benefit$20kOther$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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Berks County Inc$125,55080%
Saint Joseph's University$26,08080%
John Paul II Center for Special Learning$22,3008n/a
A Woman's Concern Inc$13,00070%
Covenant House$11,25080%
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles$10,25080%
Reading Science Center$10,00034%
Bernardine Sister of the Third$9,8008n/a
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$9,75070%
Clare of Assisi House Inc$8,50061%
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All grantees of The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Berks County Inc$125,55080%
Saint Joseph's University$26,08080%
John Paul II Center for Special Learning$22,3008n/a
A Woman's Concern Inc$13,00070%
Covenant House$11,25080%
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles$10,25080%
Reading Science Center$10,00034%
Bernardine Sister of the Third$9,8008n/a
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$9,75070%
Clare of Assisi House Inc$8,50061%
Diocese of Allentown$7,7905n/a
Mary's Shelter$7,25080%
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc$5,90080%
Dayspring Homes Inc$5,00010%
Berks Encore Inc$4,81780%
Berks Business Education Coalition$4,10071%
Penn State Health$3,30030%
Friends of Chamber Music of Reading$3,18072%
American Battlefield Trust$2,95080%
Wood to Wonderful Inc$2,90081%
Breakthrough T1d$2,68280%
State Policy Network$2,67580%
Literacy Council of Reading-Berks$2,65080%
The Heritage Foundation$2,60080%
Reading Musical Foundation$2,52580%
Wcr Center for the Arts Inc$2,50021%
Competitive Enterprise Institute$2,50080%
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum$2,50080%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$2,42580%
Media Research Center$2,40080%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$2,35080%
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$2,30070%
Historical Society of Berks County$2,27580%
Tax Foundation$2,15080%
Freedom Alliance$2,07580%
Judicial Watch Inc$1,98070%
Capital Research Center$1,97080%
American Council on Science and Health$1,79080%
American Heart Association Inc$1,77580%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$1,70080%
Catholic Relief Services$1,6558n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$1,62570%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,62580%
Habitat for Humanity of Berks County$1,60070%
Young America's Foundation$1,57580%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$1,55060%
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$1,48080%
Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank$1,41080%
Foundation for Free Enterprise Education$1,40020%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$1,39780%
Missionaries of Africa$1,3918n/a
Citizens Against Government Waste$1,36880%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$1,36080%
Sudan Relief Fund Inc$1,34180%
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement$1,3258n/a
US English Foundation Inc$1,30070%
Feeding America$1,25080%
Project Veritas$1,25050%
Institute for Energy Research$1,20070%
Solidarity With the Persecuted Church$1,20080%
Governor Mifflin Music Association Co Governor Mifflin School District$1,20033%
Berks Catholic High School Inc$1,1757n/a
Accuracy in Media Inc$1,15580%
Mifflin Community Library$1,15080%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$1,15080%
Muhlenberg Area Ambulance Association$1,14570%
Sister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc$1,10060%
Institute for Justice$1,07580%
Schuylkill River Greenway Association$1,07570%
Sophia Institute$1,05040%
Priests for Life$1,00070%
Muhlenberg Community Library$95060%
Seton Heritage Ministries Inc$9254n/a
Mission Pre-Born Inc$90020%
David Horowitz Freedom Center$89070%
Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska$8778n/a
Burn Prevention Network$85070%
United Service Organizations Inc$85030%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$82560%
The Heartland Institute$80040%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$77070%
Whyy Inc$67060%
St Labre Indian School$6608n/a
The Redemptorists$6555n/a
Bill of Rights Institute$64070%
Amvets National Service Foundation$63550%
Alliance Defending Freedom$59070%
Padre Pio Foundation of America Inc$57540%
Food for the Poor Inc$57570%
The Children's Home of Reading$57560%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$55040%
Red Cloud Indian School$5368n/a
American Macular Degeneration Goehring$53540%
Citizens United$52540%
The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal$5017n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$50170%
Reading Pops Orchestra$5001n/a
St Francis Mission$50070%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$46580%
The Center for American Liberty$45030%
Turning Point USA Inc$45030%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$40580%
American Legislative Exchange Council$40030%
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$40030%
Salesian Missions Inc$3655n/a
Family Research Council$35040%
National Legal and Policy Center$35020%
Support Our Aging Religious Inc$35020%
St Josephs Indian School$3404n/a
American Energy Alliance$30010%
National Parkinson Foundation Inc$3003n/a
National Taxpayers Union Foundation$30020%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$25040%
First Liberty Institute$25050%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$25010%
Conservative Partnership Institute$25020%
Fall Festival of the Arts$2501n/a
American Constitutional Rights Union$22530%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$20010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20010%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$20020%
The Yocum Institute for Arts Education Inc$18320%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$18030%
Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation$17540%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$10010%
Citizens United Foundation$10010%
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church Foundation Inc$10010%
Hoover Presidential Foundation$8520%
Lasalle Academy$351n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($188k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Berks County Inc: $125,550 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Joseph's University: $26,080 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetA Woman's Concern Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCovenant House: $11,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBoyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles: $10,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetReading Science Center: $10,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetNational Brain Tumor Society Inc: $9,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetClare of Assisi House Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMary's Shelter: $7,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNational Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc: $5,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDayspring Homes Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerks Encore Inc: $4,817 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBerks Business Education Coalition: $4,100 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPenn State Health: $3,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Chamber Music of Reading: $3,180 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $2,950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWood to Wonderful Inc: $2,900 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $2,682 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetState Policy Network: $2,675 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Council of Reading-Berks: $2,650 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $2,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetReading Musical Foundation: $2,525 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWcr Center for the Arts Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCompetitive Enterprise Institute: $2,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Reading Public Museum: $2,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $2,425 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Research Center: $2,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $2,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Foundation Inc: $2,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Berks County: $2,275 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTax Foundation: $2,150 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Alliance: $2,075 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $1,980 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Research Center: $1,970 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Council on Science and Health: $1,790 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,775 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $1,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $1,625 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,625 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Berks County: $1,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $1,575 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $1,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Medical Mission Board Inc: $1,480 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Harvest Fresh Food Bank: $1,410 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Free Enterprise Education: $1,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $1,397 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Against Government Waste: $1,368 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,360 over 8y, 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 110.

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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.

Berks County Community Foundation IncPA48× affinity21 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berks County Community Foundation Inc · The Breidegam Family Foundation · The Wyomissing Foundation Inc · Blue Mountain Foundation · Penn Entertainment Foundation · United Way of Berks County Inc · Farrell Family Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Henry Janssen Foundation · Marlin Miller Jr Family Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Triad Foundation Inc

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 The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation

How much does The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation give?
The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation reported 132 grants totaling $90,277 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 122 and 154 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (12%).
Who are The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Berks County Inc ($126k), Saint Joseph's University ($26k), John Paul II Center for Special Learning ($22k).
Does The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann 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 The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berks County Community Foundation Inc, The Breidegam Family Foundation, The Wyomissing Foundation Inc.
Where is The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation based?
The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation is based in PA.

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 211 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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