· Private foundation
The Eric D & Steven D Hovde 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $133k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $454k
- $250k+1 grant · $931k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MANY HOPES | $930,944 |
| HOGAR DE NINOS ALALAY | $115,000 |
| POTHAWIRA INTERNATIONAL | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $84,308 |
| ASOCIACION NUEVO AMANECER JUNTOS | $54,232 |
| THORN | $50,000 |
| HOPE FOR LIFE | $50,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | $32,921 |
| SHELTER FROM THE STORM MINISTRIES | $25,000 |
| BETHEL HORIZONS FOUNDATION INC | $25,000 |
| AKOLA ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| CLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE | $15,000 |
| THE ROAD HOME OF DANE COUNTY | $10,000 |
| BELOVED ASHVILLE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
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: 68% of grant dollars ($4.8M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 32% that went abroad ($2.2M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 32% of all-years giving ($2.2M)
5 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of The Eric D & Steven D Hovde Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MHMANY HOPES INC5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +422% · 33% of their budget
- PIPOTHAWIRA INTERNATIONAL5× · 2020–2024 · $218k · revenue +446%
- TTHORN4× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- SASalvation Armyone grant, 2023 · $150k
- AMAsociacion Ministerio Diaconal Paz y Esperanzaone grant, 2020 · $129k
- OCONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +2%
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.
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.
The madison professional police officers association represents law enforcement professionals who serve the city of madison, wisconsin, as either police officers, detectives, investigators, or sergeants.
Our mission is to seed a new model of public education that ensures young children are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.
Madison street medicine is on a mission to develop programming and services to fill gaps in access to healthcare and housing in the madison area. we envision a community where individuals experiencing housing insecurity have equitable…
Chariots for hope shares the hope of christ by loving kenyan children through christian discipleship and long-term physical, emotional, and educational care and provision. the vision of chariots for hope is to create a transformed future…
Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.
Teaching whole child using thematic curriculum, conflict resolution,self esteem, non-violent solutions to problems. bringing community sogether socially, serving nutritious meals.
The mission of lad lake, inc. is to guide the growth of at-risk youth so that they reach their potential and live responsibly.
To provide water and sanitation to the people of malawi.
We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
To provide support, advocacy, education, and crisis services to an increasing population of adult victims. to develop, maintain, and expand cooperative relationships with other community entities. to foster victim accessibilty to all…
To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MANY HOPES INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR LIFE ↗
- Who funds POTHAWIRA INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THORN ↗
- Who funds THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds EXTENDED HANDS PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds ONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LEGADO DE ESPERANZA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds SHELTER FROM THE STORM MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds AKOLA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds THE PLAYING FIELD INC ↗
- Who funds HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL OF MADISON INC ↗
- Who funds A CHILD'S PLACE OF CHARLOTTE INC ↗
- Who funds BELOVED ASHEVILLE ↗
- Who funds MADISON READING PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds LOCAL 311 CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP ↗
- Who funds BADGER BOYS STATE INCORPORATED ↗
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: Madison Community Foundation · Veridian Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · Schlecht Family Foundation Inc · Salzwedel Family Fund Ltd
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Eric D & Steven D Hovde Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Eric D & Steven D Hovde Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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