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The Ernest M Hodge Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Ernest M Hodge Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$62k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$234kReligion$73kHealth$49kPhilanthropy$28kInternational$3kCommunity Improvement$3kHuman Services$2kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $51k
$5,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$86k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$30,562
NORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHRIST$10,000
JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
MLC CANCER FOUNDATION$5,500
MORAL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURC$5,000
THE ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION$1,000
NORTHGATE HIGH SCHOOL$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BILL DICKEY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $3k → 11%ROUND ROCK CHURCH OF CHRIST: $1k → 6%GIRLS GOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINES: $10k → 14%FUNK-ZITIELLO FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%SWINGING WITH PURPOSE: $2k → 11%THE ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ALL SAINTS ACADEMY: $100 → 16%NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY: $30k → 9%HOMEWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST: $1k → 16%CHEROKEE COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $1k → 6%NORTHGATE HIGH SCHOOL: $250 → 8%MABLETON COMMUNITY FUND: $3k → 8%FRIENDS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $300 → 13%NORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHRIST: $20k → 14%MLC CANCER FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%NORFOLK STATE ALUMI ASSOCIATION: $1k → 19%BILL DICKEY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $1k → 11%THE ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%TRINITY AME CHURCH: $150 → 13%NORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHRIST: $20k → 14%MLC CANCER FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $61k → 19%CHILENO BAY FOUNDATION: $4k → 11%THE ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%NORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHRIST: $10k → 14%MLC CANCER FOUNDATION: $6k → 17%NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $31k → 19%THE ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%NORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHRIST: $10k → 14%MLC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $31k → 19%JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA: $500 → 14%MLC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $31k → 19%JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%MLC CANCER FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL: $150 → 11%MLC CANCER FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $31k → 19%PALM BEACH SYMPHONY: $200 → 11%FAHI: $200 → 17%GEORGE SNOW FOUNDATION: $300 → 11%MORAL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURC: $5k → 17%MORAL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURC: $5k → 17%MORAL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURC: $200 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
VA
AZ
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$318k · 7 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +105% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
22

Total granted

$318k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+105%
+16%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationPhilanthropyHealthInternationalCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NS
    NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $183k · revenue +179%
  • MC
    MLC CANCER FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2023 · $35k · revenue +105% · 51% of their budget
  • AC
    ADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $14k · revenue +110%

Funded once

  • NU
    Northwood University
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +16%
  • HU
    HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINES
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • GG
    GIRLS GOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
2
Miami University Foundation

Support of miami university

Education
3
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc

The mission of the florida atlantic university foundation inc. is to encourage, promote, and provide funds and other resources for the benefit of florida atlantic university (a part of the florida state university system) in furtherance of…

Education
4
St Lukes Foundation of Hilton Head Inc

To manage investment and endowment funds, administer scholarship programs and make grants to other charitable organizations

Philanthropy
5
The Canterbury School of Florida Foundation Inc

To raise funds and to hold, manage and invest the funds raised and then distribute earnings from such funds to sustain and support the canterbury school of florida, inc.

Philanthropy
6
Ballenisles Charities Foundation Inc

See schedule othe mission of ballenisles charities foundation is to solicit, collect, administer, and distribute funds for charitable purposes as described in the articles of incorporation of the corporation, including making distributions…

Philanthropy
7
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
8
The Miami Foundation Inc

To create a greater miami where everyone can thrive by accelerating generosity, leadership, and community engagement. the miami foundation serves as a philanthropic and community backbone for greater miami, bringing together donors,…

Philanthropy
9
Minneapolis Community & Technical College Foundation

The minneapolis community & technical college foundation helps solve issues of affordability and access to higher education through funds and provides part or all of the funding to the college to develop technical college foundation…

Education
10
The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc

The mission of the community foundation - martin/st. lucie, inc. is to inspire philanthropy through the establishment of charitable giving funds to impact communities across the united states and around the globe.

Human Services
11
Manatee County Girls Club Foundation Inc

To raise and manage funds for the long-term support and self-sufficiency of the manatee county girls club, inc. and to serve as trustee for certain assets of the club.

Youth Development
12
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hampton Roads Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mableton Community Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 31 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $183,372 · EducationNORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARYNorthwood University: $30,000 · EducationNorthwood University+2 more: $400 · EducationNORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHRIST: $60,000 · OtherNORTH ATLANTA CHURCH OF CHR…MORAL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURC: $10,200 · OtherMORAL HILL MISSIONARY BAPTI…HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINES: $10,000 · OtherHOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF…GIRLS GOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherBILL DICKEY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $3,750 · Other+11 more: $7,300 · Other+11 moreADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $14,150 · PhilanthropyADMIRALS COV…Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $11,750 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medi…HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHAMPTON ROAD…CHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyCHILENO BAY …FUNK-ZITIELLO FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyMLC CANCER FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $35,000 · HealthMLC CANCER…+1 more: $500 · HealthINTEGRITY CHILDRENS FUND: $2,500 · InternationalAMERICAN CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE INC: $1,000 · InternationalMABLETON COMMUNITY FUND INC: $2,500 · Community ImprovementTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $200 · Arts & Culture
Education$213,772Other$96,250Philanthropy$41,900Health$35,500International$3,500Community Improvement$2,500Arts & Culture$200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $183,372 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMLC CANCER FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $35,000 over 7y, 51% of budgetNorthwood University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $14,150 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $11,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBILL DICKEY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $3,750 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMABLETON COMMUNITY FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetINTEGRITY CHILDRENS FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFUNK-ZITIELLO FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSwinging with Purpose Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetAMERICAN CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends For Life Foundation Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY WELCOME HOUSE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL SAINTS ACADEMY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Ernest M Hodge Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ernest M Hodge Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 31 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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