· Private foundation
The Hamer Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $69k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $66k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 20TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH | $15,000 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER | $11,000 |
| BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| KENOVA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | $10,000 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $10,000 |
| HOSPICE OF HUNTINGTON | $8,305 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $7,000 |
| HUNTINGTON CITY MISSION | $7,000 |
| JERUSALEM PRAYER TEAM | $6,000 |
| K-LOVE MINISTRIES | $6,000 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF KENOVA | $5,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS | $5,000 |
| GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER | $5,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of its 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
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 +53% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KVKENOVA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT7× · 2018–2025 · $81k · revenue +25%
- IFINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC5× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +102%
- HOHOSPICE OF HUNTINGTON INC3× · 2018–2025 · $18k · revenue +66%
Funded once
- FIFIRST INDEPENDENT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $24k
- CWC-K WAR MEMORIALone grant, 2018 · $15k
- BGBILLY GRAHAMone grant, 2018 · $10k
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 fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…
Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.
To provide support for the efforts of christians of the former soviet union in reaching the influencers of their countries for christ.
The Signatry advances the Christian faith by carrying out its mission, "to inspire and facilitate revolutionary biblical generosity across generations to solve the world's greatest problems," through financial and other support of I.R.C.…
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Distribution of newsletters, production of dvds, cds and publications carrying the message of jesus christ and the kingdom of god to the people throughout the world.
World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 67 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 KENOVA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF HUNTINGTON INC ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri State Inc ↗
- Who funds LOXAHATCHEE CLUB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FACING HUNGER FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds C- K AUTUMN FEST INC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds JASON LOVINS MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 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: Brown Dog Yoga Foundation · Board of Trustees of Prichard Schoo · United Way of the River Cities Inc · Foundation for the Tri-State Community Inc · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · American Electric Power Foundation · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Hamer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hamer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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