Illinois · Private foundation
The Hobbs 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.
- $879k
- Granted FY2023
- 99
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 97
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $809k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $203,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 97 to 128
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 12
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Hobbs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $264k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 97 | $795k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 128 | $687k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 125 | $644k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 128 | $619k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club of the River Region Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Valiant Cross Academy | $87,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Samaritan Counseling Center In | $61,000 | 4 | 2% |
| River Region United Way | $61,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Federation for American Immigration Reform | $57,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Linville Foundation Inc | $54,500 | 4 | 5% |
| University of the South | $53,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Huntingdon College | $47,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association | $41,500 | 4 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 107 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hobbs 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.
Open a dossier: Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation · The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc · Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · The J K Lowder Family Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · B Stephen Schloss Foundation · Central Alabama Community Foundation Inc · The Landa Fund · Loeb Family Foundation Inc · Crum Family Charitable Foundation · We3 Fund
How this is measured
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About The Hobbs Foundation
- How much does The Hobbs Foundation give?
- The Hobbs Foundation reported 99 itemized grants totaling $809,000, out of $879,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 97 and 128 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Hobbs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (12%), Philanthropy (6%), Religion (5%).
- Who are The Hobbs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Boys and Girls Club of the River Region Inc ($105k), Valiant Cross Academy ($87k), The Samaritan Counseling Center In ($61k).
- Does The Hobbs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hobbs 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 Hobbs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation, The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc, Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Hobbs Foundation based?
- The Hobbs Foundation is based in IL.
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