California · Private foundation
The Hobson Family Foundation
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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2023
- 3
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 39
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Hobson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 9% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $12k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $116k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $92k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $125k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $97k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $87k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $124k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Art Institute | $71,000 | 4 | 0% |
| San Francisco Center for the Book | $65,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Grabhorn Institute | $50,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Exploratorium | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Society for Shamanic Practitioners | $23,000 | 4 | 11% |
| The Pachamama Alliance | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Marin Country Day School | $18,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Bolinas Community Land Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sun Valley Writers' Conference Inc | $14,300 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hobson Family 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: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Springcreek Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Fred Gellert Family Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The West Marin Fund
How this is measured
About The Hobson Family Foundation
- How much does The Hobson Family Foundation give?
- The Hobson Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $11,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Hobson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Environment (12%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Hobson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: San Francisco Art Institute ($71k), San Francisco Center for the Book ($65k), Grabhorn Institute ($50k).
- Does The Hobson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hobson Family 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 Hobson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
- Where is The Hobson Family Foundation based?
- The Hobson Family Foundation is based in CA.
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