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The Hoffman Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Hoffman Foundation Inc

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.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$12kPhilanthropy$7kReligion$6kHealth$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kHuman Services$1kCivil Rights$650Recreation & Sports$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
2
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COBB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$400
GEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER$300
PRINCE OF PEACE CATHOLIC CHURCH$300
GEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER$200
HIGHTOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL$100
GEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER$100
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $600) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG A: $100 → 8%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

OH
CT
CA
TN
NC
DC
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16k · 9 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
17

Total granted

$16k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-17%
-16%

Still filing today

22%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BG
    BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2021 · $11k
  • GA
    GEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER F/K/A IT'S THE JOURNEY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $2k · revenue -41%
  • PO
    PRINCE OF PEACE CATH CH
    4× · 2018–2023 · $1k

Funded once

  • HF
    HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • TM
    THE MACFARLANE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -25%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
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
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
3
American Kidney Fund Inc

The mission of the american kidney fund is to fight kidney disease and help people live healthier lives. founded in 1971, akf fights kidney disease on all fronts with a comprehensive scope of programs that support people across the…

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4
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
8
North Carolina Community Foundation

The nccf is the single statewide community foundation serving north carolina and was created in 1988 to build capacity through philanthropy. the nccf administers over 1,300 component funds established to provide long-term support of a…

Philanthropy
9
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
10
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
11
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
12
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherd Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Macfarlane Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
5/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: $11,000 · OtherBOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITYHOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH: $5,500 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCHTHE MACFARLANE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherTHE MACFARLANE FOUNDATIONCOBB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherPRINCE OF PEACE CATH CH: $1,000 · Other+14 more: $3,665 · Other+14 moreGEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER F/K/A IT'S THE JOURNEY: $2,290 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 · HealthCOBB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN KIDNEY SERVICES INC: $100 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $100 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterThe Lucky Foundation: $500 · EducationTritt Tiger Foundation Inc: $375 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS: $100 · Human Services
Other$24,165Health$2,590Arts & Culture$2,500Philanthropy$1,200Public Safety & Disaster$1,000Education$875Human Services$600

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOBB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER F/K/A IT'S THE JOURNEY: $2,290 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MACFARLANE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lucky Foundation: $500 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetTritt Tiger Foundation Inc: $375 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY SERVICES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPTA GEORGIA CONGRESS: $75 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Assurant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Assurant FoundationGA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Assurant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Hoffman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hoffman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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