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The Hohmann Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.9M
Granted FY2019
27
Grants FY2019
11
States reached
$3.7M
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172019.

Philanthropy$3.7MArts & Culture$171kEducation$111kReligion$94kScience & Tech$41kHealth$11kInternational$10kSocial Science$10kOther$0
02FY2019 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k20 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $104k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.7M
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FRANK HOHMANN FOUNDATION$3,721,830
WINTERTHUR MUSEUM$27,000
MADISON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$22,000
MT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB$15,000
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$15,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSIUM OF ART$13,000
THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY$12,000
FRIENDS OF MUSIQUE VINAU CLOS VOUGEOT INC$5,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES & SCHOOLS$5,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$3,500
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY$2,500
THE MAYO CLINIC$2,500
REDWOOD LIBRARY & ATHENAEUM$1,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS$1,000
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%AVAIL NYC: $1k → 17%AVAIL NYC: $500 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

10%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$432k · 23 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

23 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2019, 5 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
3

Total granted

$432k
$11k

Still filing today

57%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    3× · 2017–2019 · $80k · revenue +5%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    3× · 2017–2019 · $49k · revenue +58%
  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TI
    THRONWILLOW INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $500

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
New York Historical Society

The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…

Arts & Culture
5
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
6
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
7
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
8
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
9
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
10
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

11
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
12
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Deerfield Inc and the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE FRANK HOHMANN FOUNDATION — $3,721,830 · OtherTHE FRANK HOHMANN FOUNDATION+19 more — $287,210 · Other+19 moreThe Trustees of Princeton University — $80,300 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — $15,500 · EducationYale University — $5,000 · Education+2 more — $1,900 · EducationMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $48,500 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $4,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS INC — $3,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $3,875 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $7,500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $250 · Recreation & SportsAVAIL NYC — $1,500 · Human ServicesDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $200 · Health
Other$4,009,040Education$102,700Arts & Culture$59,375Recreation & Sports$7,750Human Services$1,500Health$200

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University — $80,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $48,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYale University — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAVAIL NYC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Pennsylvania — $1,380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC DEERFIELD INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMPANY OF THE REDWOOD LIBRARY AND ATHENAEUM — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD — $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History — $775 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST — $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCity Squash Inc — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
  • Who funds Yale University
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS INC
  • Who funds AVAIL NYC
  • Who funds NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  • Who funds Historical Society of Pennsylvania
  • Who funds HISTORIC DEERFIELD INC
  • Who funds THE COMPANY OF THE REDWOOD LIBRARY AND ATHENAEUM
  • Who funds THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History
  • Who funds THE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST
  • Who funds City Squash Inc
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hohmann FoundationNY17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hohmann Foundation · Kane Wallace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Hohmann Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 11%
  • Yale University12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University11% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc7% of income from government
  • Historic Deerfield Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Hohmann Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Hohmann Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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