Illinois · Private foundation
The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $154k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $154k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $131k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $186k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $100k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $140k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $126k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thread Inc | $245,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Youth Guidance | $87,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Defy Ventures Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Second Chance Studios | $40,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Brownpreneurs | $38,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Empowerment Plan | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Young New Yorkers Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ladies of Hope Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thread Inc | $245,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Youth Guidance | $87,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Defy Ventures Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Second Chance Studios | $40,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Brownpreneurs | $38,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Empowerment Plan | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Young New Yorkers Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravinia Festival Association | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ladies of Hope Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yellowhammer Fund | $16,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inside-Outside Circle Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Church of the Good Shepherd | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central American Legal Assistance | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stomp the World | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chashama Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Berkshire Community Land Trust Inc | $1,834 | 1 | 1% |
| We Are Family Foundation | $590 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Needs Coop Inc | $203 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($209k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ralph S Hoffman 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation
- How much does The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation give?
- The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $153,937 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (40%), Employment (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Thread Inc ($245k), Youth Guidance ($88k), Defy Ventures Inc ($50k).
- Does The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ralph S Hoffman 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 Ralph S Hoffman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Brooklyn Community Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation based?
- The Ralph S Hoffman Foundation is based in IL.
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