Missouri · Private foundation
William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $340k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $340k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $260k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $295k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $285k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $285k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $285k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $275k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $275k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $235,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Helen Keller Services | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Suny College of Optometry Foundation | $130,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $130,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jonas Philanthropies Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Via Visually Impaired Advancement | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Association for the Multiple Impaired Blind Inc | $59,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($764k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn 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: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Rudolph Williams Charitable Trust · Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc · Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr · George a Ohl Jr Trust · Allene Reuss Memorial Trust · Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Communal Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn
- How much does William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn give?
- William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn reported 17 grants totaling $340,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (61%), Human Services (10%), Education (10%).
- Who are William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc ($235k), Metropolitan Museum of Art ($185k), Helen Keller Services ($135k).
- Does William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Rudolph Williams Charitable Trust, Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc.
- Where is William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn based?
- William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn is based in MO.
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