Hobsonlucas Family Foundation
San Rafael, CA · EIN 20-3940983. Reported 1,320 grants totalling $239.8M to 554 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$239.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
554organizations funded
57%of grantees funded again the next year
$1.2Bassets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hobsonlucas Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $15.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 554 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York, NY | $50.0M | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | San Rafael, CA | $44.9M | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $40.0M | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $15.6M | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $9,605,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Academy Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $9,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| After School Matters | Chicago, IL | $5,491,099 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Film Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $4,500,000 | 9 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Film Foundation | New York, NY | $4,100,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Apollo Theater Foundation | New York, NY | $4,025,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | Center City, MN | $4,010,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $4,000,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ldf Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | $4,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund | New York, NY | $4,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $1,850,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The One Campaign | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $1,250,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Eisner Scholars | Inglewood, CA | $1,200,000 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $1,075,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Sabina Church | Chicago, IL | $1,065,653 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marin General Hospital Found | Greenbrae, CA | $1,022,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Telluride Film Festival | Berkeley, CA | $1,006,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Hamlin School | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Cineteca Di Bologna | Los Angeles, CA | $793,101 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teach for America | Boston, MA | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Chicago Public Education Fund | Chicago, IL | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $700,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Faith Community of Saint Sabina | Chicago, IL | $539,007 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Ca Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $530,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Council of Negro Women | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Cineteca Di Bologna | New York, NY | $513,162 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| College Advising Corps | Raleigh, NC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Howard University | Boston, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $494,805 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girls Who Code | New York, NY | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New Hyde Park, NY | $451,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | Los Angeles, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance | New York, NY | $355,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The UCLA Foundation | New York, NY | $342,511 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Journy to Lead | Annapolis, MD | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shedd Aquarium | Chicago, IL | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ariel Education Initiative | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | San Francsico, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mayors Fund for Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teach for America-Donations | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Trade Center | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Archival Foundation | New York, NY | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Hall Inc | New York, NY | $205,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communities in School | Arlington, VA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Film Preservation Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Film Preservation Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Eisner Scholarsyes | Inglewood, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Presidential Foundation | Springfield, IL | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $175,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $160,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian - Nmaahc | Washington, DC | $160,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Glide Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $155,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapel & York US Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College Track | Oakland, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | San Francisco, CA | $145,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Library of Congress | New York, NY | $138,108 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maywood Fine Arts | Maywood, IL | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the British Film Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $112,094 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harlem Children's Zone | New York, NY | $110,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Robert F Kennedy Human Rights | New York, NY | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $106,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moma | New York, NY | $102,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Catholic Extension | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Cares | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chicago Scholars | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Decentralized Pictures | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Entertainment Industry Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Evergreen Meadow Academy | Cochecton, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Garfield Park Conservatory | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inst for Educat Journal to Lead | Annapolis, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| March for Our Lives Foundation | Coral Springs, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| PBS Foundation | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Players Philanthropy Fund | Towson, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Center for Discovery Inc | Harris, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Paley Center for Media | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Business Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $95,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Norman Rockwell Museum | Stockbridge, MA | $90,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Beach Citizens | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the British Film Institute | New York, NY | $81,219 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Harlem School at Exodus House | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Msi United States | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Seo Scholars | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Success Academy Charter Schools | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women's Media Center | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Council for Economic Education | New York, NY | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| People for the American Way Foundation | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Seed Global Health | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | New York, NY | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Batoto Yetu | Sag Harbor, NY | $60,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbia Univ School of the Arts | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shirley Ryan Abilitylab | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the High Line | New York, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund | Woodland Hills, CA | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $52,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Caf America | Alexandria, VA | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization | San Francisco, CA | $51,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $50,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American University | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia University Gift Systems | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Field Museum | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fiver Children's Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grambling University Foundation Inc | Grambling, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Rabida Children's Hospital | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lurie's Children Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maywood Fine Arts Association | Maywood, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Anthony's | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Start Early | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Metro Chicago | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Calif Sf | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Better Chance | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tory Burch Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Poynter Institute for Media Studies | St Petersburg, FL | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Illinois | Normal, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Anthony Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Students Rising Above | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Park Zoo | Chicago, IL | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anthology Film Archives | New York, NY | $35,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $35,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earl Monroe New Renaissance | Bronx, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Redford Center | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Window to the World Communications | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wings Program Inc | Palatine, IL | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $34,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Academy of Arts & Sciences | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Berkeley Film Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Comer Education Campus | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gary Comer Youth Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gateway for Cancer Research | Schaumburg, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Fdn | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tuskegee Airmen Inc | Tuskegee, AL | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Harlem School | New York, NY | $26,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $26,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Side By Side | San Anselmo, CA | $25,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie | Carol Stream, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Canyon Cinema | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Canyon Cinema Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Academy of Sciences | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Public Media | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleo Parker Robinson Dance | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Council on Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Generation Investors | Summit, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas-Rainbow Prince Proj | Doylestown, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harris Theater for Music & Dance | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hica | Birmingham, AL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lacma | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lewis Katz New Renaissance Basketball Academy Char | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Center for the | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marie Stopes International - US | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Modesto JR College Foundation | Modesto, CA | $25,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Diaper Bank Network | New Haven, CT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ucan | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings for Kids | Charleston, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Shoulders Fund | Chicago, IL | $24,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ride on Therapeutic Horsemanship | Chatsworth, CA | $24,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | Monterey, CA | $22,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Discovery Endowment Fund | Harris, NY | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vivalon | San Rafael, CA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bring Change to Mind | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dance Theatre of Harlem | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metrosquash | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Urban League Benefit Office | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Urban League Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Free Clinic | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society of Marin | San Rafael, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New York Public Library | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Phoenix, AZ | $19,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Zoo | Santa Barbara, CA | $18,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Discovery Museum | Sausalito, CA | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago History Museum | Chicago, IL | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gift of Adoption Fund | Northbrook, IL | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| America Needs You | New York, NY | $16,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Cinematheque | San Francisco, CA | $16,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $15,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Ballet Theatre | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Police Foundation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Television Network | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Halleck Creek Ranch | Nicasio, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nicasio Valley Fire Dept | Nicasio, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nicasio Volunteer Fire Dept | Nicasio, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pen American Center | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tectonic Theater Project | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Trace | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tibet House US | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museium | Highland Park, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alcohol Justice | San Rafael, CA | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jacob Burns Film Center | Pleasantville, NY | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legal Action Center | New York, NY | $14,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Campaign for Tibet | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid of Marin | San Rafael, CA | $13,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Angel Flight West Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $12,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ca State Parks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Alameda Co | Oakland, CA | $12,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pen America | New York, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Drawbridge | San Rafael, CA | $11,500 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Inner-City Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cruisin' the Boulevard | Petaluma, CA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus | San Francisco, CA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bridge the Gap College Prep | Sausalito, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Fire Dept Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| College Possible | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
300 of 554 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- New York University
MARTIN SCORSESE VIRTUAL PRODUCTION CENTER - Trustees of Princeton University
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE - University of Southern California
USC DISCRETIONARY SUPPORT ENDOWMENT - NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
GENERAL DONATION 4 OF 5 PMT - Telluride Film Festival
THE NUGGET PROJECT IN HONOR OF MR TOM LUDDY - ACLU Foundation
IMMIGRANTS RIGHT PROJECTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 872 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 291 | $56.2M | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 328 | $63.8M | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 365 | $63.0M | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 336 | $56.8M | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Hobsonlucas Family Foundation has 3 of them, worth $58.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York, NY | $50.0M |
| Ldf Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | $4,000,000 |
| The Apollo Theater Foundation | New York, NY | $4,000,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 36% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hobsonlucas Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 2009, San Rafael, CA, 94912. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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