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Hoffberger Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-0794249. Reported 201 grants totalling $3,727,127 to 105 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$3,727,127granted, 2021-2024
105recipients, as named on its returns
56%of grantees funded again the next year
$25.0Massets, 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. Hoffberger Foundation Inc 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $50,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $130,558. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
63 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
56 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
15 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
46 grants
$100,000 and Up
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Center for Urban FamiliesBaltimore, MD$340,000442024
Turnaround Tuesday IncBaltimore, MD$325,000442024
Associated - Jewish Community FoundationBaltimore, MD$315,408842024
Job Opportunities Task ForceBaltimore, MD$250,000442024
Caroline Friess Center IncBaltimore, MD$200,500442024
Keys Empowers IncBaltimore, MD$200,000442024
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServicesBaltimore, MD$190,000332024
Family League of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$170,000442024
B-CiityBaltimore, MD$165,000442024
Cash Campaign of MarylandBaltimore, MD$160,000332024
The Pro Bono Counseling ProjectBaltimore, MD$119,000222024
Roca IncChelsea, MA$100,500332023
Ballet After DarkBaltimore, MD$100,000222024
Mt Washington Pediatric HospitalBoston, MA$100,000222022
Turnaround IncTowson, MD$100,000222024
Vehicles for Change IncHalethorpe, MD$100,000222022
Maryland Philanthropy NetworkBaltimore, MD$91,380442024
Maryland Association of Nonprofit OrganizationsBaltimore, MD$85,000222024
Baltimore Safe HavenBaltimore, MD$75,000332024
UP2US IncNew York, NY$55,500332024
Turner Station Conservation TeamsDundalk, MD$55,000442024
CllctivlyBaltimore, MD$50,000112021
Ridge to Reefs ProgramBaltimore, MD$50,000222022
Baltimore Compost CollectiveBaltimore, MD$45,000222024
Pivot IncBaltimore, MD$40,000222024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$22,750222022
Challenge 2 ChangeBaltimore, MD$20,000112024
Open Society InistituteBaltimore, MD$20,000112022
World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC$16,013442024
I Am Mentality Youth Male EmpowermentBaltimore, MD$15,000112021
Baltimore Squashwise IncBaltimore, MD$10,500442024
Baltimore Humane SocietyReisterstown, MD$10,000442024
Catholic CharitiesBaltimore, MD$10,000442024
Uja Federation of New YorkNew York, NY$10,000442024
National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNew York, NY$8,500442024
Mercy Health FoundationBaltimore, MD$8,000332024
CENTR4AL ScholarshipBaltimore, MD$5,000112022
Collegebound FoundationBaltimore, MD$5,000112022
Exponent PhilanthropyWashington, DC$5,000112023
Houston Food BankHouston, TX$5,000112021
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$5,000222022
National Center for Family PhilanthropiesWashington, DC$2,900222024
Abortion Care NetworkWashington, DC$2,500112022
Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$2,500112022
Asylee Women EnterpriseBaltimore, MD$2,500112022
Baltimore Abortion FundBaltimore, MD$2,500112022
Collier Community FoundationNaples, FL$2,500112022
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MA$2,500112022
Council for Native Hawaiian AdvancementKapolei, HI$2,500112023
Disability Rights MarylandBaltimore, MD$2,500112022
Jewish Funders NetworkNew York, NY$2,500112024
Taller Salud IncLoiza, PR$2,500112022
Too Young to WedPeekskill, NY$2,500112021
Urban Enrichment InstituteHouston, TX$2,500112022
Women's Law Center of MarylandTowson, MD$2,500112022
Foundation for Balt Leadership School for Young WomenBaltimore, MD$2,000112021
Global GivingWashington, DC$2,000112022
Learn Service InternationalWashington, DC$1,600442024
Brown Memorial Park Ave Presbyterian ChurchBaltimore, MD$1,500332024
Elijah Cummings Youth Program in IsraelBaltimore, MD$1,500332024
University of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$1,500112024
Haitian Global Health AllicanceNew York, NY$1,250112021
Partners in HealthFrederick, MD$1,250112021
The Seed School of MarylandBaltimore, MD$1,250442024
Asian Americans Advancing JusticeWashington, DC$1,000112021
Baltimore Asian Pasifika Arts CollectionBaltimore, MD$1,000112021
Btst Cares IncBaltimore, MD$1,000112021
Crohn's and Colitis FoundationAlbert Lea, NM$1,000332023
Hewbrew Friendship Cemetery CoBaltimore, MD$1,000112021
Next One Up FoundationBaltimore, MD$1,000332023
PactBaltimore, MD$1,000332023
Shalom Tikvah IncBaltimore, MD$750222023
Dress for Success Central VirginiaRichmond, VA$550222024
Art With a HeartBaltimore, MD$500222024
Black Girls Dive Foundation IncOwings Mills, MD$500112021
Bloom Collective (the)Baltimore, MD$500112024
CASA BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$500112024
Clowns Without BordersBlue Lake, CA$500112022
Friends of United HatzalahNew York, NY$500112023
Jewish Community ServiceBaltimore, MD$500112023
Maryland Food BankBaltimore, MD$500222024
Offender Aid and Restoration of ArlingtonArlington, VA$500112023
Planned Parenthood Action FundWashington, DC$500112024
Prarie View A&m UniversityPrarie View, TX$500112021
Public Justice CenterBaltimore, MD$500112022
Raguel BroyBaltimore, MD$500112022
Walters Art MuseumBaltimore, MD$500112021
Afro Charities IncBaltimore, MD$350112023
Cal Ripken SR Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA$300112022
Technical AssociationBaltimore, MD$273112024
National Brain Tumor SocietyNewton, MA$253112022
Black Women Build - BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$250112022
Center for HopeBaltimore, MD$250112023
Civic WorksBaltimore, MD$250112022
Climb for Hope IncBaltimore, MD$250112023
Golfers' Charitable FoundationBaltimore, MD$250112022
Goucher CollegeBaltimore, MD$250112023
Mentoring Mentors IncBaltimore, MD$250112022
NalinikidsPipersville, PA$250112022
Rebuild MetroBaltimore, MD$250112023
The First Tee of Greater RichmondRichmond, VA$250112021
The Mackenzie Rose FoundationChesapeake Beach, MD$250112022
Virginia HumanitiesCharlottsville, VA$250112021
Virginia Squash Racquets AssociationRichmond, VA$250112022
Jane Addams Resource CorpBaltimore, MD$100112021

45 of 105 (43%) 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 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 111 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
31 grants
Youth Development
14 grants
Health Care
12 grants
Education
10 grants
Crime & Legal
6 grants
Environment
5 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202149$913,163$2,500
202260$862,103$2,500
202349$957,108$2,500
202443$994,753$5,500

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.

Where its money goes

91% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Maryland
$3.4M
Massachusetts
$203K
New York
$83K
District of Columbia
$32K
Texas
$8K
Hawaii
$2K
Florida
$2K
Puerto Rico
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund45 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc43 shared recipientsBaltimore Community Foundation Inc37 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc36 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust31 shared recipientsT Rowe Price Program for Charitable30 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Hoffberger Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 6241A Falls Rd 201, Baltimore, MD, 21209. 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.

EIN 52-0794249 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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