FundersWest Virginia

Horne Family Charitable Foundation

Wheeling, WV · EIN 55-0761702. Reported 59 grants totalling $201,439 to 36 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$250median grant
$201,439granted, 2021-2023
36organizations funded
39%of grantees funded again the next year

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. Horne Family Charitable 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 $250. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $1,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $78,490. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
39 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
15 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Schwab CharitableSan Francisco, CA$78,490112023
Jewish Federation of ArizonaScottsdale, AZ$50,500222022
Oglebay Foundation IncWheeling, WV$26,000112021
Jewish Community CenterNew York, NY$20,000112023
Phillips Academy AndoverAndover, MA$4,000222022
Temple SolelParadise Valley, AZ$3,875222022
Foundation Fighting BlindnessColumbia, MD$2,000222022
Jewish Family & Children's ServicePhoenix, AZ$2,000222022
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$2,000222022
West Liberty UniversityWest Liberty, WV$2,000222022
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$1,500222022
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY$1,500222022
Scottsdale Cultural CouncilScottsdale, AZ$1,050222022
New York Junior Tennis & LearningLong Island City, NY$1,000112022
Hubbard HouseJacksonville, FL$500112022
Jewish Broadcasting ServiceFort Lee, NJ$500222022
Starry FoundationScottsdale, AZ$500112022
Anti Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$450322022
Live Like BlaineBala Cynwyd, PA$400222022
Wheeling Country DayWheeling, WV$400112021
Folds of HonorOwasso, OK$305222022
Citizenship CountsScottsdale, AZ$300112021
Francis W Parker SchoolChicago, IL$300112021
Holocaust MuseumWashington DC, DC$300222022
Jewish National FundNew York, NY$280222022
Musical Instrument MusuemPhoenix, AZ$200222022
Temple ShalomWheeling, WV$200222022
The Michael J Fox FoundationHagerstown, MD$200222022
PBS - Public Broadcasting SystemArlington, VA$120112022
American Jewish CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$100112022
Central SynagogueNew York, NY$100112021
St John's the Divine Greek Orthodox ChurchWheeling, WV$100112021
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$100222022
Heart FoundationPhoenix, AZ$63222022
HiasSilver Spring, MD$55112022
Wikimedia Foundation IncSan Francisco, CA$51222022

22 of 36 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 39%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 21 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
5 grants
Civil Rights
4 grants
International Affairs
3 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Medical Research
2 grants
Mental Health
1 grant
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202129$65,306$250
202228$37,643$225
20232$98,490$49,245

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 39% 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.

California
$79K
Arizona
$58K
West Virginia
$29K
New York
$25K
Massachusetts
$4K
Pennsylvania
$3K
Maryland
$2K
New Jersey
$500

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc10 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program5 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc5 shared recipientsGs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund5 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc5 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $250. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Horne Family Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 980 National Road, Wheeling, WV, 26003. 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 55-0761702 · 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, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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