Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-6161391. Reported 99 grants totalling $233,185 to 66 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Robert & Arnold Hoffman 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $10 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $15,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amnesty International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brooke USA | Wilmington, DE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mennonite Disaster Service | Lititz, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| North Shore Animal League | Port Washington, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amnesty International USA | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooke USA Foundation | Lexington, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders (msf) USA | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unrwa USA National Committee | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Loft Cinema | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Az Public Media | Tucson, AZ | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Ministries | Tampa, FL | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equine Voices Rescue | Amado, AZ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mennonite Disaster Services | Lititz, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tuscon, AZ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Halo Animal Rescue | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of US | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tucson Wildlife Center | Tucson, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Az Sonora Desert Museum | Tucson, AZ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Little Leagers | Kenosha, WI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harvard Club of New York | New York, NY | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alley Cats Allies | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Lung Association | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Animal Haven | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Public Media | Tuscon, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Food Bank | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Equine Encore Foundation | Tuscon, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equine Voices Rescue Sanctuary | Green Valey, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Front Range Equine Rescue | Ocala, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harvard Library | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Humanities Seminars | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pima Animal Care Center (pacc) | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tuscon Wildlife Center | Tuscon, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alley Cat Allies | Bethesda, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Food Bank of Tucson | Tuscon, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Healing Hearts Animal Rescue and Refuge | Cave Creek, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Long Ears Miniature Donkey Rescue | New Oxford, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pima Animal Care Center | Tuscon, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Animal Friends | Prescott, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Carnegie Museum | Pittsburgh, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asia Society | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvard Library in New York | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arizona Sonora Desert Museum | Tuscon, AZ | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wbai | Brooklyn, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
24 of 66 (36%) 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 27%, 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 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 33 | $79,510 | $1,250 |
| 2021 | 23 | $69,500 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 42 | $83,175 | $1,375 |
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. 31% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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
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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. 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 New York.
- 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 Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Cadwalader - 200 Liberty St, New York, NY, 10281. 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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