FundersNew Jersey

The Bov Foundation Inc

Hopewell, NJ · EIN 84-4141683. Reported 115 grants totalling $1,871,821 to 49 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$7,500median grant
$1,871,821granted, 2021-2024
49organizations funded
79%of grantees funded again the next year
$8,827,900assets, 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. The Bov 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 $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $16,036; the smallest was $300 and the largest $202,750. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
33 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
29 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
31 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
10 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
6 grants
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

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
Jupiter Medical Center FoundationJupiter, FL$468,000442024
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$275,000442024
Loggerhead Marinelife CenterJuno Beach, FL$155,800442024
Busch Wildlife SanctuaryJupiter, FL$115,000442024
Maltz Jupiter TheatreJupiter, FL$105,000442024
CcfaNew York, NY$93,170332024
The Father Center of NjTrenton, NJ$53,000442024
Hopewell Old School BaptistPennington, NJ$51,000222024
US Lacrosse FoundationSparks, MD$44,000222023
Hopewell Fire DepartmentHopewell, NJ$40,300442024
Colin's KidsHopewell, NJ$40,000332024
Capital K9 AssociationTrenton, NJ$30,000442024
Save a Friend to Homeless AnimalsMontgomery, NJ$30,000442024
Hopewell Township PbaTitusville, NJ$29,000442024
Union Fire CompanyUnion, NJ$25,500442024
Hv Youth FootballPennington, NJ$25,000332023
Graf Dairy Hero FoundationHopewell, NJ$20,000112024
Princeton Medical Center FoundationPlainsboro, NJ$20,000112024
Hopewell Valley Baseball and Softball AssociationPennington, NJ$17,775442024
124 ClubSkillman, NJ$17,000332024
Lawrenceville - Hopewell Trail CorpPennington, NJ$17,000332024
First TeePhiladelphia, PA$16,036112024
Sourland ConservancySkillman, NJ$15,000222024
Montgomery Youth LacrosseRocky Hill, NJ$14,300332023
MwdtsaCharleston, WV$12,500222022
Loxahatchee Club Educational Foundation IncJupiter, FL$10,500442024
Gridlron ClubHammonton, NJ$10,000112023
Palm Beach PurrsBoynton Beach, FL$10,000442024
YMCA - HopewellPennington, NJ$10,000112024
Fisherman's MarkLambertville, NJ$9,000222024
Dress for SuccessLawrenceville, NJ$8,600112024
YMCAPrinceton, NJ$8,200222022
Hopewell High School PTOPennington, NJ$8,000222024
Special OlympicsLawrenceville, NJ$7,500222024
Hvrsd Strive PTOPennington, NJ$7,000222024
Upper Makfield Fire CoNewtown, PA$7,000222024
Take Stock in ChildrenWest Palm Beach, FL$6,000112024
YMCA - TrentonTrenton, NJ$6,000112024
State Troopers Fraternal Assoc (stfa)Manasquan, NJ$5,800112024
Fishermans MarkLambertville, NJ$5,000112023
Greenwhich Autism AllianceStewartsville, NJ$5,000112024
Hoops for HopeEast Hampton, NY$5,000112024
Pals Foundation AlsRed Bank, NJ$5,000222022
Princeton Girls Lacrosse ClubPrinceton, NJ$3,000112021
Capital Area YMCAPrinceton, NJ$2,500112023
Lawrenceville School Camp IncLawrenceville, NJ$2,000222022
Mercer County Conference of PbasHamilton Square, NJ$580112021
Ruffed Grouse Society (rgs)Pittsburgh, PA$460112024
Mercer County ParkWest Windsor, NJ$300112024

32 of 49 (65%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
8 grants
Science & Technology
4 grants
Education
4 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Environment
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202126$487,580$5,000
202223$504,125$7,500
202329$409,300$7,500
202437$470,816$10,000

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.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 46% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Florida
$870K
New Jersey
$548K
Pennsylvania
$298K
New York
$98K
Maryland
$44K
West Virginia
$12K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. 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 Florida.
  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 The Bov Foundation Inc'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: 114 West Prospect Street, Hopewell, NJ, 08525. 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 84-4141683 · 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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