Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-6161391. Reported 147 grants totalling $399,535 to 77 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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 $4,000; the smallest was $10 and the largest $15,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $25,010 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends Service Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooke USA Foundation | Lexington, KY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amnesty International USA | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mennonite Disaster Services | Lititz, PA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unrwa USA National Committee | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Doctors Without Borders (msf) USA | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mennonite Disaster Service | Lititz, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Equine Voices Rescue | Amado, AZ | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Shore Animal League | Port Washington, NY | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unhcr | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Ministries | Tampa, FL | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tuscon Wildlife Center | Tuscon, AZ | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Animal Haven | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders (msf) USA | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Halo Animal Rescue | Phoenix, AZ | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healing Hearts Animal Rescue and Refuge | Cave Creek, AZ | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of New York | New York, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Loft Cinema | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Az Public Media | Tucson, AZ | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tuscon, AZ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvard Club of New York | New York, NY | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equine Encore Foundation | Tuscon, AZ | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alley Cat Allies | Bethesda, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arizona Public Media | Tuscon, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of US | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tucson Wildlife Center | Tucson, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Az Sonora Desert Museum | Tucson, AZ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Leagers | Kenosha, WI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alley Cats Allies | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Lung Association | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Food Bank | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 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 |
| Little Long Ears Miniature Donkey Rescue | New Oxford, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pima Animal Care Center | Tuscon, AZ | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pima Animal Care Center (pacc) | Tucson, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wbai | Brooklyn, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Associates of the Boston Public Library | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Food Bank of Tucson | Tuscon, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc | New London, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Animal Friends | Prescott, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arizona Sonora Desert Museum | Tuscon, AZ | $425 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Museum | Pittsburgh, PA | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asia Society | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Hall of New York | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Covenant House of New York | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ringling Museum of Art | Sarasota, FL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tampa Zoo at Lowry Park | Tampa, FL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvard Library in New York | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
48 of 77 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 55%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 87 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.
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 |
| 2024 | 48 | $166,350 | $2,000 |
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
30% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 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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