Funding search · EIN 251610780 · State College Pa, PA

The Hamer Foundation

Name: The Hamer Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

125
grants reported: $16.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $37,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

capital easements scholarship campaign centre gives match building

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Millbrook Marsh Nature Center3 grants · $1.6M
World Wildlife Fund3 grants · $1.5M
Clearwater Conservancy3 grants · $1.4M
Western Pa Conservancy3 grants · $1.4M
Penn State University3 grants · $1.3M
University of Illinois Fdtn3 grants · $1.3M
Pa Chapter Nature Conservancy3 grants · $919,500
Schlow Centre Region Library3 grants · $503,530
Chesapeake Conservancy1 grant · $500,000
State College Food Bank3 grants · $490,000

Giving over time

$6.3M

2022

$5.1M

2023

$4.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 125 grants.

$1.6M
Millbrook Marsh Nature Center · State College, PA · 2022
Operating support
$1.1M
Clearwater Conservancy · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support, programming, easements, building
$839,070
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$680,000
Western Pa Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Operating support
$593,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Programming
$592,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Programming
$523,000
Western Pa Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Operating support
$500,000
Chesapeake Conservancy · Annapolis, MD · 2023
Programming
$494,500
Pa Chapter Nature Conservancy · Conshohocken, PA · 2024
Operating support, programming, easements
$460,000
State College Food Bank · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$443,530
Schlow Centre Region Library · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$420,000
University of Illinois Fdtn · Champaign, IL · 2024
Programming
$420,000
University of Illinois Fdtn · Champaign, IL · 2023
Programming
$420,000
University of Illinois Fdtn · Champaign, IL · 2022
Programming
$317,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Programming
$310,600
Merrill Lynn Consrevancy · Lewisburg, PA · 2022
Land purchase
$300,000
Out of the Cold · State College, PA · 2023
Capital project
$300,000
Pa Chapter Nature Conservancy · Conshohocken, PA · 2022
Operating support, programming, easements
$291,000
Clearwater Conservancy · State College, PA · 2022
Operating support, programming, easements
$278,302
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$211,200
Wildlife for Everyone · State College, PA · 2023
Capital project
$200,000
Western Pa Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Operating support
$164,400
Patton Township · State College, PA · 2022
Operating conservation easement
$156,969
Penn State University · University Park, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$150,000
Audubon Society Pa · Audubon, PA · 2024
Program support
$125,000
Centre County United Way · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support, programming
$125,000
Audubon Society Pa · Audubon, PA · 2023
Program support
$125,000
Centre County United Way · Pine Grove Mills, PA · 2023
Operating support, programming
$125,000
Pa Chapter Nature Conservancy · Conshohocken, PA · 2023
Operating support, programming, easements
$125,000
Audubon Society Pa · Audubon, PA · 2022
Program support
$125,000
Centre County United Way · Pine Grove Mills, PA · 2022
Operating support, programming
$114,995
The Academy · Lewistown, PA · 2023
Programming
$112,500
Iup Research Institute · Indiana, PA · 2024
Program support
$112,500
Iup Research Institute · Indiana, PA · 2023
Program support
$112,500
Iup Research Institute · Indiana, PA · 2022
Program support
$105,000
Centre County Historical Society · State College, PA · 2024
Renovations
$100,000
Centre Foundation · State College, PA · 2024
Centre gives match
$100,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$100,000
Centre Foundation · State College, PA · 2023
Centre gives match
$100,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$100,000
Center Foundation · State College, PA · 2022
Centre gives match
$100,000
Community Partnerships · Lewistown, PA · 2022
Capital project
$100,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scholarship
$90,000
Centre County Youth Service Bureau · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$86,250
Discovery Space · State College, PA · 2024
Programming
$79,500
Strawberry Fields · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$75,000
Penns Valley Conservation Assn · Aaronsburg, PA · 2024
Administrative support
$75,000
Discovery Space · State College, PA · 2023
Programming
$70,000
Centre County Farmland Trust · Bellefonte, PA · 2024
Operating support
$70,000
Centre County Farmland Trust · Bellefonte, PA · 2023
Operating support
$70,000
Centre County Farmland Trust · Bellefonte, PA · 2022
Operating support
$60,000
Clearwater Conservancy · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support, programming, easements, building
$60,000
Pa Parks and Forests Foundation · Camp Hill, PA · 2023
Programming
$60,000
Tubmill Trout Club · New Florence, PA · 2022
Program support
$56,515
Shelter Services · Lewistown, PA · 2023
Capital project
$50,000
Child Advocacy Center · Bellefonte, PA · 2024
Programming
$50,000
Friends of Via · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Programming
$50,000
Friends of Via · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Programming
$50,000
Nittany Mountain Biking Assn · State College, PA · 2022
Capital project
$49,473
Mid State Literacy Council · State College, PA · 2022
Programming
$45,000
Schlow Centre Region Library · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$40,000
We Conservepa · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Operating support
$37,500
Strawberry Fields · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$37,500
Strawberry Fields · State College, PA · 2022
Operating support
$35,000
Tubmill Trout Club · New Florence, PA · 2024
Program support
$35,000
Bellefonte Art Museum · Bellefonte, PA · 2022
Operating support
$33,537
Mid State Literacy Council · State College, PA · 2024
Programming
$30,000
Blair County United Way · Duncansville, PA · 2024
Programming
$30,000
Clearfield County United Way · Clearfield, PA · 2024
Operating support
$30,000
Clinton County United Way · Mill Hall, PA · 2024
Operating support
$30,000
Huntingdon County United Way · Huntingdon, PA · 2024
Operating support
$30,000
Mifflin-Juniata United Way · Lewistown, PA · 2024
Operating support
$30,000
State College Community Land Trust · State College, PA · 2024
Programming; capital project
$30,000
Tides · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$30,000
Blair County United Way · Duncansville, PA · 2023
Programming
$30,000
Centre County Historical Society · State College, PA · 2023
Renovations
$30,000
Clearfield County United Way · Clearfield, PA · 2023
Operating support
$30,000
Clinton County United Way · Mill Hall, PA · 2023
Operating support
$30,000
Huntingdon County United Way · Huntingdon, PA · 2023
Operating support
$30,000
Mifflin-Juniata United Way · Lewistown, PA · 2023
Operating support
$30,000
Clearfield County United Way · Clearfield, PA · 2022
Operating support
$30,000
Clinton County United Way · Mill Hall, PA · 2022
Operating support
$30,000
Huntingdon County United Way · Huntingdon, PA · 2022
Operating support
$30,000
Mifflin-Juniata United Way · Lewistown, PA · 2022
Operating support
$27,800
Millbrook Marsh Nature Center · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$25,919
Spring Creek Chapter Trout Unlimite · Centre Hall, PA · 2023
Stream maintenance
$25,000
Nittany Mountain Biking Assn · State College, PA · 2023
Capital project
$15,000
Centre Safe · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
Centre Volunteers in Medicine · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support and capital campaign
$15,000
Housing Transitions · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
Interfaith Human Services · State College, PA · 2024
Operating support
$15,000
Out of the Cold · State College, PA · 2024
Capital project
$15,000
Centre County Youth Service Bureau · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$15,000
Centre Safe · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$15,000
Centre Volunteers in Medicine · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support and capital campaign
$15,000
Housing Transitions · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$15,000
Interfaith Human Services · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$15,000
Mid State Literacy Council · State College, PA · 2023
Programming
$15,000
State College Food Bank · State College, PA · 2023
Operating support
$15,000
We Conservepa · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.