Funding search · EIN 237981677 · Saint Louis, MO

William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn

Name: William G and Helen C Hoffman Fdn grants, 2022–2025
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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.

58
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $18,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art3 grants · $115,000
Eversight4 grants · $95,000
Guiding Eyes for the Blind3 grants · $90,000
The Seeing Eye4 grants · $70,000
Helen Keller Services3 grants · $60,000
Visions Services for the Blind and Visua2 grants · $60,000
Via Visually Impaired Advancement4 grants · $55,000
Optometric Center of New York3 grants · $52,500
Jewish Family Service Agency2 grants · $50,000
St Josephs School for the Blind2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$285,000

2022

$295,000

2023

$260,000

2024

$340,000

2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$35,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$35,000
Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Hts, NY · 2022
General operating
$35,000
Visions Services for the Blind and Visua · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$30,000
Eversight · Clark, NJ · 2025
General operating
$30,000
Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2025
General operating
$30,000
Safe Toddles · Fishkill, NY · 2025
General operating
$30,000
Vision Loss Alliance of Nj · Morris Plains, NJ · 2025
General operating
$30,000
Eversight · Clark, NJ · 2023
General operating
$30,000
Helen Keller Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating
$25,500
Safe Toddles · Fishkill, NY · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Jewish Family Service Agency of Ctr Jer · Elizabeth, NJ · 2025
General operating
$25,000
St Josephs School for the Blind · Jersey City, NJ · 2025
General operating
$25,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Guiding Eyes for the Blind · Yorktown Heights, NY · 2024
General operating
$25,000
St Josephs School for the Blind · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Visionsservices for the Blind and · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Jewish Family Service Agency · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Josephs School for the Blind · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Visions Services for the Blind and Visua · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Jewish Family Service Agency · Elizabeth, NJ · 2022
General operating
$21,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General operating
$20,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Jewish Family Service Agency of Central · Elizabeth, NJ · 2024
General operating
$20,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Elizabethtown Healthcare Foundation · Elizabeth, NJ · 2022
General operating
$20,000
Eversight · Clark, NJ · 2022
General operating
$20,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2022
General operating
$17,500
Suny College of Optometry Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General operating
$17,500
Optometric Center of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$17,500
Optometric Center of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$17,500
Optometric Center of New York · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$16,000
Visions Services Blind and Visual Impair · New York, NY · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Helen Keller Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Kings Bay Y · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Via Visually Impaired Advancement · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General operating
$15,000
American Federation for Aging Research · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Eversight · Clark, NJ · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Helen Keller Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Research To Prevent Blindness · New York, NY · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Via Visually Impaired Advancement · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey · Denville, NJ · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Via Visually Impaired Advancement · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General operating
$14,500
Association for the Mutiple Impaired Bli · Brick, NJ · 2023
General operating
$12,500
Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind · Cassville, NY · 2023
General operating
$12,500
Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind · Cassville, NY · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visua · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2024
General operating
$10,000
The Seeing Eye · Morristown, NJ · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Via Visually Impaired Advancement · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General operating
$8,500
P G Chambers School · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2024
General operating
$8,000
Association for the Multiple Impaired · Brick, NJ · 2024
General operating
$6,500
P G Chambers School · Cedar Knolls, NJ · 2025
General operating

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