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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-2544450

The Hovey Foundation

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $316,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $316,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $3,932,075

  • Tax year 2024

    $445,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $3,868,435

  • Tax year 2023

    $455,786

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $3,943,084

  • Tax year 2022

    $178,852

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,210,682

  • Tax year 2021

    $240,654

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $4,331,274

  • Tax year 2020

    $296,300

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $4,140,098

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Eisenhower FellowshipsPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $150,000
  2. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $50,000
  3. Wills Eye Hospital FoundationPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $40,000
  4. Guadalupe CenterImmokalee, FL

    General operating

    $25,000
  5. Bascom Palmer Eye InstituteMiami, FL

    General operating

    $20,000
  6. Neighborhood Health ClinicNaples, FL

    General operating

    $10,000
  7. NCH Center for PhilanthropyNaples, FL

    General operating

    $7,500
  8. Morris ArboretumPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $3,000
  9. Operation Healing ForcesTampa, FL

    General operating

    $3,000
  10. Save a Mind (SAM) Elimu CharityPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $2,000
  11. Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    General operating

    $1,000
  12. Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, FL

    General operating

    $1,000
  13. Friends of the OutletDresden, NY

    General operating

    $1,000
  14. Matthew's Mindful MomentRydal, PA

    General operating

    $1,000
  15. Whitemarsh FoundationLafayette HL, PA

    General operating

    $500
  16. Finger Lakes Boating MuseumHammondsport, NY

    General operating

    $500
  17. Chestnut Hill ConservancyPhiladelphia, PA

    General operating

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $52,00057% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $28,00031% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $10,00011% of the total
  4. Arts and culture2 grants $1,0001% of the total
  5. Environment1 grant $500<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania8 grants $247,000
  2. Florida6 grants $66,500
  3. New York3 grants $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • James HoveyTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Carol A HoveyOFFICER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Brooke HoveyOFFICER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Christian HoveyOFFICER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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