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John R & Hope Reese Foundation

Accepts applications Hobe Sound, Florida · EIN 133371584

John R & Hope Reese Foundation is a private foundation in Hobe Sound, Florida. In tax year 2024 it gave $35,000 in 19 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $9,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $27,500 the year before.

53% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$27,50019$614,367
2024$35,00019$771,200

How to apply

ContactJohn R Reese
7050 SE Wood Stork Way, Hobe Sound, FL 33455
Phone or email(212) 632-6515
What to submitLetter form, description of organization and its activities
RestrictionsTo organizations organized exclusively for purposes pursuant to sec. 501(c)

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What John R & Hope Reese Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida5$15,000
New York8$9,000
Rhode Island1$5,000
Colorado1$2,500
California1$1,000
District of Columbia1$1,000
Pennsylvania1$1,000
North Carolina1$500

Grants paid in 2024

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Banner Lake Club
Hobe Sound, FL
Unrestricted$9,000
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Newport, RI
Unrestricted$5,000
Evans Scholar Foundation
Basalt, CO
Unrestricted$2,500
Caumsett Foundation
Huntington, NY
Unrestricted$2,000
Hobe Sound Nature
Hobe Sound, FL
Unrestricted$2,000
Hobe Sound Community Chest
Hobe Sound, FL
Unrestricted$2,000
Christ Memorial Church
Hobe Sound, FL
Unrestricted$1,000
East Woods School
Oyster Bay, NY
Unrestricted$1,000
Glen Cove Hospital- Northwell Health Foundation
New Hyde Park, NY
Unrestricted$1,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Unrestricted$1,000
Millbrook School
Millbrook, NY
Unrestricted$1,000
University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School of Business
Philadelphia, PA
Unrestricted$1,000
Piping Rock Scholars
Locust Valley, NY
Unrestricted$1,000
Ppsenfl Fundraising (Planned Parenthood)
West Palm Beach, FL
Unresticted$1,000
Summer Search
San Francisco, CA
Unrestricted$1,000
World Central Kitchen
Washington DC, DC
Unrestricted$1,000
New York University Hosiptal
New York, NY
Unrestricted$1,000
Brigid Alliance
New York, NY
Unrestricted$1,000
High Point University
High Point, NC
Unrestricted$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does John R & Hope Reese Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does John R & Hope Reese Foundation give?

$35,000 in tax year 2024, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs John R & Hope Reese Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists John R Reese (Pres) and Hope Reese (Vp/Treas).

What does John R & Hope Reese Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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