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Hopkin Foundation

Accepts applications Belmont, Massachusetts · EIN 742490613

Hopkin Foundation is a private foundation in Belmont, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $205,637 in 20 grants; the typical grant was $3,114 and the largest $101,900. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $283,588 the year before.

33% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$283,77615$447,539
2024$283,58824$247,470
2025$205,63720$382,729

How to apply

ContactScholarship Foundation Hopkin Found
11 Oak St, Belmont, MA 02478
Phone or email(781) 801-4544
What to submitOnline. Please visit hopkinfoundation.org for application information.
Deadlines, restrictionsSee hopkinfoundation.org

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hopkin Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Idaho. It also paid $12,041 in 4 grants to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Idaho1$101,900
Utah8$48,352
New Hampshire1$16,844
New York1$15,000
Massachusetts3$8,635
Minnesota1$2,515
Maryland1$350

Grants paid in 2025

All 20 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg, ID
Restricted scholarships$101,900
River University
Nashua, NH
Restricted scholarships$16,844
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Restricted scholarships$16,028
Columbia University
New York, NY
Restricted scholarships$15,000
Ensign College
Salt Lake City, UT
Restricted scholarships$13,541
Snow College
Ephraim, UT
Restricted scholarships$8,277
IndividualRestricted scholarship$6,159
Boston University
Boston, MA
Restricted scholarships$6,000
Individual
UT
Restricted scholarship$4,782
IndividualRestricted scholarship$3,712
Daystar University
Bloomington, MN
Restricted scholarships$2,515
Individual
UT
Restricted scholarship$2,422
Individual
MA
Restricted scholarship$1,842
Individual
UT
Restricted scholarship$1,402
Individual
UT
Restricted scholarship$1,300
IndividualRestricted scholarship$1,162
IndividualRestricted scholarship$1,008
Individual
MA
Restricted scholarship$793
Individual
UT
Restricted scholarship$600
Uscis
Camp Springs, MD
General support$350

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hopkin Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See hopkinfoundation.org.

How much does Hopkin Foundation give?

$205,637 in tax year 2025, across 20 grants, with a typical grant of $3,114.

Who runs Hopkin Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Daniel Hopkin (VP, Fundraising), John Dow (Director), Jeff Hopkin (Vice President) and Arden Hopkin (Vice President) among 10 officers and trustees.

What does Hopkin Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and international.

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