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The Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation

Accepts applications Germantown, New York · EIN 263994213

The Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation is a private foundation in Germantown, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $292,800 in 47 grants; the typical grant was $6,200 and the largest $15,000. 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 $316,200 the year before.

41% of its 2025 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$236,02043$6.4 million
2024$316,20046$6.6 million
2025$292,80047$6.9 million

How to apply

ContactJ Nadine Rumke Ex Dir
PO Box 0524, Germantown, NY 12526
Phone or email(518) 537-6718
What to submitLetter to foundation stating purpose and amount of request.
RestrictionsThe awards to grantees are limited to exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code that support charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York44$271,600
North Carolina2$16,200
California1$15,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 47 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Coxsackie Area Food Pantry
Hannacroix, NY
Equipment & food from farmers$15,000
Hope Full Life Center
Ravena, NY
Helping harvest food acquisition$15,000
Social & Environmental Entrepreneur
Calabasas, CA
Long table harvest gleaning prog$15,000
Albany County Historic Association
Albany, NY
Community education$10,000
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity
Asheville, NC
Helene disaster home repair$10,000
Kites Nest
Hudson, NY
Regen teens project$10,000
Wave Farmwgxc
Acra, NY
Participatory workshop$10,000
Animalkind Inc
Hudson, NY
Vet assistance$9,600
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen
Hudson, NY
Food program$9,200
High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding
Ghent, NY
Operations$8,800
Friends of Clermont
Germantown, NY
Harvesting history$8,600
Operation Unite Ny
Hudson, NY
Youth action/empowerment$8,500
Germantown Library
Germantown, NY
Cultivating community$8,000
Angel Food East
Kingston, NY
Food insecurity$7,500
Columbia County Recovery Kitchen
Hudson, NY
Food insecurity$7,500
Coxsackie Area Food Pantry
Hannacroix, NY
Food insecurity$7,500
Fly the Coop
Rosendale, NY
Vocational training program$7,500
Hope Full Life Center
Ravena, NY
Food insecurity$7,500
Perfect Ten After School
Hudson, NY
Food insecurity$7,500
Columbia County Youth Theatre
Chatham, NY
Summer children's theatre festival$7,300
Columbia County Libraries Associati
Hillsdale, NY
Education programs$7,100
Wild Earth
High Falls, NY
Nature connection & experiental edu$6,500
O Postive Festival
Kingston, NY
O+ festival$6,200
Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter
Newport, NC
Wildlife education encounters$6,200
Hudson Area Library
Hudson, NY
Tween program$5,900
Northern Dutchess Symphony
Rhinebeck, NY
Americana 250 performance$5,500
Concerts in the Village
Kinderhook, NY
Underwriting presentations$5,400
Friends of Hudson Youth
Hudson, NY
Art, music, and media programs$5,400
Create Council on the Arts
Catskill, NY
Kids create$5,000
Fasny Museum of Firefighting
Hudson, NY
Museum operation support$5,000
Germantown Hose CO1
Germantown, NY
Equipment grant$5,000
Lucky Rehabilitation Center
Chatham, NY
Compensation for paid staff$5,000
Kinderhook Memorial Library
Kinderhook, NY
Senior enrichment$4,800
Livingston Free Library
Livingston, NY
Historic structure preservation$4,800
Athens Cultural Center
Athens, NY
Arts for all$4,500
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Kingston, NY
Agriculture program$4,400
Friends of Historic Germantown
Germantown, NY
Historic signs & cemetery cleanup$4,400
Claverack Free Library
Claverack, NY
Remove barriers for music performanc$3,000
Pine Plains Library
Pine Plains, NY
Youth enrichment$3,000
We Are Instrumental
Putnam Station, NY
Music access, outreach, & engagement$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation give?

$292,800 in tax year 2025, across 47 grants, with a typical grant of $6,200.

Who runs The Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Michael Koelsch (President), Carise M Himelright (Vice Pres.), Craig F Diehl (Secretary/As) and Lali Rumke (Treasurer) among 10 officers and trustees.

What does The Alexander and Marjorie Hover Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger, education and youth programs.

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