James And Susan Hooker Family Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting a variety of charitable causes. Its mission includes promoting Christianity, higher education, children's welfare, and community charities, as well as supporting addiction recovery services and animal protection initiatives. The foundation serves diverse populations through grants to educational institutions, religious organizations, and community service groups. It demonstrates a commitment to enhancing community welfare and fostering educational opportunities, reflecting its values of faith and service.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small or mid-sized nonprofits (especially faith-based, higher-education, and community service organizations) seeking modest project grants and able to apply by mailed written request.
Good Fit
- • Mission alignment with promoting Christianity, higher education, or local community charities.
- • Comfort with submitting a written, mailed request and a willingness to follow a rolling, informal process.
- • Request sizes in the low thousands rather than large capital asks.
- • Local or regional connection to states that appear in the giving pattern (notably Indiana, South Carolina, and Illinois).
Geography
The latest observed year shows grants going to recipients in eight different states with out-of-state giving exceeding in-state, indicating a broadly distributed geographic footprint.
Recipient Variety
Seventeen distinct recipients received funding in the latest year across diverse purposes (education, faith-based work, community services), so the observed recipient set is meaningfully broad for the foundation's size.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of multi-year turnover is unavailable because only one year is observed; however, a public application route exists in the filing (written submissions to a named contact), and many distinct recipients were funded, so newcomers appear plausible though selection may be relationship-influenced.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
