The James and Pauline Hackbarth Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on sustained support for a single public library, providing substantial program funding rather than a broad portfolio of grantees. Their grants indicate a commitment to community-facing library services and programs, likely focused on literacy, education, and local cultural or recreational programming. The foundation appears to prefer targeted, high-impact investments in one trusted institution over dispersed giving.
Highly concentrated: all funding directed to one grantee across multiple grants, representing large, program-focused gifts rather than many small or diverse awards.
James and Pauline Hackbarth Foundation Inc combines one large, repeated operating grant with a separate higher-education scholarship pattern. Three annual awards to Maywood Public Library make up the clearest core of the foundation’s giving: $453,076 in 2024, $394,395 in 2023, and $201,618 in 2025, each designated to fund programs. Alongside that library support, the foundation makes a steady series of $5,000 scholarship grants to colleges and universities. Recent scholarship recipients include Georgia Institute of Technology, Cornell University, and Dartmouth College. That mix suggests a funder that concentrates meaningful dollars in a trusted public institution while also maintaining a predictable scholarship portfolio. The grants point to support for library-based public programming and for students pursuing postsecondary education, rather than a dispersed set of unrelated causes. With annual grants of $1,109,089 and assets of $5,021,963, the foundation operates at a modest asset base but gives a substantial share of its resources each year through targeted, restricted grants.
The foundation’s clearest program area is public library support. It gave $453,076 in 2024, $394,395 in 2023, and $201,618 in 2025 to Maywood Public Library, each grant marked “to fund programs.” That repeated support shows a commitment to the library as a delivery site for public-facing services rather than one-time project funding. A second area is scholarship support for students in higher education. In 2025, the foundation awarded $5,000 to Georgia Institute of Technology “to support scholarship programs,” and it made the same type of grant to Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and University of Notre Dame. The scholarship grants also reached public and private institutions across several states, including New Jersey Institute of Technology and The College of New Jersey.
Typical grant size is fixed at $5,000: the p25, median, and p75 are all $5,000. The distribution is bimodal, with one set of very large program grants and a separate stream of standard scholarship awards. The recent record shows recurring support rather than one-off giving: Maywood Public Library appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 with grants for the same purpose, and multiple colleges recur across years as scholarship recipients. The foundation is not a DAF and makes no program-related investments. It also funds individuals, which aligns with its scholarship-oriented grantmaking pattern.
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$366K
Most grants fall between $5K and $5K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NH.
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Notable grantees: Maywood Public Library
Grant recipients are entirely in the United States. The foundation gives most often in New Hampshire by grant count, and that is reflected in the recent record through Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. New Jersey also appears frequently, including Maywood Public Library in Maywood, The College of New Jersey in Ewing Township, Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, and Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. Other recent recipients are spread across Georgia, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, showing national reach with a strong concentration in U.S. higher education and one New Jersey-based library.
Its recent giving splits between a small number of large program grants and a broader set of standard scholarship grants. Maywood Public Library received three large program awards over 2023 to 2025, while colleges and universities repeatedly received $5,000 scholarship grants.
The clearest cause areas are public library programming and higher-education scholarships. The library grants are labeled “to fund programs,” and the education grants are labeled “to support scholarship programs” at institutions such as Georgia Institute of Technology, Cornell University, and Dartmouth College.
Yes. Maywood Public Library appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 with program grants, and several colleges show up more than once across the recent grant list. That pattern indicates repeat support rather than isolated one-time gifts.
The typical grant size is $5,000, with p25, median, and p75 all at $5,000. That figure applies to the scholarship grants, even though the foundation also makes much larger program grants to Maywood Public Library.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY | MAYWOOD, NJ | $201,618 | 2025 | TO FUND PROGRAMS |
| GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ATLANTA, GA | $5,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| CORNELL UNIVERSIRY | ITHACA, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | HANOVER, NH | $5,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | NOTRE DAME, IN | $5,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY | MAYWOOD, NJ | $453,076 | 2024 | TO FUND PROGRAMS |
| MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY | MONTCLAIR, NJ | $5,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY | WILLIAMSBURG, VA | $5,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | NEWARK, NJ | $5,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ | MAHWAH, NJ | $5,000 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY | MAYWOOD, NJ | $394,395 | 2023 | TO FUND PROGRAMS |
| DREXEL UNIVERSITY | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | HOBOKEN, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY | EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
$201,618TO FUND PROGRAMS
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
CORNELL UNIVERSIRY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
$453,076TO FUND PROGRAMS
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NJ
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
MAYWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY
$394,395TO FUND PROGRAMS
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
$5,000TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS