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Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Pennington, NJ EIN: 27-1912235 Website

The organization will endeavor to help underprivileged children and children with differences, regardless of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or sex so that they may be finer, stronger and happier youth who will grow to be good, healthy adults.

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc gave $25K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $12K), mostly in New Jersey. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$24,975
-68.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-60.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$12,488
-19.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$12,488
Total assets
$262,775
+38.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
New Jersey (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

All Other Grants Paid 5000 Each: $19KAll Other Grants Paid 5000Each$19KThe Straube Foundation: $6KThe Straube Foundation$6K

The largest 2025 recipient was All Other Grants Paid 5000 Each ($19K). Together the top 2 received $25K.

Grant Size Distribution

10 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 10 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

PenningtonTrentonPrincetonEwingHamiltonJupiterPiscataway

How Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving fell 20% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K3 grants2019 4 grants2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 5 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2021) to $78K (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $25K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
All Other Grants Paid 5000 Each Pennington, NJCharitable$18,975
The Straube Foundation Pennington, NJCharitable$6,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$262,775$210,389$137,511$24,9752$126,129
2024$189,897$156,452$179,267$77,9575$83,542
2023$212,712$105,108$177,366$72,6921$29,797
2022$284,970$140,487$183,678$31,3001$39,208
2021$328,161$167,266$153,349$5,5001$24,473
2020$314,244$132,766$191,505$33,5004$23,266
2019$372,983$146,487$171,126$20,7503$24,886

About Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Pennington, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $263K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $25K. Net investment income was $126K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc is led by Jean Gianacaci, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 19 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jean Gianacaci

    President

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gabrielle Protinick

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gerry Skey Esq.

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gregory Malfitano

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Byer

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Gianacaci

    Treasurer

    Board Member → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John P. Willis

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua Markowitz

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin R Gropp

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Martin

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ren Scott

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard J Hall

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sherry Friedman

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Hofgesang

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Donna Young

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jaclyn Gardner

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Friedman

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kate Finch

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike O'conner

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Jaclyn Petrone (2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Laurie Stewart (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Sara EK Cooper (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Thomas Suarez (2019–2021) — Treasurer · Filing note: Through 5152020
  • Former: Kari Mastroianni (2019–2020) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc

How much does Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc give each year?

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc gave $25K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $78K across 5 grants.

How large is Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc?

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc reported $263K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $210K.

What is Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc?

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Pennington, NJ. It holds $263K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc operate?

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Florida, New Jersey.

What is Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc's EIN?

Christine's Hope For Kids Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-1912235. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 5, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 2, 2020)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 2, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 18, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS October 10, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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