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Hoover Presidential Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker West Branch, IA EIN: 42-0848288 Website

The Hoover Presidential Foundation promotes and supports the herbert hoover presidential library-museum, national historic site, and other programs that enhance the understanding of herbert hoover as president and humanitarian.

Hoover Presidential Foundation at a glance

In short: Hoover Presidential Foundation gave $13.9M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $13.9M), mostly in Iowa. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$13,916,688
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$13,916,688
Median grant
$13,916,688
Total assets
$15,809,100
-27.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
Iowa (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Hoover Presidential Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Hoover Presidential Museum: $13.9MHoover Presidential Museum$13.9M

The largest 2025 recipient was Hoover Presidential Museum ($13.9M).

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M1$5M+

The most common grant size was $5M or more: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Iowa CityWest Branch

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5M$10M$15M1 grant2019 Total only2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $492 (2020) to $13.9M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $13.9M.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Hoover Presidential Museum West Branch, IAMuseum Support$13,916,688
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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$15,809,100$7,181,887$15,195,135$13,916,6881$529,409
2024$21,739,390$5,673,689$2,954,664——$1,093,470
2023$17,415,308$3,426,078$2,035,140——$546,446
2022$15,396,359$3,490,733$1,534,842——$1,082,087
2021$16,155,016$4,574,597$1,249,206——$1,298,092
2020$11,926,322$871,037$1,121,036$492Total only$359,989
2019$11,476,077$1,032,683$1,232,609$10,0001$367,276

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Hoover Presidential Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Hoover Presidential Foundation is a public charity, based in West Branch, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $15.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $13.9M. Net investment income was $529K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Hoover Presidential Foundation is led by Mundi McCarty, CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2021); 3 of 41 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mundi McCarty

    CEO

    V. P. of Development → CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    40 hrs/week

    $103K (2021) → $156K (2025)

  • Elizabeth Corridan

    Chairman

    1st Vice Cha → Chair, 2024

    Chair → Chairman, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Johnson

    Director of

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $65K (2025)

  • Adam Gregg

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alexander Hoover

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ann Barber Doyle

    Trustee

    Treasurer → Trustee, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Funk

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darrel Morf

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Dierks

    Trustee

    Chairman → Past Chairman, 2020

    Past Chairman → Trustee, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • H. Eugene Anderson

    Trustee

    Chairman → Past Chairman, 2022

    Past Chairman → Trustee, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Haig Mardikian

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeanita McNulty

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeremiah Terhark

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Berge

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Suchomel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenneth Fawcett

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenneth Kinsey

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Hoover-Lauble

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Margaret Hoover

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Bywater Cross

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Voorhees

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Swain

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sally Novetzke

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Wolken

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Waldo Geiger

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Willis Bywater

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brett Barker

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer A. Crall

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tyler De Haan

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Hoover

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ruth Haus

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Howard

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenneth Brown

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charlie Becker

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Zach Bohannon

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shelly Mott

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $106K (2025)

  • Allan Hoover III

    2nd Vice Cha

    Secretary & Trustee → 2nd Vice Cha & Trustee, 2024

    2nd Vice Cha & Trustee → 2nd Vice Cha, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bruce Barnhart

    1st Vice Cha

    2nd Vice Cha → Ist Vice Cha, 2024

    Ist Vice Cha → 1st Vice Cha, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • P. Barry Butler

    Past Chairman

    Chairman & Trustee → Chairman, 2023

    Chairman → Past Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Howes

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Emily Schmitt

    Secretary

    Trustee → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (17)
  • Former: Charles Becker (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Diana Gradert (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Fred Schulte (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Gerald Meis (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Matthew Howard III (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Jerry Fleagle (2021–2023) — President An
  • Former: Rodney Lehnertz (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Jennifer Marsh (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Rod Lehnertz (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Helen Colony (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: David Johnson (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: John Fawcett (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Downer (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Andrew Hoover (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Donald Massey (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Nicholas Colangelo (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Langholz (2019) — Trustee

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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Mundi McCarty — CEO: $156KMundi McCartyCEO$156KShelly Mott — Vice Preside: $106KShelly MottVice Preside$106KRyan Johnson — Director of: $65KRyan JohnsonDirector of$65K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $156K, to Mundi McCarty (CEO). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Hoover Presidential Foundation

How much does Hoover Presidential Foundation give each year?

Hoover Presidential Foundation gave $13.9M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990.

How large is Hoover Presidential Foundation?

Hoover Presidential Foundation reported $15.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.2M.

Where does Hoover Presidential Foundation operate?

Hoover Presidential Foundation has awarded grants in Iowa.

What is Hoover Presidential Foundation's EIN?

Hoover Presidential Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 42-0848288. 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

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 28, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 13, 2021)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 17, 2026)

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