The Charles H. Hoch Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 23-6265016 · since 1960hochfoundation.com·Pennsylvania·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$299k

Annual giving, 2025 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The foundation's stated purposes are education, religion and human well-being, and it considers requests for both capital and operating costs from organisations serving people in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania.
Organisations working outside the Lehigh Valley should not apply, since funded organisations must serve people there.
The filing shows $299,000 paid in its latest year, but no grant range is stated, so ask the foundation about likely sizes rather than assuming one.
Applications are accepted by fixed deadlines: June requests are due by 1 April and December requests by 1 October, sent as one PDF containing the completed grant request form to hochfoundation@gmail.com.
Make clear how your work will further the foundation's benevolent goals, because its directors need that assurance, and check its website for process changes before you start.

Overview

The Charles H. Hoch Foundation is a US private foundation based in Allentown, PA.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation receives and expends funds for charitable, educational and religious purposes, and promotes the moral, physical and mental well-being and progress of mankind. The organisations receiving funds must be actively engaged in advancing those causes and serving the needs of people in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. It considers requests for assistance with capital and operating costs, and its directors need assurance that each organisation will use the funds to further its benevolent goals. The foundation therefore supports organisations working in these areas and serving this community.

Themes

Education
Religion
Human well-being

Geographic Focus

Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania.

How to apply

Organisations submit a completed Hoch Foundation grant request form and the application information as a single PDF to hochfoundation@gmail.com.

Deadlines: June grant applications are due by 1 April and December grant applications by 1 October.

Application success factors

What the foundation says:

Directors need assurance that the organisation will use funds to further its benevolent goals.
The foundation encourages organisations to check its website for process changes before starting an application.

Officers and directors

Deborah A Sicher — Trustee
Richard S Miller — President
Thomas M Buxton — Trustee
Richard Demott SR — Secretary
Timothy Demott — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2023 tax year	$302,044	$252,000	$4,491,143	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$320,276	$263,000	$4,883,452	Filing for 2024 tax year
2025 tax year	$352,101	$299,000	$5,194,940	Filing for 2025 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.