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Dd Holmes Family Foundation at a glance

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Dd Holmes Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$21kCrime & Legal$19kEnvironment$18kFood & Nutrition$14kHuman Services$10kInternational$10kHousing & Shelter$7kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE$5,000
SAVE KIDS TRUST$5,000
FRIENDS OF LANTERN HILL$5,000
CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION$5,000
NORTHWEST HARVEST$5,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$5,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$2,500
ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FRIENDS OF LANTERN HILL: $5k → 11%SOPHIA'S WAY: $5k → 9%FRIENDS OF LANTERN HILL: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$87k · 7 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$87k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+12%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsCrime & LegalAnimalsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • KIND INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $17k · revenue +40%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $17k · revenue +17%
  • CD
    CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SOPHIA WAY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • IH
    IMAGINE HOUSING
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +23%
  • Chinese for Affirmative Action
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -60%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
2
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
3
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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7
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
8
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
9
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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10
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
11
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
12
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwest Harvest Emm; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Lantern Hill Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $16,500 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $13,500 · OtherNORTHWEST HARVEST EMMIMAGINE HOUSING: $1,500 · Other+2 more: $2,000 · Other+2 moreCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATI…ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION …F C Cancer Foundation A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp: $1,000 · HealthKIND INC: $16,500 · Crime & LegalKIND INCFriends of Lantern Hill Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesFriends of Lante…THE SOPHIA WAY: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE SOPHIA WAYSave Kids Trust: $10,000 · EducationSave Kids T…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,500 · Civil RightsChinese for Affirmative Action: $1,010 · Civil RightsCOLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $1,000 · Animals
Other$33,500Health$21,000Crime & Legal$16,500Human Services$15,000Education$10,000Civil Rights$3,510Animals$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKIND INC: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSave Kids Trust: $10,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetFriends of Lantern Hill Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMAGINE HOUSING: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $1,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO TROUT UNLIMITED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetF C Cancer Foundation A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE8.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dd Holmes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dd Holmes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 15 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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