Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Hollenstein Ross 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.
- $577k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $564k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $749k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $437k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $507k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $858k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $804k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $374k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $174k | 27% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of Philadelphia | $2,026,200 | 9 | 2% |
| A Better Chance in Lower Merion Inc | $390,000 | 9 | 29% |
| Numotion Foundation | $202,000 | 4 | 11% |
| 1love4animals Inc | $145,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Kipp Philadelphia Charter School | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Spayed Club | $54,000 | 9 | 1% |
| South Bronx United Inc | $48,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Whyy Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Share Food Program | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund · Future Standard Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Armstrong Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation with peer funders
About Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation
- How much does Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation give?
- Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $577,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (58%), Education (25%), Health (7%).
- Who are Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Zoological Society of Philadelphia ($2.0M), A Better Chance in Lower Merion Inc ($390k), Numotion Foundation ($202k).
- Does Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Saramar Charitable Fund, Future Standard Foundation.
- Where is Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation based?
- Hollenstein Ross Family Foundation is based in PA.
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