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Holly Palmer Foundation at a glance

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Holly Palmer 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.

$460k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$354kHuman Services$170kYouth Development$75kCommunity Improvement$35kHealth$30kEnvironment$25kEducation$20kCivil Rights$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $335k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $105k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JOFFERY BALLET$55,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLAND$50,000
CENTER ON HALSTED$30,000
OX-BOW SCHOOL OF ARTS & ARTISTS RES$25,000
RAGDALE FOUNDATION$25,000
ART OF LIFE$25,000
THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO$25,000
RESILIENCE$25,000
SAUGATUCK DUNES COASTAL ALLIANCE$25,000
MOSAIC COUNSELING$20,000
OTTAWA NEWS NETWORK$20,000
ACLU FUND OF MICHIGAN$20,000
RENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$20,000
FARNSWORTH MUSEUM$20,000
TINY NEWS COLLECTIVE$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $180k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SAN MIGUEL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 21%RESILIENCE: $25k → 8%RENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CNETER: $75k → 10%RENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $20k → 10%CENTER ON HALSTED: $30k → 14%CENTER ON HALSTED: $20k → 14%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$576k · 12 repeat orgs$178k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
3

Total granted

$576k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+5%

Still filing today

67%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • TJ
    THE JOFFREY BALLET
    2× · 2024–2025 · $105k · revenue +39%
  • CO
    Center on Halsted
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k · revenue +18%
  • RF
    Ragdale Foundation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $41k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DRUMMOND ISLAND FIRE DEP
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • TM
    THE MICHIGAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
Rochester Art Center

Rochester art center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse…

Arts & Culture
3
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
4
The Florence Center for Contemporary Music
Arts & Culture
5
The Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions

To help artists develop, present and discuss their practices by providing forums for idea exchange, interdisciplinary collaboration and experimental projects.

Arts & Culture
6
Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network

The mission of the northwest michigan arts & culture network ("the network") is to harness the collective power of the creative sector to cultivate vibrant communities by strengthening the regional ecosystem that supports arts and culture.…

Arts & Culture
7
Arts Midwest Incorporated

Arts Midwest works collaboratively with private and public arts supporters to support, inform, and celebrate arts organizations and creative communities across the Midwest. Our mission is to build unprecedented opportunity across the…

Arts & Culture
8
Minnetonka Center for the Arts

In the belief that the visual arts are indispensable to a healthy community, it is the mission of the minnetonka center for the arts to provide teaching excellence, quality exhibitions, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages,…

Arts & Culture
9
Chicago Artists Coalition

CAC's programs reflect our commitment to empowering local artists through professional career training, exhibition and networking opportunities, and building a supportive patron base. Our philosophy is that by helping more artists sustain…

Arts & Culture
10
Michigan Legacy Art Park

Inspire awareness, appreciation and passion for michigan's history and stories, culture and environment through the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
Great Lakes Center for the Arts

The Center's mission is to inspire, entertain, educate, and serve all in Northern Michigan year-round by presenting exceptional experiences across the full spectrum of the performing arts and offering impactful educational opportunities.

Arts & Culture
12
Luminarts Cultural Foundation the Union League Club of Chicago

The luminarts cultural foundation cultivates chicago's vibrant arts community by supporting exemplary young artists through its competitive programs that offer financial awards, artistic opportunities, and mentoring that bridge the gap…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Michigan Women's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum 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

18 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. 18 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
7/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JOFFREY BALLET: $105,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOFFREY BALLETThe Arts Club of Chicago: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Arts Club of ChicagoRagdale Foundation: $41,400 · Arts & CultureRagdale FoundationTHE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS OF LIFE INCTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART …The Tiny News Collective Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe Tiny News Collective Inc+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLAND: $75,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HOLLANDOX-BOW SCHOOL OF ARTS & ARTISTS RES: $55,000 · OtherOX-BOW SCHOOL OF ARTS & ARTISTS RESMOSAIC COUNSELING: $30,000 · OtherMOSAIC COUNSELINGOTTAWA NEWS NETWORK: $20,000 · OtherOTTAWA NEWS NETWORKACLU FUND OF MICHIGAN: $20,000 · OtherACLU FUND OF MICHIGANSAIC FASHION COUNCIL: $20,000 · OtherSAIC FASHION COUNCILDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $15,000 · OtherDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDFRIENDS OF DRUMMOND ISLAND FIRE DEP: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $10,000 · OtherRENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $95,000 · Human ServicesRENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING C…Center on Halsted: $50,000 · Human ServicesCenter on HalstedRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $25,000 · Human ServicesRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR E…SAN MIGUEL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAN MIGUEL COMMUNITY FOUND…SAUGATUCK DUNES COASTAL ALLIANCE: $25,000 · EnvironmentTHE MICHIGAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementPOINT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$278,900Other$255,000Human Services$180,000Environment$25,000Community Improvement$10,000Education$5,000Philanthropy$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE JOFFREY BALLET: $105,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRENEW THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $95,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetThe Arts Club of Chicago: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRagdale Foundation: $41,400 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMOSAIC COUNSELING: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSAUGATUCK DUNES COASTAL ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Tiny News Collective Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHIGAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLAND AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

The Community Foundat…Frey FoundationGrand Haven Area Comm…DTE Energy FoundationBaird Foundation IncEdward Jones Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Frey Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · DTE Energy Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Holly Palmer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Holly Palmer 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 26 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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