Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn
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.
- $19k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $216k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 16 | $19k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $15k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $15k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $13k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Valley Chorale Inc | $9,650 | 7 | n/a |
| Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd | $9,500 | 7 | 2% |
| The Susquehanna Chorale Inc | $7,750 | 7 | 1% |
| Downtown Daily Bread | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Wednesday Club | $7,100 | 7 | 26% |
| The Harrisburg Singers | $5,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania | $3,655 | 7 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Regional Ballet | $3,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Harrisburg Concert Band Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Valley Chorale Inc | $9,650 | 7 | n/a |
| Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd | $9,500 | 7 | 2% |
| The Susquehanna Chorale Inc | $7,750 | 7 | 1% |
| Downtown Daily Bread | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Wednesday Club | $7,100 | 7 | 26% |
| The Harrisburg Singers | $5,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania | $3,655 | 7 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Regional Ballet | $3,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Greater Harrisburg Concert Band Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Port Jervis Art & History | $900 | 2 | n/a |
| Harrisburg Chapter of the American Guild of Organists | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn
- How much does Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn give?
- Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn reported 16 grants totaling $18,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Religion (12%), Education (8%).
- Who are Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Warwick Valley Chorale Inc ($10k), Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc ($10k), Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd ($10k).
- Does Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn 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 Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397, Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation, United Way of the Capital Region.
- Where is Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn based?
- Holmes Chas a & Eliz Guy Fdn is based in PA.
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