Florida · Private foundation
Holmes Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $60k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Holmes Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $60k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $70k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $80k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $90k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $76k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $69k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $70k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $69k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Scholarship Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Procyon Strong Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 100% |
| Indian River Land Trust Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hesston College | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cozy Coats for Kids Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Colorado State Fire Fighters Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Centaurus Monarch Scholarship | $12,000 | 2 | 20% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Scholarship Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Procyon Strong Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 100% |
| Indian River Land Trust Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hesston College | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cozy Coats for Kids Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Colorado State Fire Fighters Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Centaurus Monarch Scholarship | $12,000 | 2 | 20% |
| A Better Chance of Wilton Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 2% |
| DAWG Nation Hockey Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Outward Bound School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| John W Nick Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 8% |
| The Louisville History Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Holmes Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Holmes Foundation Inc
- How much does Holmes Foundation Inc give?
- Holmes Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Holmes Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Holmes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Food Bank of the Rockies ($55k), Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc ($50k), University of the Cumberlands Inc ($44k).
- Does Holmes Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Holmes Foundation Inc 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 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Holmes Foundation Inc based?
- Holmes Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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