Illinois · Private foundation
Holson 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.
- $71k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $582k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Holson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 13 | $71k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $63k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $53k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $58k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $56k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $48k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Take the Lead Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The First Tee of Chicago Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Christ Church Lake Forest | $18,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Riverside Military Academy Inc | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ragdale Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyric Opera of Chicago | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Take the Lead Inc | $37,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Chicago Shakespeare Theater | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The First Tee of Chicago Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Christ Church Lake Forest | $18,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Riverside Military Academy Inc | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ragdale Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| STAR of Coastal Georgia Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pilgrim Doberman Pinscher Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($123k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Holson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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
About Holson Family Foundation
- How much does Holson Family Foundation give?
- Holson Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $70,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Holson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Food & Nutrition (11%), Health (9%).
- Who are Holson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lyric Opera of Chicago ($45k), Take the Lead Inc ($38k), Chicago Shakespeare Theater ($30k).
- Does Holson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Holson 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 Holson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Holson Family Foundation based?
- Holson Family Foundation is based in IL.
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