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Holthues Trust

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2024
50
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 57
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$27M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Holthues Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalEducationHealthReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving60$1.9M32%
FY202350$1.8M18%
FY202251$1.8M24%
FY202157$2.0M33%
FY202055$1.9M42%
FY201943$1.8M28%
FY201842$1.5M40%
FY201745$1.4Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$3.9MEnvironment$2.2MCivil Rights$1.7MArts & Culture$992kCrime & Legal$974kScience & Tech$966kPhilanthropy$850kHuman Services$843kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 115 grantees
All grantees of Holthues Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Disability Rights International Inc$971,000822%
The Center for Victims of Torture$969,00071%
Nonviolent Peaceforce$891,00088%
Just Detention International$891,00084%
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists$860,50089%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$795,00081%
Muscatine Center for Social Action$785,00088%
Womens Global Education Project$643,000814%
The Voices & Faces Project$450,000529%
GlobeMed NFP$393,500526%
Global Philanthropy Partnership$300,00034%
The Aspen Institute Inc$281,00070%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$250,00070%
Senior Resources Inc$230,000710%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$200,00020%
Muscatine Symphony Orchestra Assoc$148,000817%
Colorado Haiti Project Inc$130,000416%
Table to Table Food Distribution Network$125,00060%
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$100,00050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$90,50010%
The Ocean Foundation$90,00050%
Trees Forever Inc$80,00012%
Land Stewardship Project$80,00081%
Walk-In Counseling Center Inc$80,00082%
The Boulevard of Chicago Inc$80,00070%
Latin America Working Group Education Fund$80,000812%
One Voice Mixed Chorus$72,50083%
Agate Housing & Services Inc$70,00070%
Youthprise$60,00060%
Sustainable Iowa Land Trust$60,00034%
Ocean Conservation Research$60,000222%
American Indian Family Center$60,00061%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$55,50010%
Common Cause Education Fund$54,50011%
Foundation for Sustainable Development$53,00022%
Bur Oak Land Trust$50,00033%
Climate Justice Alliance$50,00010%
Free Press$50,00051%
Friends of Roots$50,00015%
Appetite for Change Inc$50,00050%
Youthlink$50,00011%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs$50,00050%
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness$45,00050%
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc$45,00050%
Iowa Environmental Council$45,00024%
One Acre Fund$40,00040%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc$40,00040%
Iowa Conservation Education Coalition$30,000237%
Hero Women Rising Inc$30,00034%
Our Justice$30,00032%
Ecoviva Nfp$30,00033%
Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota$30,00032%
Iowa City Free Medical Clinic$30,00032%
Flickinger Learning Center$30,000115%
Soul 2 Soul Sisters$30,00033%
Housing Opportunities for Women Inc$30,00030%
Middle Eastern Immigrant & Refugee Alliance$30,0003n/a
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services$20,00011%
International Rescue Committee INC$20,00010%
Children of Vietnam$20,00021%
Living Lands & Waters$20,00011%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$20,00020%
Interfaith Alliance of Colorado$20,00020%
Voorhees College$20,00020%
Houses Into Homes$16,00022%
Kind Inc$15,00020%
Community Action of Eastern Iowa$15,00010%
Community Crisis Services and Food Bank$12,0001n/a
Iris Inc$10,00011%
Tougaloo College$10,00010%
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$10,00010%
State University of Iowa$10,0001n/a
Life After Hate Inc$10,00011%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00010%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$10,00010%
Alight$10,00010%
National Indigenous Womens Resource Center Inc$10,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute$10,00014%
Persuasion Institute$10,00012%
Human Rights First$10,00010%
Rehearsing Change Inc$10,000111%
Whiterock Conservancy$10,00010%
Mississippi Immigrant Rights Allian$10,00011%
Muscatine Community Food Pantry In$10,000113%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00010%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$10,00010%
Mercy for Animals Inc$10,00010%
Sistersong Inc$10,00010%
The Global Mountain Fund$10,000122%
Humane Farming Association$10,00010%
Second Harvest Heartland$10,00010%
Indigenous Environmental Network$10,00010%
United States Association for UNHCR$10,00010%
Digno$10,0001n/a
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha$10,00010%
University of Chicago$10,00010%
Domestic Violence Intervention Program$10,00011%
Friends of Muscatine Art Center Inc$10,0001n/a
The Independent Shakespeare Co Inc$9,00021%
Iowa Wildlife Federation$8,00015%
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$7,50011%
Project Green Inc$6,0001n/a
Southern California Public Radio$5,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Inc$5,00011%
Honor the Earth$5,0001n/a
Historic Muscatine Inc$5,00011%
Ladie Business Inc$5,0001n/a
The African American Policy Forum Inc$5,00010%
One Heartland$5,00011%
Agriculture's Clean Water Alliance$5,00011%
Tree Street Youth Inc$5,00011%
The Carl Brandon Society$2,0001n/a
Food Chain Workers Alliance$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Holthues Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 106 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDisability Rights International Inc: $971,000 over 8y, 22% of budgetThe Center for Victims of Torture: $969,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNonviolent Peaceforce: $891,000 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetJust Detention International: $891,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetBulletin of the Atomic Scientists: $860,500 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest: $795,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetMuscatine Center for Social Action: $785,000 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetWomens Global Education Project: $643,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetThe Voices & Faces Project: $450,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetGlobeMed NFP: $393,500 over 5y, 26% of budgetGlobal Philanthropy Partnership: $300,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $281,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $250,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSenior Resources Inc: $230,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetPalestine Children's Relief Fund: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMuscatine Symphony Orchestra Assoc: $148,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetColorado Haiti Project Inc: $130,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetTable to Table Food Distribution Network: $125,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetIowa Natural Heritage Foundation: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $90,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $90,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTrees Forever Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLand Stewardship Project: $80,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetWalk-In Counseling Center Inc: $80,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetThe Boulevard of Chicago Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLatin America Working Group Education Fund: $80,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetOne Voice Mixed Chorus: $72,500 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetAgate Housing & Services Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYouthprise: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSustainable Iowa Land Trust: $60,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetOcean Conservation Research: $60,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetAmerican Indian Family Center: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $55,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $54,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFoundation for Sustainable Development: $53,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBur Oak Land Trust: $50,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetClimate Justice Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFree Press: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Roots: $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetAppetite for Change Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetYouthlink: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Chicago Council on Global Affairs: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness: $45,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Environmental Council: $45,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetOne Acre Fund: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetImmigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIowa Conservation Education Coalition: $30,000 over 2y, 37% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 106.

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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 Minneapolis FoundationMN25.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Community Foundation of Johnson County · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · HNI Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The McKnight Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The K Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation

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.

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How do I get to Holthues Trust?

Find your warmest path to Holthues Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Holthues Trust

How much does Holthues Trust give?
Holthues Trust reported 62 grants totaling $2,068,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 57 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Holthues Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (26%), Environment (15%), Civil Rights (12%).
Who are Holthues Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Disability Rights International Inc ($971k), The Center for Victims of Torture ($969k), Nonviolent Peaceforce ($891k).
Does Holthues Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Holthues Trust 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 Holthues Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Community Foundation of Johnson County, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is Holthues Trust based?
Holthues Trust is based in IA.

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 158 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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