Michigan · Private foundation
James and Lynelle Holden Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $187k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations James and Lynelle Holden Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 25 | $187k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $171k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $170k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $168k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $165k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $150k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $180,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | $130,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Mary - St Paul Ministry | $51,500 | 6 | 14% |
| Detroit Cristo Rey High School Inc | $35,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $30,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $30,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Detroit Historical Society | $29,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cots | $28,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Penrickton Center for Blind Children | $24,600 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $180,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Detroit Zoological Society | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Detroit Mercy | $130,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Mary - St Paul Ministry | $51,500 | 6 | 14% |
| Detroit Cristo Rey High School Inc | $35,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $30,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $30,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Detroit Historical Society | $29,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cots | $28,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Penrickton Center for Blind Children | $24,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $23,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Vista Maria | $23,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Learning Ally Inc | $21,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ennis Center for Children Inc | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Detroit Opera | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Institute for Children | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit Michigan | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Greening of Detroit | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shades of Pink Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossroads for Youth | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Lynelle Holden Fund 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ford Philanthropy · Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation · Detroit Industrial School · Flagstar Foundation Inc · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Molinello Family Foundation · Ralph L & Winifred E Polk Foundation · World Heritage Foundation · Young Woman's Home Association of Detroit Michigan
How this is measured
About James and Lynelle Holden Fund
- How much does James and Lynelle Holden Fund give?
- James and Lynelle Holden Fund reported 25 grants totaling $187,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does James and Lynelle Holden Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Education (18%), Animals (15%).
- Who are James and Lynelle Holden Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($180k), Detroit Zoological Society ($150k), University of Detroit Mercy ($130k).
- Does James and Lynelle Holden Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Lynelle Holden Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James and Lynelle Holden Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Ford Philanthropy, Oliver Dewey Marcks Foundation.
- Where is James and Lynelle Holden Fund based?
- James and Lynelle Holden Fund is based in MI.
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