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John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation

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.

$221k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
25
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 36
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$4.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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
EnvironmentHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving29$221k31%
FY202325$230k20%
FY202228$254k29%
FY202123$234k30%
FY202031$167k42%
FY201927$230k4%
FY201830$226k30%
FY201736$245kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$464kPhilanthropy$230kEducation$216kReligion$179kArts & Culture$164kHuman Services$141kEnvironment$135kYouth Development$48kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Colorado River School$127,5005n/a
Kilung Foundation$117,5007n/a
Hospice Austin$115,00070%
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies$67,50053%
Center for Group Studies$60,00074%
Youth and Family Alliance$37,00080%
Bellville Volunteer Fire Department$34,00081%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$32,50020%
Pease Park Conservancy$32,50021%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$31,40080%
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All grantees of John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Colorado River School$127,5005n/a
Kilung Foundation$117,5007n/a
Hospice Austin$115,00070%
Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies$67,50053%
Center for Group Studies$60,00074%
Youth and Family Alliance$37,00080%
Bellville Volunteer Fire Department$34,00081%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$32,50020%
Pease Park Conservancy$32,50021%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$31,40080%
The Lynne Laub Fund$30,000390%
Eagle Valley Mental Health$30,00020%
Shoal Creek Conservancy$29,00042%
Mammoth Lakes Foundation$28,00031%
Hopewell$25,00010%
First Step House of Orange County Inc$25,000111%
Vail Health Services Foundation$22,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,00020%
Beyond Batten Disease Foundation$20,0001n/a
Clifford Antone Foundation$20,00025%
Loa Scholarship Fund$20,000117%
National Public Radio Inc$17,00040%
Living Design Foundation Inc$15,000212%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$15,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$13,90080%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$12,65070%
National Women's Law Center$12,50020%
Mammoth Lakes Friends of the Library$12,0003n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$11,50040%
The Mount Sinai Hospital$11,50050%
Fairvote$10,00010%
Corporation for Public Broadcasting$10,00020%
Suicide Prevention Coalition of Eagle Valley$10,00012%
Foundation for Self Leadership$10,00018%
Hill Country Conservancy$10,00011%
United Way for Greater Austin$10,00010%
Minturn Community Fund$9,500312%
Eastern Sierra Nordic Ski Association$9,0002n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$8,90040%
Austin Ymbl Sunshine Camp$7,50010%
Mammoth Hospital Foundation$6,00017%
Eagle River Watershed Council$5,00511%
Evergreen Collaborative$5,00010%
Hospice of Metro Denver Inc$5,00010%
Sierra Classic Theatre$5,0002n/a
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$5,00010%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$4,50020%
Ryan's House$3,50011%
Cocoon House$2,50010%
Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association$2,50010%
Meet the Ocean$2,0001n/a
Dzogchen Foundation$2,0001n/a
Chamber Music Unbound$2,0001n/a
Natural Dharma Fellowship$2,00010%
Walking Mountains$1,50010%
Readiness To Learn$1,50010%
Whidbey Island Nourishes$1,50011%
Choices in Childbirth Inc$1,00010%
Candlelight Ranch Foundation$1,00010%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$1,00010%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($607k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 52 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHospice Austin: $115,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies: $67,500 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetCenter for Group Studies: $60,000 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetYouth and Family Alliance: $37,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBellville Volunteer Fire Department: $34,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $32,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $32,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $31,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lynne Laub Fund: $30,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetEagle Valley Mental Health: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShoal Creek Conservancy: $29,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetMammoth Lakes Foundation: $28,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHopewell: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFirst Step House of Orange County Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetVail Health Services Foundation: $22,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetClifford Antone Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetLoa Scholarship Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Design Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $13,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $12,650 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mount Sinai Hospital: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFairvote: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCorporation for Public Broadcasting: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSuicide Prevention Coalition of Eagle Valley: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFoundation for Self Leadership: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetHill Country Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way for Greater Austin: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinturn Community Fund: $9,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $8,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Ymbl Sunshine Camp: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMammoth Hospital Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetEagle River Watershed Council: $5,005 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEvergreen Collaborative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Metro Denver Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Broadcasting of Colorado Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRyan's House: $3,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCocoon House: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVail Valley Mountain Bike Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNatural Dharma Fellowship: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWalking Mountains: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReadiness To Learn: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWhidbey Island Nourishes: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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 52.

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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.

Austin Community Foundation IncTX17.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Buena Vista Foundation · Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation · The Powell Foundation · St David's Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Colorado Health 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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About John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation

How much does John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation give?
John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $221,252 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (24%), Philanthropy (12%), Education (11%).
Who are John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Colorado River School ($128k), Kilung Foundation ($118k), Hospice Austin ($115k).
Does John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John & Mildred Holmes 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 John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Shield-Ayres Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800.
Where is John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation based?
John & Mildred Holmes Family Foundation is based in TX.

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 92 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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