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Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private 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.

$46k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
79
Grants FY2025
80
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,320
Organizations funded a year
1 to 83
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
23
Total assets, FY2025
$13k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $735 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsReligionOther
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
FY2025still arriving79$46k11%
FY202480$32k11%
FY202383$39k20%
FY202271$31k85%
FY202137$14k100%
FY20201$7kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$66kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kHealth$10kHuman Services$9kInternational$8kEducation$8kFood & Nutrition$6kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
WI
NY
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 87 grantees
All grantees of Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Paradisus Dei Inc$10,12550%
Children International$5,32950%
Logan University Inc$4,00030%
National Center For Homeopathy$4,00040%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$2,95040%
National Vaccine Information Center$2,50030%
Food for the Poor Inc$2,40040%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$2,10030%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,60040%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,60040%
Paws for Purple Hearts$1,60040%
Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$1,51040%
Hope for Haitians Inc$1,40250%
Fox Valley Pregnancy Center$1,30740%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc$1,20040%
Meals on Wheels America$1,20030%
Catholic Diocese of Rockford$1,1001n/a
Salesian Missions Inc$8504n/a
Paralyzed Veterans of America$80040%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$7284n/a
Guideposts Foundation Inc$6003n/a
Sierra Club$55050%
Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc$5001n/a
Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries$50040%
Sister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc$48040%
Priests for Life$40040%
American Bible Society$40040%
Priests of the Sacred Heart$3504n/a
Community Crisis Center Inc$35030%
Catholic Relief Services$3005n/a
National Park Foundation$26020%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$25340%
Feed the Children Inc$25340%
Paws of Honor Inc$25010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$25040%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$2504n/a
Feeding America$25010%
St Labre Indian School$2274n/a
40 Days for Life$22550%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$20830%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20050%
And Then There Were None$20040%
Smile Train Inc$20030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20040%
Covenant House$20020%
Thomas More Society$20030%
Judicial Watch Inc$20050%
Save The Children Federation Inc$20020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$18040%
Friends of the Earth$17540%
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc$17540%
National Wildlife Federation$15040%
Fidelis Center for Law & Policy$15020%
Fatima Center USA$15030%
Abortion Survivors Network Inc$15030%
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund$13530%
David Horowitz Freedom Center$13530%
Defenders of Wildlife$12530%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$1253n/a
National Parks Conservation Association$11020%
Catholic Charities USA$1001n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10030%
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$10020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10020%
The Wilderness Society$10020%
The Center For Medical Progress$7520%
The American Conservative$7520%
Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order$701n/a
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$6010%
Couple to Couple League International Inc$5110%
Sound of Freedom Foundation$501n/a
Cops Direct$5010%
Co2 Coalition$5010%
Mercy Corps$5010%
Best Buddies International Inc$5010%
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago$501n/a
Biking for Babies$5010%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$5010%
Operation Smile Inc$5010%
Students for Life of America Inc$501n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$4010%
Window to the World Communications Inc$4010%
Green America$3510%
Live Action$3010%
Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc$2510%
National Pro-Life Alliance Inc$2510%
Intercessors for America Inc$251n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetParadisus Dei Inc: $10,125 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren International: $5,329 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLogan University Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center For Homeopathy: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $2,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Vaccine Information Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKnights of Columbus Charities Inc: $1,510 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Haitians Inc: $1,402 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFox Valley Pregnancy Center: $1,307 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRockford Rescue Mission Ministries: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSister of Mary Boystown and Girlstown Inc: $480 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPriests for Life: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Crisis Center Inc: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $260 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $253 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $253 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPaws of Honor Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget40 Days for Life: $225 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $208 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnd Then There Were None: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThomas More Society: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $180 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc: $175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFidelis Center for Law & Policy: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFatima Center USA: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAbortion Survivors Network Inc: $150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $135 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDavid Horowitz Freedom Center: $135 over 3y, 0.0% 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 71.

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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.

Farrell Family FoundationCA30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farrell Family Foundation · Rose & K V Mathew Foundation · The Paula and William J Marino Family Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Kuznik Charitable Foundation · Ebs Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Mutual of America 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 Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation

How much does Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation give?
Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation reported 79 grants totaling $46,374 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 83 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Public Safety & Disaster (23%), Health (6%).
Who are Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Paradisus Dei Inc ($10k), Children International ($5k), Logan University Inc ($4k).
Does Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private 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 Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Farrell Family Foundation, Rose & K V Mathew Foundation, The Paula and William J Marino Family Foundation.
Where is Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation based?
Lester and Cathy Holze Jr Private Foundation is based in IL.

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 134 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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