Rhode Island · Private foundation
Lucy E Holcombe Charitable 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.
- $291k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $83,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $180,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k 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 | 4 | $291k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $300k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $235k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $280k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $295k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $280k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $275k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $247k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granby Land Trust Inc | $180,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Orleans Conservation Trust | $155,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Scruffy Paws Animal Rescue | $150,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Wild Careinc | $110,400 | 2 | 13% |
| Hartford Promise Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Warren Heritage Foundation | $85,000 | 1 | 78% |
| Haverhill Heritage Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Copper Cannon Corporation | $60,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Kilham Bear Center Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 16% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($747k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Edith Crocker Charitable Trust · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation
- How much does Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation give?
- Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $290,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Animals (19%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Granby Land Trust Inc ($180k), Orleans Conservation Trust ($155k), Scruffy Paws Animal Rescue ($150k).
- Does Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lucy E Holcombe Charitable 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 Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Amica Companies Foundation.
- Where is Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation based?
- Lucy E Holcombe Charitable Foundation is based in RI.
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