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Michael S Hollins Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Michael S Hollins Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$76k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$168kHealth$159kInternational$59kPublic Safety & Disaster$43kAnimals$40kArts & Culture$37kFood & Nutrition$32kPhilanthropy$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,191
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEGS4VETS$10,000
MARYLAND FOOD BANK$6,000
BOYS LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND$5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN OF ADDICTION$3,978
MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL$3,978
THE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY INSTITUTE$3,978
Individual grant recipient$3,978
THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$2,610
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,500
HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$2,191
DC CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,191
CHIMES FOUNDATION$2,191
THE HEADSTRONG PROJECT$2,191
AFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE$2,191
SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT$2,191
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $2k → 8%JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $2k → 8%CHIMES FOUNDATION: $2k → 19%JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING: $750 → 8%CHIMES FOUNDATION: $2k → 19%CHIMES FOUNDATION: $2k → 19%JEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $741 → 8%CHIMES FOUNDATION: $2k → 19%BRAVER ANGELS: $1k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%BRAVER ANGELS: $500 → 17%HERO DOGS: $500 → 8%HOPE WORKS HOWARD COUNTY: $500 → 6%HOPEWORKS OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $417 → 6%SPAN INC: $3k → 6%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $210 → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $180 → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $180 → 11%WASHINGTON AREA WOMENS FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%NEW FUTURES: $2k → 14%CASA FOR CHILDREN OF DC: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DC
LA
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$392k · 53 repeat orgs$322k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
86

Total granted

$392k
$289k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+16%

Still filing today

79%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsInternationalArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MW
    Mt Washington Pediatric Foundation Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $41k · revenue +18%
  • TM
    THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +18%
  • HH
    HOWARD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $13k · revenue +228%

Funded once

  • The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $27k · revenue +1%
  • SF
    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SCHOLARS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -58%
  • SM
    SEGS4VETS MOBILIZING AMERICA'S HEROES
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

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2
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
3
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
4
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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5
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
6
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
7
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
8
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Culper Connect Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

114 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 114 of the 158 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
29
Early backer (in before they grew)
111/114
Grantees still filing
78/114
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEGS4VETS MOBILIZING AMERICA'S HEROES: $25,000 · OtherSEGS4VETS MOBILIZING AMERICA'S HEROESTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $22,100 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INCDISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES FOR TECHNOLOGY SEGS4VETS PROGRAM: $20,000 · OtherANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherHYATTSVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 · Other+102 more: $274,044 · Other+102 moreCARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC: $60,685 · EducationCARSON SCHOLARS FUN…SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SCHOLARS INC: $25,000 · EducationSCHOLARSHIPS FOR SC…THE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $15,000 · EducationTHE BOYS' LATIN SCH…ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY…CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationCAL RIPKEN SR FOUND…+5 more: $6,452 · EducationThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $27,286 · InternationalThe Americ…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,572 · InternationalWORLD CENT…WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $10,424 · InternationalWOMEN FOR …DIRECT RELIEF: $9,000 · InternationalDIRECT REL…PROJECT DYNAMO INC: $3,464 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,500 · International+1 more: $750 · InternationalMt Washington Pediatric Foundation Inc: $40,650 · PhilanthropyPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $8,044 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ANNE ARUNDEL CO: $3,750 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyHOWARD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · HealthCLUB 164 INC: $12,500 · HealthHOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,025 · HealthCODE GREEN CAMPAIGN: $2,374 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $2,374 · HealthHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $2,191 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 · Health+4 more: $3,494 · HealthTHE CHIMES FOUNDATION INC: $8,050 · Human ServicesJEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $5,172 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,797 · Human ServicesSPAN Inc: $2,544 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $2,374 · Human ServicesNEW FUTURES: $2,178 · Human ServicesBraver AngelsInc: $1,500 · Human Services+4 more: $2,987 · Human ServicesAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE: $10,425 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDS 4 SUCCESS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $2,798 · Youth DevelopmentALLIANCE FOR DECISION EDUCATIONINC: $1,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $555 · Youth Development
Other$376,144Education$127,137International$64,996Philanthropy$57,694Health$46,458Human Services$30,102Youth Development$24,778

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC: $60,685 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetMt Washington Pediatric Foundation Inc: $40,650 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $27,286 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARSHIPS FOR SCHOLARS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $22,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHYATTSVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHOWARD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCLUB 164 INC: $12,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $11,572 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAFTERSCHOOL ALLIANCE: $10,425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $10,424 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSEEDS 4 SUCCESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $8,629 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $8,056 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $8,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHIMES FOUNDATION INC: $8,050 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $8,050 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $8,044 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAVALON THEATRE PROJECT INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,383 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COUNCIL FOR THE AGING OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $5,172 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $4,913 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Association For Children Of Alcoholics: $4,478 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUEL FUND OF MARYLAND INC: $4,027 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $3,859 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ANNE ARUNDEL CO: $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVING GRACE ANIMAL RESCUE OF MARYLAND: $3,684 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $3,599 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT DYNAMO INC: $3,464 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAVALON FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pride Center Of Maryland Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $2,798 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE MOVEMENT: $2,798 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,797 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE: $2,797 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $2,797 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE INC: $2,753 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $2,683 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 United Way of Cen…Community Foundation …T Rowe Price Program …Baltimore Community F…The Harry and Jeanett…Annie E Casey Foundat…Associated Jewish Cha…Venable Foundation IncGreater Washington Co…France-Merrick Founda…The Abell Foundation …Herbert Bearman Found…
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD30.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Venable Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Herbert Bearman 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Michael S Hollins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael S Hollins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 260%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • The Pride Center of Maryland Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Seeds 4 Success Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Hopeworks of Howard County Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Maryland New Directions Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Avalon Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Center for Hope Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Howard County General Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
26get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home