· Private foundation
Milton & Betty Holcombe 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $63k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTRAL HERITAGE SOCIETY | $100,000 |
| WINTHROP UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $20,000 |
| LAWRENCE CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST | $15,000 |
| NATIONAL TRUST HISTORIC PRESERVATIO | $10,000 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TX HILL COU | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $8,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $8,000 |
| DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION | $6,000 |
| ST JOSEPHS INDIAN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST | $5,000 |
| JAMES F BYRNES FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| CENTRAL FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHCentral Heritage Society9× · 2017–2025 · $670k · revenue +66% · 100% of their budget
- WUWinthrop University Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $223k · revenue +120%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches5× · 2021–2025 · $77k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- CACREATIVE ARTS CENTERone grant, 2020 · $5k
- LCLAWRENCE CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $5k
- UDUNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACYgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +81%
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.
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.
The schs mission is to expand, preserve, and make accessible our invaluable collection, and to encourage interest and pride in the rich history of our state.
To promote interest in, knowledge of, and appreciation for north carolina history and culture through historical preservation, library service, and perpetuation of state literary and cultural heritage.
Today, with the formal approval of congress, the society continues exploring and instituting new and creative ways to bring the fascinating story of the capitol, its institutions and america's unique history to people across the nation and…
To preserve, promote and serve as an advocate for virginia's irreplaceable historic places for cultural, economic and educational benefits for everyone.
Tudor place historic house & garden preserves the stories of six generations of descendants of martha washington and the enslaved and free people who lived and worked at this georgetown landmark for nearly two centuries. by examining their…
The georgia trust works for the preservation and revitalization of georgia's diverse historic resources and advocates for their appreciation, protection, and use.
The rhode island historical society, through its collections, museums, and educational initiatives, welcomes everyone to engage with rhode island's complex and significant past.
The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…
To promote understanding of the history of massachusetts and the nation by collecting and communicating materials and resources that foster historical knowledge.
The national society of the colonial dames of america in the state of south carolina is dedicated to furthering knowledge and appreciation of our colonial/national heritage through historic preservation, patriotic service, and educational…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Preserve, restore, reconstruct, or otherwise maintain historical structures, objects, works of art and locations and to promote, encourage, and carry on any historical, interpretive, research, or related educational activities.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 42 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds PICKENS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
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- Who funds RICHARDSON WOMANS CLUB ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY ↗
- Who funds GREENHILL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PINNACLE PARTNERS OF THE CAROLINAS INC ↗
- Who funds PARISH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PEO Foundation ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Milton & Betty Holcombe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Milton & Betty Holcombe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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