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Robert C & Jane E Holder Foundation at a glance

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Robert C & Jane E Holder 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.

$209k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$696kEducation$524kEnvironment$286kHuman Services$232kCommunity Improvement$215kPhilanthropy$116kHealth$81kReligion$52kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $86k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$825k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEIGHTS FOUNDATION$50,000
BAILEY-MATTHEWS NATL SHELL MUSEUM$50,000
THE WILD CENTER$30,000
THE HEARTS AFIRE FOUNDATION$25,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$11,000
MOFFITT CANCER CTR RESEARCH INST FN$10,000
TUPPER ARTS$10,000
FLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC$5,000
ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION$5,000
ADIRONDACK HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
BROOKMONT CIVIC LEAGUE$2,500
ST JOHNS CHURCH$2,500
DIOCESE OF OGDENSBURG$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $129k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FNDN INC: $60k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FNDN INC: $20k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FNDN INC: $16k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FNDN INC: $13k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FNDN INC: $10k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FNDN INC: $10k → 11%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

NY
MA
NJ
CA
MD
DC
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 28 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
20

Total granted

$2.1M
$171k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+14%

Still filing today

61%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $593k · revenue +9%
  • NH
    NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $283k · revenue +42%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2024 · $238k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
4
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Saint Peter's University

See schedule o.saint peter's university, inspired by its jesuit, catholic identity, commitment to individual attention, and grounding in the liberal arts, educates a diverse community of learners in undergraduate, graduate and professional…

Education
7
Syracuse University

Organization's missionas a university with the capacity to attract and engage the best scholars from around the world, yet small enough to support a personalized and academically rigorous student experience, syracuse university faculty and…

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Susquehanna University

Susquehanna university educates students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership, and service in a diverse, dynamic and interdependent world.

Education
10
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
11
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art

See schedule ovision: the cooper union for the advancement of science and art is dedicated to peter cooper's radical commitment to diversity and his founding vision that fair access to an inspiring free education and forums for courageous…

Education
12
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adirondack Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Tupper Lake Public Library. 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

27 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. 27 of the 54 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
24/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $592,500 · Arts & CultureSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $282,500 · Arts & CultureNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKSTUPPER ARTS INC: $66,000 · Arts & CultureTUPPER ARTS INC+2 more: $13,000 · Arts & CultureHEARTS AFIRE FOUNDATION: $225,000 · Recreation & SportsHEARTS AFIRE FOUNDAT…SANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $212,000 · Recreation & SportsSANIBEL COMMUNITY AS…+1 more: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $100,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESHEIGHTS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherHEIGHTS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant rec…ADIRONDACK HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherADIRONDACK HEALTH FO…ADIRONDACK EXPERIENCE INC: $25,000 · OtherADIRONDACK EXPERIENC…SANIBEL HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $23,300 · OtherSANIBEL HISTORICAL M…ST BERNARD CATHOLIC CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherMOFFITT CANCER CTR RESEARCH INST FN: $20,000 · OtherST JOHNS CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $34,500 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUN…+24 more: $95,600 · Other+24 moreGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $237,500 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIV…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $50,000 · EducationPresident and F…PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationPAUL SMITHS COL…+5 more: $23,500 · Education+5 moreFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FOUNDATION INC: $128,500 · Human ServicesADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Housing and Resources Inc: $45,500 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$954,000Recreation & Sports$438,500Other$433,400Education$336,000Human Services$128,500Philanthropy$65,000Housing & Shelter$45,500

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 budgetSHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $592,500 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $282,500 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $237,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS AFIRE FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 9y, 29% of budgetSANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $212,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FOUNDATION INC: $128,500 over 6y, 27% of budgetTUPPER ARTS INC: $66,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Housing and Resources Inc: $45,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $34,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL SMITHS COLLEGE: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetFLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY-PAWLING SCHOOL CORPORATION: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $8,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSARANAC LAKE INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY: $6,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCALUSA WATERKEEPER INC: $3,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTrinity University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL ROWING CLUB INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUPPER LAKE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE & EMERGENCY SQUAD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUPPER LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds SHELL MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS AFIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANIBEL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TUPPER ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Community Housing and Resources Inc ↗
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY-PAWLING SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SARANAC LAKE INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds CALUSA WATERKEEPER INC ↗

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.

Adirondack FoundationEugene Holt Massey Ch…Pierce Family Charita…Cloudsplitter Foundat…Southwest Florida Com…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Adirondack FoundationNY19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Adirondack Foundation · Eugene Holt Massey Charitable Trust · Pierce Family Charitable Foundation · Cloudsplitter Foundation · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Robert C & Jane E Holder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert C & Jane E Holder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
9report 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 54 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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