Massachusetts · Private foundation
Stella P Holt 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.
- $16k
- Granted FY2023
- 12
- Grants FY2023
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Stella P Holt Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Stella P Holt Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $16k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $164
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Stella P Holt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 11 | $14k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $25k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $25k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $15k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $9k | 89% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Collegiate Directions Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The University of Montana Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown Day School | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Collegiate Directions Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The University of Montana Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgetown Day School | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Esplanade Association Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Swan Valley Connections | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvard Varsity Club Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Little Big Horn College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Smokejumper Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stella P Holt Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Stella P Holt Foundation
- How much does Stella P Holt Foundation give?
- Stella P Holt Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $16,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Stella P Holt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Education (4%), Health (3%).
- Who are Stella P Holt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc ($12k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($9k), Electronic Privacy Information Center ($6k).
- Does Stella P Holt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stella P Holt 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 Stella P Holt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Stella P Holt Foundation based?
- Stella P Holt Foundation is based in MA.
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