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The Holden Family Foundation at a glance

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The Holden Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$400kCommunity Improvement$325kYouth Development$274kHuman Services$116kCrime & Legal$105kPhilanthropy$65kMembership Benefit$50kArts & Culture$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACADEMY OF BUSINESS LEADERSHIP$50,000
VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL INC$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS$15,000
UTAH FOOD BANK$10,000
FRIENDS OF UTAH COUNTY CHILDRENS JUSTICE CENTER$10,000
PEACE HOUSE INC$10,000
CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS$10,000
CHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY$10,000
PETERSON AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION$5,000
SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC$5,000
THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM$5,000
BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES$5,000
PARK CITY PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
BIGHORN INSTITUTE$5,000
02The need
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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, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $5k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%PEACE HOUSE INC: $10k → 5%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $3k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%PEACE HOUSE INC: $10k → 5%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $3k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $1k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 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

MN
NY
MA
OR
CA
UT
MO
AZ
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of The Holden Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 57% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 0%.

The Holden Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 23 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
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Total granted

$1.3M
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+28%

Still filing today

91%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • AB
    Academy Business Leadership
    8× · 2017–2024 · $325k · revenue +21%
  • VV
    VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +36%
  • OF
    ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $90k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • UB
    UC Berkeley Center for Executive Educationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +28%
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.

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Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
Polybio Research Foundation Inc

We are a 501(c)3 transforming how complex chronic conditions like longcovid, me/cfs & post treatment lyme disease are studied, diagnosed, and treated. polybio was founded by three scientists with complementary expertise (neuroscience,…

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3
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
6
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
7
Physical Therapy Fund

The physical therapy fund provides research and educational support for physical therapy.

Education
8
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
9
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
10
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
11
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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12
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orange County Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bighorn Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 29 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Academy Business Leadership: $325,000 · OtherAcademy Business LeadershipBOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $135,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $25,000 · OtherTILLY'S LIFE CENTER: $24,000 · OtherPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+7 more: $95,000 · Other+7 moreVALLEY VIEW SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · HealthVALLEY VIEW SCHOOL INCTHOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT: $70,000 · HealthTHOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & …CURE DUCHENNE: $60,000 · HealthCURE DUCHENNESEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $35,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUNDTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDR…+3 more: $25,000 · Health+3 moreORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Crime & LegalCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $85,000 · Civil RightsBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropySELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesPeace House Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $11,000 · Human ServicesCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Membership Benefit
Other$629,000Health$420,000Crime & Legal$90,000Civil Rights$85,000Philanthropy$85,000Human Services$56,000Membership Benefit$50,000

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 budgetAcademy Business Leadership: $325,000 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetVALLEY VIEW SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT: $70,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTILLY'S LIFE CENTER: $24,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeace House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UTAH COUNTY CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUC Berkeley Center for Executive Education: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKCNT1 SLACK EPILEPSY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBIGHORN INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPARK CITY PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWarrior Built Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

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.

Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL9.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 The Holden Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Holden Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Holden Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Holden Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 29 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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