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The Holekamp 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.

$126k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,650
Organizations funded a year
12 to 21
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$438k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Holekamp Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementInternationalAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving22$126k23%
FY202421$202k33%
FY202321$90k19%
FY202218$59k11%
FY202120$49k45%
FY202012$38k8%
FY201916$46k19%
FY201818$43k33%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$422kHealth$154kPublic Benefit$49kArts & Culture$28kReligion$26kAnimals$23kCommunity Improvement$21kPhilanthropy$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
SC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The Holekamp Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christ Church Episcopal School$149,55060%
Children's Home Society of Missouri$120,58080%
City Academy Inc$34,00090%
Washington and Lee University$31,00090%
Washington University$21,00090%
Venture for America Inc$20,00040%
Show-Me Institute$18,50080%
John Burroughs School$12,80010%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$12,00030%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis$10,00010%
The Little Bit Foundation$9,25850%
Chesterfield Montessori School$9,0002n/a
Greenville Arts Festival$7,50040%
Peace Center Foundation$7,50050%
World Bird Sanctuary$6,50050%
Dirks Fund$5,5003n/a
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$5,00050%
Brace for Impact 46 Inc$5,00010%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$4,00040%
The Trustees of Princeton University$4,00020%
Rossman School$4,00010%
Fathers Support Center St Louis$3,50020%
Camping and Education Foundation$3,00030%
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Inc$2,75011%
Friends of Kids With Cancer$2,50010%
Greentree Community Church$2,0001n/a
Children's Workshop$2,00010%
The Cedars Camps Inc$2,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$2,00020%
Casa of St Louis$1,00010%
Hope Montessori Academy$1,00010%
The Garden Club of St Louis$1,00011%
St Louis Childrens Hospital$1,0002n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc$1,00010%
Princeton Prospect Foundation$1,00010%
Sherwood Forest Camp Inc$60010%
Inspirit Inc$5001n/a
St Patrick Center$50010%
Ssm Health Care Corporation$50010%
St Louis Arc Inc$30010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$20010%
The Buddy Fund$20010%
Awaken Project$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($256k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Holekamp Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChrist Church Episcopal School: $149,550 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Missouri: $120,580 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCity Academy Inc: $34,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $31,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $21,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVenture for America Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetShow-Me Institute: $18,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJohn Burroughs School: $12,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMunicipal Theatre Association of St Louis: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Little Bit Foundation: $9,258 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGreenville Arts Festival: $7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPeace Center Foundation: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Bird Sanctuary: $6,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDonald Danforth Plant Science Center: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBrace for Impact 46 Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRossman School: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFathers Support Center St Louis: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamping and Education Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBrain Injury Association of Missouri Inc: $2,750 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of Kids With Cancer: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Workshop: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cedars Camps Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of St Louis: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope Montessori Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Garden Club of St Louis: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater St Louis Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Prospect Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSherwood Forest Camp Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Patrick Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSsm Health Care Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Arc Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Buddy Fund: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAwaken Project: $150 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO37.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Youthbridge Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · The Crawford Taylor Foundation · The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · The Blackbaud Giving 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.

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How do I get to The Holekamp Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Holekamp 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.

About The Holekamp Foundation

How much does The Holekamp Foundation give?
The Holekamp Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $126,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Holekamp Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Health (20%), Public Benefit (6%).
Who are The Holekamp Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Christ Church Episcopal School ($150k), Children's Home Society of Missouri ($121k), City Academy Inc ($34k).
Does The Holekamp Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Holekamp 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 The Holekamp Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, World Wide Technology Foundation, Edward Jones Foundation.
Where is The Holekamp Foundation based?
The Holekamp Foundation is based in MO.

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 66 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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