Vermont · Private foundation
The Hollis 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2023
- 22
- Grants FY2023
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
87% of The Hollis Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Vermont Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 22 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Hollis Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $40k. 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
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $21,475
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 13
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Hollis Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 21 | $39k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $30k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $22k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $20k | 52% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $14k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Robin Corporation | $18,334 | 4 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $11,500 | 4 | 0% |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $9,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $7,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Long Beach Public Library Foundation | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $5,200 | 5 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Shelburne Farms | $3,850 | 5 | 0% |
| Gentle Giants | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hollis Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Hollis Family Foundation
- How much does The Hollis Family Foundation give?
- The Hollis Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $40,425 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Hollis Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Animals (18%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Hollis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wake Robin Corporation ($18k), Illinois Institute of Technology ($12k), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc ($10k).
- Does The Hollis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hollis Family 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 Hollis Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Vermont Community Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Hollis Family Foundation based?
- The Hollis Family Foundation is based in VT.
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