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The Hollis Family Foundation at a glance

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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
13
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

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

6
’17
9
’18
13
’20
18
’21
15
’22
14
’23
22
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$138kAnimals$51kEducation$22kHuman Services$19kHealth$14kFood & Nutrition$11kCivil Rights$6kHousing & Shelter$6kOther$0
02FY2023 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k21 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
$1,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS$21,475
PETA$3,000
WAKE ROBIN CORP$2,000
VERMONT FOODBANK$1,500
GENTLE GIANTS$1,500
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$1,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDON COUNTY$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$1,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$500
ASPCA$500
HOPEWORKS$500
ACLU$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WAKE ROBIN CORP: $9k → 10%WAKER ROBIN CORP: $4k → 10%WAKE ROBIN CORP: $3k → 10%WAKE ROBIN CORP: $2k → 10%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

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$122k · 29 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
20

Total granted

$122k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-11%

Still filing today

59%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEducationHealthEnvironmentHuman 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

  • WR
    WAKE ROBIN CORPORATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $18k · revenue +27%
  • II
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    4× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +27%
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $10k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • LB
    LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue -11%
  • United States Association for UNHCR
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -59%
  • TJ
    The Joel Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +6%
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
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
2
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
6
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
7
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
8
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
9
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
10
Humane World for Animals Inc

Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

Animals
11
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
12
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Society of Chittenden County; the most unlike its peers is The Joel Foundation. 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

39 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. 39 of the 62 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/39
Grantees still filing
20/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $131,291 · PhilanthropyTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONLONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,600 · Philanthropy+2 more: $6,000 · PhilanthropyFOR THE LOVE OF DOGS: $25,975 · OtherFOR THE LOVE OF DOGSHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $4,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,000 · OtherUnited States Association f…SHELBURNE FARMS: $3,850 · OtherSHELBURNE FARMSSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,500 · OtherSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $2,500 · Other+29 more: $21,650 · Other+29 morePEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $9,700 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,850 · AnimalsNORTH COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $2,750 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY: $2,500 · Animals+5 more: $1,500 · AnimalsWAKE ROBIN CORPORATION: $18,334 · Human Services+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesIllinois Institute of Technology: $11,500 · EducationROOM TO READ: $1,500 · EducationGiven Tufts Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $400 · EducationDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $7,250 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,500 · HealthPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $900 · HealthNAMI ILLINOIS INC: $500 · HealthVERMONT FOODBANK: $5,200 · Food & NutritionTHE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$142,891Other$67,975Animals$22,300Human Services$18,384Education$14,400Health$11,150Food & Nutrition$7,200

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 budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $131,291 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWAKE ROBIN CORPORATION: $18,334 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $9,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $7,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $5,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $5,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $3,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS: $3,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Joel Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $2,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS & PANTRIES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROOM TO READ: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGiven Tufts Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWORKS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI ILLINOIS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTURNING POINTE DONKEY RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Vermont Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPassion 4 Paws Company: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAsheville Buncombe Youth Soccer Association: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…The Vermont Community…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY13.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Wake Robin Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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 · 0–60%
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 62 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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