Texas · Private foundation
The Hollis Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $325k
- Granted FY2020
- 7
- Grants FY2020
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of The Hollis Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Bank Of America Charitable Gift Fd, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Hollis Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $325k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations The Hollis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7 | $325k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc | $25,010 | 1 | 0% |
| Philanthropitch | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Store Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Covenant House California | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodlands Religious Community Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Angels | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hollis 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.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Hollis Foundation
- How much does The Hollis Foundation give?
- The Hollis Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $325,010 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does The Hollis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are The Hollis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2021: Central Texas Food Bank Inc ($100k), NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc ($100k), The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc ($25k).
- Does The Hollis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hollis 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 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Hollis Foundation based?
- The Hollis Foundation is based in TX.
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