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The Holmes Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Holmes Charitable 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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Civil Rights$66kScience & Tech$25kArts & Culture$17kFood & Nutrition$13kEducation$12kHuman Services$7kInternational$6kHealth$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$263k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIVING JOURNEYS$16,000
CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL$6,500
CHILD HELP$5,000
HOPE FOR SILENT VOICES$1,000
FRAXA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILD HELP: $5k → 11%BATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS: $2k → 12%BATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS: $1k → 12%CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $7k → 10%CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $5k → 10%SAFE HOUSE OF THE DESERT: $1k → 11%CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $3k → 10%CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $3k → 10%CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $3k → 10%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%CRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $1k → 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

IL
MI
NY
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
TX
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$124k · 6 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
26

Total granted

$124k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+134%

Still filing today

83%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • LJ
    LIVING JOURNEYS
    3× · 2023–2025 · $19k · revenue +47%
  • FI
    FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $13k · revenue +65%
  • BT
    BATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $3k · revenue +334%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $19k
  • HF
    HOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICES
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +6%
  • HS
    HIDEAWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
New Vista Ranch Inc

New vista is committed to providing people of all ages with intellectual and developmental disabilities, equitable opportunities, and supported living arrangements so that they may experience life to the fullest.

Human Services
2
The Sub Zero Mission

To prevent the freezing and injury caused by extreme weather exposure to the homeless and financially destitute americans.

Human Services
3
United States Veterans Initiative

The successful transition of military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
4
Wayfinder Family Services

The mission of Wayfinder Family Services is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, the organization initially enabled visually…

Human Services
5
Safe Nesttemporary Assistance for

Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.

Human Services
6
Coachella Valley Foster Kids

In 2019 the juvenile dependency attorneys in indio formed coachella valley foster kids. we represent on average 1200 to 1500 youths in the foster system. these kids have either been permanently removed from their parents, or are in the…

Youth Development
7
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
8
First Nature Foundation Inc Kerul Kassel

At first nature foundation, our mission is to help program participants grow their emotional resilience, self-confidence, and self-awareness, by partnering with nature and our wise herd of horses, who help facilitate these outcomes. at our…

Human Services
9
Hillsides

We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…

Human Services
10
Challenged Athletes Inc

It is the mission of the challenged athletes foundation to provide opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.the challenged…

Human Services
11
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
12
Valkyrie Ranch Inc

Our mission at valkyrie ranch is to support special operations veterans and their families with healing, connection, and lifelong care while also giving back to the ranching community around us. through outdoor retreats, recovery programs,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childhelp Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

18 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. 18 of the 35 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOPE FOR SILENT VOICES: $68,000 · OtherHOPE FOR SILENT VOICESIndividual grant recipient: $19,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHIDEAWY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $5,000 · Other+18 more: $14,950 · Other+18 moreCRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $21,000 · Human ServicesCRESTED BUTTE FILM …CHILDHELP INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INCBATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS: $2,900 · Human ServicesBATTLEFIELDS TO BAL…COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $1,600 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIVING JOURNEYS: $18,500 · HealthLIVING JOURN…FRAXA Research Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $12,500 · Food & NutritionHOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICES: $6,420 · InternationalHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationPOINT FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationCRESTED BUTTE SNOWSPORTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsCOACHELLA VALLEY YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$107,050Human Services$31,500Health$20,000Food & Nutrition$12,500International$6,420Education$5,500Recreation & Sports$2,000

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 budgetCRESTED BUTTE FILM FESTIVAL: $21,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetLIVING JOURNEYS: $18,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR THE SILENT VOICES: $6,420 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBATTLEFIELDS TO BALLFIELDS: $2,900 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE SNOWSPORTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSUPPORT THE ENLISTED PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRAXA Research Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE A SUIT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 35 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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