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The Holmes Family Foundation at a glance

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The Holmes Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$46k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$162kEducation$161kCivil Rights$101kCommunity Improvement$67kArts & Culture$49kHealth$40kCrime & Legal$37kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$170k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLDWATER INSTITUTE$10,000
ACADEMY FOR CREATING ENTERPRISE$10,000
LIBERTAS INSTITUTE$5,000
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE$5,000
SAVE THE STORKS$5,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$5,000
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$5,000
THE SUTHERLAND INSTITUTE$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $3k → 8%UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $1k → 8%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

WA
MI
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
DC
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.
$538k · 14 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$538k
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+40%

Still filing today

64%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitInternationalArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • LN
    Libertas Network
    5× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +153%
  • AF
    Academy for Creating Enterprise
    5× · 2017–2024 · $57k · revenue +77%
  • ST
    Save the Storks
    7× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • TO
    The Other Side Academygraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $80k · revenue +40%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • M
    MERCATUS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
2
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
3
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
4
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
5
Southwestern Law School

For more than a century, southwestern has educated lawyers ready to serve clients, the profession, and our society with excellence. we empower students to reach their potential. we cultivate inclusion and belonging. we promote equity and…

Education
6
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
7
The Conversationalist
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8
Henry George School of Social Science

Our mission is (1) informing the public and policymakers about the analytical framework and policy reforms proposed by the pioneering late-19th century u.s. economist henry george; and (2) explaining how his ground-breaking formula for…

Education
9
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
10
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
11
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…

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12
Third Way Institute

Third way institute supports charitable and educational activities that advance centrist solutions to major economic, national security, energy and social policy issues.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Storks; the most unlike its peers is Book of Mormon Central. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS: $160,000 · OtherCHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTSGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $31,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICETHE WHEATLEY INSTITUTION BYU: $20,000 · OtherTHE WHEATLEY INSTITUTION BYU+10 more: $50,500 · Other+10 moreLibertas Network: $100,000 · Public BenefitLibertas NetworkBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $10,000 · Public BenefitBARRY GOLDWATER IN…The Other Side Academy: $80,000 · Crime & LegalThe Other Sid…Academy for Creating Enterprise: $56,700 · InternationalAcademy for …CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY: $20,000 · InternationalCENTER FOR G…WILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $9,000 · Arts & CultureSave the Storks: $40,000 · HealthHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationSutherland Institute: $1,000 · Education
Other$301,500Public Benefit$110,000Crime & Legal$80,000International$76,700Arts & Culture$49,000Health$40,000Education$21,000

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 budgetLibertas Network: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $80,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAcademy for Creating Enterprise: $56,700 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSave the Storks: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN TO WOMEN FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetCROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH YOUTH VILLAGE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSutherland Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds Libertas Network ↗
  • Who funds The Other Side Academy ↗
  • Who funds Academy for Creating Enterprise ↗
  • Who funds Save the Storks ↗
  • Who funds WILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ↗
  • Who funds BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN TO WOMEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS OF THE WEST COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 590 ↗
  • Who funds UTAH YOUTH VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds BOOK OF MORMON CENTRAL ↗
  • Who funds STATE POLICY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Sutherland Institute ↗

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.

Sorenson Legacy Found…The Community Foundat…Steven J & Patricia A…The Ashton Family Fou…Beesley Family Founda…University ImpactAmerican Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Steven J & Patricia Andersen Foundation · The Ashton Family Foundation · Beesley Family Foundation · University Impact · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Holmes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Holmes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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