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The Holt Family Foundation Ltd

Madison, WI · EIN 39-1714992. Reported 70 grants totalling $1,532,525 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$1,532,525granted, 2021-2023
41organizations funded
43%of grantees funded again the next year

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Holt Family Foundation Ltd did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,382,525. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
12 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
50 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
National Christian Charitable FoundationAlpharetta, GA$1,382,525112023
Firstfruits Apostulate IncElm Grove, WI$24,000222022
Wisconsin Center for Christian StudyWaukesha, WI$14,000222022
BrooklinkBrookfield, WI$10,000222022
Community CooperativeFort Myers, FL$6,000112022
St Dennis SchoolMadison, WI$6,000222022
Cristo Rey RanchMount Cavalary, WI$5,000222022
Luke HouseMadison, WI$5,000222022
The BeaconMadison, WI$5,000222022
Adult Learning CenterMilwaukee, WI$4,000222022
Destination Dino-LiamSlinger, WI$4,000222022
Dogs in VestsPalmyra, WI$4,000222022
Dominican Arts ProjectSinsinawa, WI$4,000222022
Epiphany Excel CenterPalmetto, FL$4,000222022
Healthy Community NetworkPalmyra, WI$4,000112022
Hebron House of HospitalityPewaukee, WI$4,000222022
Shepherd of the HillsPewaukee, WI$4,000222022
St Matthews Lutheran ChurchPalmyra, WI$4,000112022
Wisconsin Independent Learning CollegeWaukesha, WI$4,000112021
Church of the IncarnationSarasota, FL$3,000222022
St Martha's SchoolSarasota, FL$3,000222022
St Martin De Porres MinistryBradenton, FL$3,000222022
ChosenWaukesha, WI$2,000222022
Eras Senior NetworkWaukesha, WI$2,000222022
Gift of AdoptionorgwisconsinNorthbrook, IL$2,000222022
Hope Street MinistryMilwaukee, WI$2,000222022
Humane Society of Jefferson CountyJefferson, WI$2,000222022
Sarasota Football ClubSarasota, FL$2,000222022
The Women's Center IncWaukesha, WI$2,000222022
Catholic Charities of SarasotaSarasota, FL$1,400222022
All Faiths Food BankSarasota, FL$1,200222022
Make a Wish FoundationSarasota, FL$1,200222022
Meals on Wheels SarasotaSarasota, FL$1,200222022
88 CharliesPalmyra, WI$1,000112022
Catholic Memorial High SchoolWauskesha, WI$1,000112021
Church of the Incarnation Soccer ProgramSarasota, FL$1,000222022
Human Animal Welfare Society of WaukeshaWaukesha, WI$1,000112021
Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VA$1,000112021
Palmyra Lions ClubPalmyra, WI$1,000112022
Divine Savior Holy AngelsMilwaukee, WI$500112022
Inter Varsity Christian FellowshipusaMadison, WI$500112021

29 of 41 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 43%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
9 grants
Education
4 grants
Mental Health
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Religion
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Animal Welfare
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202134$72,000$1,500
202235$78,000$1,500
20231$1,382,525$1,382,525

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 90% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Georgia
$1.4M
Wisconsin
$120K
Florida
$27K
Illinois
$2K
Virginia
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund17 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust8 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Holt Family Foundation Ltd's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 5379 Mariners Cove Dr Unit 512, Madison, WI, 53704. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 39-1714992 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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