The Graham and Carolyn Holloway Family
Colleyville, TX · EIN 75-2569765. Reported 219 grants totalling $2,243,500 to 134 recipients across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Graham and Carolyn Holloway Family checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations The Graham and Carolyn Holloway Family funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $60,000 to them. That is 5% of the $1,277,500 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | federated giving programme | Texas | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Tarrant County | federated giving programme | Texas | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Foundation of North Texas (tax | community foundation | Texas | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $25,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Possibilities | Plano, TX | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Women's Center of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big Thought | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corner to Corner | Nashville, TN | $45,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dallas Children's Theater | Dallas, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ladder Alliance | Fort Worth, TX | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bishop Arts Theater | Dallas, TX | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| C5 Youth Foundation of Tx | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Best Buddies Texas | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Junior Players | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Per Scholas | Dallas, TX | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Metrocrest Services | Farmers Branch, TX | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Nashville, TN | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Attitudes & Attire | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dallas | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cry Havoc Theater | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Helping Restore Ability | Arlington, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kids Who Care Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| N Power | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nomi Network | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pathfinders | Fort Worth, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rainbow Days | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Artist Outreach | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Metro Dallas | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wesley Rankin Comm Center | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Little Lights Urban Ministry | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mercy Street | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Piedmont Players | Salisbury, NC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Poetic | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ach Child & Family Services | Fort Worth, TX | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dallas Mission for Life | Dallas, TX | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Werthing Foundation | Dallas, TX | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Camp Fire USA | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools of Tarrant C | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Education Opens Doors | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Envision Dallas | Farmers Branch, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Family Service | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nfte | Irving, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Outloud Dallas | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Return | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spark | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Gatehouse | Grapevine, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Hope Center | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Joyful Noise Christian | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Presbyterian Night Shelter | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Thistle Farms | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Creative Girls Rock | Nashville, TN | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Academy 4 | Fort Worth, TX | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dallas Leadership Foundation | Dallas, TX | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA Manana Theatre | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities of Ft Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior Players Guild | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nexmetro Communities | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Npower | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saddle Up | Franklin, TN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| T3 (tarrant to & Through) | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| T3 Partnership | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teco Theatrical Productions | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Fort Worth Center of Hope | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rejoice Ministries | Nashville, TN | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Family Services | Dallas, TX | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| All Things Made New | Irving, TX | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texas Academy 4 | Fort Worth, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 6 Stones Mission Networks | Bedford, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Achieve Dba U&i Spread the Light | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allied Theater Group | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Ft Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bonton Enterprises | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bonton Farms | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Fire First Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA Manana Inc | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Transforming Lives | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citizens Development Center | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools of Rowan C | Salisbury, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community in Schools of Greater T C | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cristo Rey Dallas High School | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Spark | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Summer Musicals | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Gateway | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Worth Hope Center | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends for Life | Waco, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends Life | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends Life Community | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hugs Cafe | Mckinney, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| I Can Still Shine | Richland Hills, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneur | Southlake, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Friends New Life | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| On the Road Lending | Irving, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Poetry Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | Salisbury, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shelter Ministries Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stage West Theater | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tarrant County Association for the | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cliburn | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Gatehouse (project Hand Up) | Grapevine, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Nex Foundation | Arlington, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Van Cliburn Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cafe Momentum Nashville | Hermitage, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Dallas | Dallas, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas College Foundation | Dallas, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mhmr Visions | Ft Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pencil Foundation | Nashville, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Preston Taylor Ministries | Nashville, TN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rejoice School of Ballet | Nashville, TN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Above the Clouds - YMCA | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bipartisan Policy | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Symphony Association | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dymon in the Rough | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Find Design | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fss Atlanta (first Step Staffing) | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvest Hands Community Development | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| I Can Still Shine on | North Richland Hills, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jdrf Middle Tennessee | Brentwood, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lvtrise | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nonpareil Institution | Plano, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Texas Community Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pencil | Nashville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prospect Inc | Lebanon, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Read Fort Worth | Forth Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taste Project | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Ballet Theater | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Actors Conservatory Theater | Lewisville, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tslf Travel & Sports Legacy Found | Arlington, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vickory Trading Company | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| B Moore Dance | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Equity Alliance | Nashville, TN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Soul Rep Theater | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
59 of 134 (44%) 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 59%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Junior Players Guild
CREATIVE EXPRESSION FOR CHILDREN - Npower
TRANSITION MILITARY HEROS - Citizens Development Center
EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - Creative Girls Rock
EDUCAT AND EMPLOWER YOUNG GIRLS - The Joyful Noise Christian
SUPPORT FOR PERFORMING ARTS - Mercy Street
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 106 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | $675,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 76 | $776,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 79 | $792,000 | $10,000 |
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
83% of its giving went to organizations in Texas.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Graham and Carolyn Holloway Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 989, Colleyville, TX, 76034. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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