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The Holt Family Foundation

Accepts applications Hackensack, New Jersey · EIN 203478127

The Holt Family Foundation is a private foundation in Hackensack, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.1 million in 15 grants; the typical grant was $10,100 and the largest $406,250. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $547,071 the year before.

31% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$547,07116$1.5 million
2024$1.1 million15$3.1 million

How to apply

ContactLaura Mickle
PO Box 240, Saint Peter, MN 56082
Phone or email(507) 931-8307
What to submitFor scholarship related grants, applicants must outline the financial need and purpose of the grant. The scholarship program is administered by scholarship america. Applicants must apply online. Students must be resident of Louisiana who have a minimum gpa of 2.5 and be currently accepted into a college or university.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Holt Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Louisiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Louisiana8$583,310
Minnesota1$406,250
New York1$25,000
New Jersey3$24,507
Pennsylvania1$10,100
Florida1$10,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
MN
$406,250
Kid Smart-Root Reach Campaign
New Orleans, LA
Community outreach$257,500
Nocca Institute
New Orleans, LA
Community outreach$250,000
New Orleans Musicians Clinic & Assistance Foundation
New Orleans, LA
Community outreach$25,000
Arc Athens Inc
New York, NY
Community outreach$25,000
Reconcile New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Community outreach$20,000
Jefferson Elemenary School PTO
Summit, NJ
Community outreach$15,007
Second Harvest Food Bank
Nazareth, PA
Community outreach$10,100
Jacksonville Science Festival
Jacksonville, FL
Community outreach$10,000
Ogden Museum of Art
New Orleans, LA
Community outreach$10,000
Py Givenola Day
New Orleans, LA
Community outreach$10,000
Individual
LA
Tuition assistance$7,500
Friends of Summit Public Art
Summit, NJ
Community outreach$5,000
Summit Education Foundation
Summit, NJ
Community outreach$4,500
Antioch University
New Orleans, LA
Tuition assistance$3,310

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Holt Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Holt Family Foundation give?

$1.1 million in tax year 2024, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $10,100.

Who runs The Holt Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Gregory F Holt (Director), Lauren Holt (Executive Director) and Stephen Morganstern (Treasurer).

What does The Holt Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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