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A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$194k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$52,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 35
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving35$194k14%
FY202435$162k29%
FY202330$171k30%
FY202229$217k17%
FY202126$212k38%
FY202028$151k43%
FY201925$198kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.3M

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
OH
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
TN
SC
LA
MS
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Miami University$346,2007n/a
Heidelberg University$53,40050%
Trustees of Purdue University$34,3006n/a
University of Dayton$31,00060%
Xavier University$29,20070%
Florida Southern College$23,10050%
Baldwin Wallace University$19,40040%
Cedarville University$14,50030%
Indiana University School of Medicine$14,2006n/a
Thomas More University Inc$13,40050%
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All grantees of A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Miami University$346,2007n/a
Heidelberg University$53,40050%
Trustees of Purdue University$34,3006n/a
University of Dayton$31,00060%
Xavier University$29,20070%
Florida Southern College$23,10050%
Baldwin Wallace University$19,40040%
Cedarville University$14,50030%
Indiana University School of Medicine$14,2006n/a
Thomas More University Inc$13,40050%
Mount St Joseph University$13,20040%
The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College$13,00050%
Otterbein University$11,90040%
Siena Heights University$10,50040%
Lewis University$10,50040%
Bluffton University$9,50040%
Adrian College$8,50030%
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Foundation$8,00020%
Marietta College$8,00030%
Ohio Northern University$7,20030%
Centre College$7,00030%
Lee University$7,00030%
Butler University$6,50020%
Loyola University of Chicago$5,20020%
Mount Vernon Nazarene University$5,00020%
Muskingum University$5,00020%
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc$5,00020%
Case Western Reserve University$5,00020%
Hanover College$5,00020%
Liberty University Inc$4,20020%
The Ohio State University$4,0001n/a
Washington University$4,00020%
Wilmington College$3,50010%
Trine University$3,50010%
Spelman College$3,50010%
University of Florida$3,0001n/a
Kent State University$3,0001n/a
Kentucky Wesleyan College$2,20010%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$2,20010%
Culinary Institute of America$2,20010%
Ohio Wesleyan University$2,20010%
Ohio Dominican University$2,00010%
Malone University$2,00010%
Eastern Gateway Community College Foundation Inc$2,00011%
Olivet Nazarene University$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($528k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHeidelberg University: $53,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $31,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetXavier University: $29,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Southern College: $23,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $19,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCedarville University: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThomas More University Inc: $13,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMount St Joseph University: $13,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Board of Directors of Wittenberg College: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOtterbein University: $11,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSiena Heights University: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLewis University: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBluffton University: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAdrian College: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati State Technical and Community College Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMarietta College: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Northern University: $7,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentre College: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLee University: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $5,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMount Vernon Nazarene University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuskingum University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHanover College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty University Inc: $4,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilmington College: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrine University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Wesleyan College: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCulinary Institute of America: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Wesleyan University: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Dominican University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMalone University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Gateway Community College Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOlivet Nazarene University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

The Ohio Foundation of Independent CollegesOH24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Council of Independent Colleges · Columbus Foundation · The Austin E Knowlton Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Berry Marie D Fd H Pfdn · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Premier Bank Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ella Weiss Educational Fund · Tr Uw Chas E Schell Education · Ruth M Hughes Scholarship Trust

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.

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About A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy

How much does A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy give?
A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy reported 36 grants totaling $194,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 35 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Miami University ($346k), Heidelberg University ($53k), Trustees of Purdue University ($34k).
Does A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, Council of Independent Colleges, Columbus Foundation.
Where is A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy based?
A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy is based in MN.

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 77 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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