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Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$522k
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Animals$2.1MEnvironment$75kYouth Development$42kHuman Services$37kPhilanthropy$37kEducation$30kHousing & Shelter$18kCivil Rights$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $487k
$15,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR HUMANE ECONOMY INC$20,000
FRANKIES FRIENDS$20,000
ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO INC$20,000
ONEIDA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$20,000
THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY$20,000
PETS FOR PATRIOTS INC$20,000
DONA ANA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$20,000
RAPTOR EDUCATION GROUP INC$20,000
SPAY AND NEUTER ACTION PROGRAM$20,000
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$20,000
WINGS OF RESCUE$15,000
WORKING DOGS FOR CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$15,000
DHARMAHORSE$15,000
WILD INSTINCTS INC$15,000
SHELTER ANIMAL DONATIONS$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $15k → 10%WILD INSTINCTS INC: $15k → 12%WILD INSTINCTS INC: $10k → 12%LEUKS LANDING INC: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
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CA
UT
CO
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VA
MD
DE
AZ
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2M · 31 repeat orgs$878k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

31 repeat relationships — 22 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
53

Total granted

$1.2M
$699k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
0%

Still filing today

84%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $179k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AP
    ACTION PROGRAM FOR ANIMALS
    5× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +30%
  • AP
    ANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO
    5× · 2020–2025 · $72k · revenue +16%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • BD
    BROWN DOG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $22k
  • HH
    HARLEYS HOPE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue +4%
  • TP
    THE PET FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue +8%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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2
Raskels Rescue
Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
5
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
6
Realtors to the Rescue

Animal Rescue

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7
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
8
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
9
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
10
Animal Rescuers Without Borders

Battling against the overpopulation of homeless pets and improving the lives of companion animals through rescue, fostering programs, adoption, pet care, educational programs and of course spaying and neutering.

Animals
11
Paws Claws Exotics

A sanctuary for unfortunate animals

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12
Starfish Animal Rescue
Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Onyx and Breezy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEquine Therapy ProgramsCommunity FoundationsLocal Food System Organizat…Community College Foundatio…Environmental Conservation …Animal Rescue and Shelter
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 22 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%33%10–20yr16%34%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%29%10–20yr16%37%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%18%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/74
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,491

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

64 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 64 of the 98 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/64
Grantees still filing
29/64
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DONA ANA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $82,000 · AnimalsDONA ANA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INCACTION PROGRAM FOR ANIMALS — $80,000 · AnimalsACTION PROGRAM FOR ANIMALSANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO — $72,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY — $70,000 · AnimalsSAFE HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC — $67,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC — $65,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC — $60,000 · AnimalsSPAY & NEUTER ACTION PROGRAM — $60,000 · Animals+44 more — $874,121 · Animals+44 moreONEIDA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $45,000 · OtherONEIDA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYFRANKIES FRIENDS — $42,000 · OtherFRANKIES FRIENDSANIMAL COMPANIONS — $30,000 · OtherANIMAL COMPANIONSBROWN DOG FOUNDATION — $22,000 · OtherMOLLYS HOPE INC — $22,000 · OtherSUGARBELLE FOUNDATION — $22,000 · OtherSHARK — $20,000 · OtherPROJECT COYOTE — $19,500 · Other+29 more — $327,500 · Other+29 moreWILD INSTINCTS INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesPaws With A Cause — $15,000 · Human ServicesLEUKS LANDING INC — $7,500 · Human ServicesCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · EducationThe Onyx and Breezy Foundation — $22,000 · PhilanthropyNational Mill Dog Rescue — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsWorking Dogs For Conservation Found — $15,000 · HealthSWAN VALLEY CONNECTIONS — $7,500 · Environment
Animals$1,430,121Other$550,000Human Services$47,500Education$30,000Philanthropy$22,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Health$15,000Environment$7,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDONA ANA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $82,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetACTION PROGRAM FOR ANIMALS — $80,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO — $72,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON VALLEY — $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC — $67,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSPAY & NEUTER ACTION PROGRAM — $60,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetRAPTOR EDUCATION GROUP INC — $47,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetONEIDA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $45,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetDHARMAHORSE INCORPORATED — $45,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife — $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPETS FOR PATRIOTS INC — $42,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals International — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR A HUMANE ECONOMY INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWINGS OF RESCUE INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY — $27,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWILD INSTINCTS INC — $25,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetCARE FOR WILD — $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMARA CONSERVATION — $22,500 over 3y, 17% of budgetHARLEYS HOPE FOUNDATION — $22,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC — $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PET FUND — $22,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Onyx and Breezy Foundation — $22,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE MOSBY FOUNDATION — $22,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetFRANKIE'S FRIENDS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION — $16,121 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITHFUL FRIENDS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CAT'S MEOW RESOURCES & ADOPTION CENTER LLC — $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetNational Mill Dog Rescue — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCATS MEOW — $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSHADOW CATS RESCUE — $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPaws With A Cause — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHERISHED K9 ALL BREED RESCUE — $13,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetThe Street Dog Coalition — $12,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE — $12,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPAD FOR PAWS FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetRICHLAND ANIMAL RESCUE EQUINE SHELTER — $12,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFootloose Montana — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Petco LoveAnn Arbor Area Commun…The Summerlee Foundat…Carroll Petrie Founda…Humane World for Anim…Greater Good CharitiesHealthy Paws Foundati…Pedigree FoundationBest Friends Animal S…The American Society …Synchrony FoundationPetsmart Charities Inc
Petco LoveTX18× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petco Love · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · Carroll Petrie Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · Greater Good Charities · Healthy Paws Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Synchrony Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Faithful Friends Inc — 15% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 98 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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