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Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
ONEIDA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$20,000
DONA ANA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$20,000
ANIMAL PROTECTION OF NEW MEXICO INC$20,000
THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY$20,000
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$20,000
PETS FOR PATRIOTS INC$20,000
FRANKIES FRIENDS$20,000
SPAY AND NEUTER ACTION PROGRAM$20,000
CENTER FOR HUMANE ECONOMY INC$20,000
RAPTOR EDUCATION GROUP INC$20,000
SHELTER ANIMAL DONATIONS$15,000
WINGS OF RESCUE$15,000
DHARMAHORSE$15,000
SPIRIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC$15,000
ACTION PROGRAMS FOR ANIMALS$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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CO
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DE
AZ
NM
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NC
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DC
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against 0% for those 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

+25%
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
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.

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

  • SA
    Starelief and Pet Assistance Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $22k
  • TM
    THE MOSBY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue -32%
  • HH
    HARLEYS HOPE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue +4%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. 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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

64 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/64
Grantees still filing
30/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetDHARMAHORSE INCORPORATED: $45,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetONEIDA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $45,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 budgetWINGS OF RESCUE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR A HUMANE ECONOMY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $27,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCARE FOR WILD: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWILD INSTINCTS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMARA CONSERVATION: $22,500 over 3y, 17% of budgetTHE MOSBY FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetHARLEYS HOPE FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetThe Onyx and Breezy Foundation: $22,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE PET FUND: $22,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKIE'S FRIENDS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPANTHERA CORPORATION: $16,121 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATS MEOW: $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFAITHFUL FRIENDS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHADOW CATS RESCUE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Mill Dog Rescue: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CAT'S MEOW RESOURCES & ADOPTION CENTER LLC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCHERISHED K9 ALL BREED RESCUE: $13,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetThe Street Dog Coalition: $12,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAD FOR PAWS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetRICHLAND ANIMAL RESCUE EQUINE SHELTER: $12,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFootloose Montana: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 98 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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