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Frank R & Emile E Stamer Foundation at a glance

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Frank R & Emile E Stamer Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$159kEducation$93kPublic Benefit$4kCivil Rights$3kSocial Science$2kHealth$1kHuman Services$1kEnvironment$450Other$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$264k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REDBULL THEATER$16,000
BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION$7,000
COLUMBIA COLLEGE$5,000
FIASCO THEATER$5,000
CIRCUIT ARTS$3,000
VARIOUS GRANTS$2,950
Individual grant recipient$2,500
BANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN$2,000
BROWN UNIVERSITY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY$1,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS$500
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$500
METROPOLITAN OPERA$250
Individual grant recipient$250
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS: $1k → 8%CIRCUIT ARTS: $3k → 8%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 22%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $3k → 9%BARD PTA QUEENS: $1k → 13%REDBULL THEATER: $16k → 17%COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: $4k → 14%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $1k → 8%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 22%REDBULL THEATER: $16k → 17%AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 22%REDBULL THEATER: $15k → 17%AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 22%REDBULL THEATER: $15k → 17%REDBULL THEATER: $10k → 17%REDBULL THEATER: $5k → 17%MARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM FESTIVAL: $10k → 8%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $21k → 17%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $3k → 17%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $3k → 17%COLUMBIA COLLEGE: $5k → 17%COLUMBIA COLLEGE: $5k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $11k → 17%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $7k → 17%MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS: $5k → 17%VARIOUS GRANTS: $3k → 17%BANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 17%VARIOUS GRANTS: $3k → 17%BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $3k → 17%VARIOUS GRANTS: $3k → 17%BANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 17%BANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 17%NYC BALLET: $3k → 17%BANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 17%NYC BALLET: $3k → 17%BANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 17%BANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 17%SCHOLARS AT RISK NETWORK: $2k → 17%SCHOLARS AT RISK NETWORK: $2k → 17%FIASCO THEATER: $30k → 17%FIASCO THEATER: $10k → 17%FIASCO THEATER: $9k → 17%FIASCO THEATER: $5k → 17%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$261k · 22 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
8

Total granted

$261k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+85%

Still filing today

55%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationSocial ScienceHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • RB
    RED BULL THEATER INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $77k · revenue +22%
  • FT
    FIASCO THEATER LTD
    4× · 2019–2024 · $54k · revenue +113%
  • BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $47k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • CO
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • CE
    CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
3
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
4
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
7
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
8
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
11
Berggruen Institute
Education
12
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Academy of Arts & Sciences; the most unlike its peers is Head Strong Project Inc. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RED BULL THEATER INC: $77,000 · Arts & CultureRED BULL THEATER INCFIASCO THEATER LTD: $53,500 · Arts & CultureFIASCO THEATER LTD+8 more: $13,900 · Arts & Culture+8 moreBANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: $12,400 · OtherBANK STREET SCHOOL FOR CHILDRENMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM FESTIVAL: $12,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM FESTIVALTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $10,200 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYCOLUMBIA COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA COLLEGEVARIOUS GRANTS: $9,750 · OtherVARIOUS GRANTSIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,975 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCHOLARS AT RISK NETWORK: $4,000 · OtherCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: $3,500 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $3,000 · Other+8 more: $7,250 · Other+8 moreBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $47,000 · EducationBANK STREET COLLEGE …THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLU…BROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $1,500 · Social ScienceHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $1,000 · HealthPOLLY HILL ARBORETUM INC: $450 · Environment
Arts & Culture$144,400Other$82,075Education$52,500Community Improvement$2,000Social Science$1,500Health$1,000Environment$450

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRED BULL THEATER INC: $77,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetFIASCO THEATER LTD: $53,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $47,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $10,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCUIT ARTS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOTOS FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOLLY HILL ARBORETUM INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $200 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.

  • Who funds RED BULL THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds FIASCO THEATER LTD ↗
  • Who funds BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CIRCUIT ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE LOTOS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD FILM SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds HEAD STRONG PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds POLLY HILL ARBORETUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Frank R & Emile E Stamer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank R & Emile E Stamer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Circuit Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Frank R & Emile E Stamer 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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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