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Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit Tr D/B/A Staley Family Foundation at a glance

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Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit Tr D/B/A Staley Family 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.

$443k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Public Benefit$572kHealth$328kEducation$315kArts & Culture$288kPhilanthropy$122kReligion$86kFood & Nutrition$55kHuman Services$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $116k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $152k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $175k
$3,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF DECATUR$175,000
STALEY MUSEUM$40,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSN$30,000
MILIKIN UNIVERSITY$22,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$15,000
SIU FOUNDATION$15,000
CUMBERLAND COLLEGE$10,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LEADERS FUND$10,000
UNITED WAY OF DECATUR & MACON COUNTY$10,000
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE$8,000
DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$8,000
MERCATUS CENTER$7,000
PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$6,000
GOOD SAMARITAN INN$6,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $3k → 16%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $3k → 16%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $3k → 16%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $3k → 16%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $2k → 16%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $2k → 16%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

ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 61 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
5

Total granted

$2.0M
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+14%

Still filing today

52%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +53%
  • IP
    ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +8%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $34k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • NC
    NEHEMIAH CHILDCARE SERVICES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • IS
    ILLINOIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +14%
  • BM
    BISHOP MCNAMARA CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
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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4
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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7
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
8
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
11
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
12
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Staley Museum. 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

40 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. 40 of the 72 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
32/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF DECATUR: $525,000 · OtherCITY OF DECATURAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $67,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DECATUR & MACON COUNTY: $60,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION LEADERS FUND: $60,000 · OtherSPENCER THEATRE COMPANY: $58,000 · OtherSIU FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherDECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Other+47 more: $427,364 · Other+47 moreMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $224,000 · EducationMILLIKIN UNIVERS…UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $34,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF TH…GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $17,500 · EducationGOVERNOR DUMMER …+3 more: $9,500 · EducationAmerican Heart Association Inc: $80,000 · HealthAmerican …MAYO CLINIC: $37,000 · HealthMAYO CLIN…PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $32,000 · HealthPULMONARY…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,500 · HealthALZHEIMER…American Diabetes Association: $9,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE STALEY MUSEUM: $132,000 · PhilanthropyILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $45,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $1,500 · Public BenefitDucks Unlimited Inc: $30,000 · EnvironmentMACON COUNTY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $14,000 · EnvironmentMercatus Center Inc: $43,000 · Social Science
Other$1,287,364Education$285,000Health$177,500Philanthropy$132,000Public Benefit$46,500Environment$44,000Social Science$43,000

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 budgetMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $224,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STALEY MUSEUM: $132,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $43,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $34,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PATTERSON COTTAGE MUSEUM INC: $22,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetDECATUR AREA ARTS COUNCIL INC: $21,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN INN: $20,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY FUND: $17,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSPARC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKEMMERER VILLAGE INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMACON COUNTY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDECATUR AND MACON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNorthwestern University: $6,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMONTICELLO RAILWAY MUSEUM INC: $5,800 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois: $4,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHIERONYMUS MUELLER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LITTLE THEATRE - ON THE SQUARE INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBBB WISE GIVING ALLIANCE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASHOKA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJLK SANFILIPPO RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 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 MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE STALEY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC PATTERSON COTTAGE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR AREA ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN INN ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY THE GOVERNOR'S ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST COMMUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds SPARC ↗
  • Who funds KEMMERER VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MACON COUNTY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR AND MACON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗

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 Community Foundat…Amherst F Hardy Found…The Erwin and Linda A…John Ullrich Foundati…Andreas FoundationTs & Juanita Ballance…Edward Whinnery TrustJames Millikin Trust AUnited Way of Decatur…A E Staley Jr Foundat…Ncrc Community Develo…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Community Foundation of Macon CountyIL32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Macon County · Amherst F Hardy Foundation · The Erwin and Linda Arends Foundation · John Ullrich Foundation Trust Busey Trust Co - Trustee · Andreas Foundation · Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation · Edward Whinnery Trust · James Millikin Trust A · United Way of Decatur and Mid Il · A E Staley Jr Foundation CO FIRST MID WEALTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit Tr D/B/A Staley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit Tr D/B/A Staley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 72 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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