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Howard E Stark Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Howard E Stark Charitable Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$378k
Granted FY2026still arriving
20
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$957kHousing & Shelter$750kAnimals$609kHuman Services$341kEducation$37kHealth$33kYouth Development$26kArts & Culture$18kOther$0
02FY2026 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k7 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $260k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Better Together Dog Rescue$100,000
ACE PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS$25,000
CIRCLE OF HOPE$25,000
THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER$25,000
NEIGHBORS TOGETHER$25,000
REACHING OUT COMMUNITY SERVICES$25,000
BETTER TOGETHER DOG RESCUE$25,000
Amherst Survival Center$25,000
BREAD AND ROSES$20,000
XAVIER MISSION$20,000
MOMMAS INC$15,000
MISSION OF DEEDS$15,000
OPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES$15,000
JEFFERSONS SAFE HAVEN$5,000
OLD DOGS GO TO HELEN$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–26, $746k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%MISSION OF DEEDS: $30k → 8%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $10k → 16%MOMMAS INC: $30k → 6%REBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND: $25k → 7%MISSION OF DEEDS: $15k → 8%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $10k → 16%MOMMAS INC: $15k → 6%REBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND: $25k → 7%MISSION OF DEEDS: $15k → 8%MOMMAS INC: $15k → 6%REBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND: $25k → 7%MISSION OF DEEDS: $15k → 8%MOMMAS INC: $15k → 6%REBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND: $20k → 7%MISSION OF DEEDS: $10k → 8%MOMMAS INC: $10k → 6%MISSION OF DEEDS: $10k → 8%MOMMAS INC: $10k → 6%MISSION OF DEEDS: $10k → 8%MOMMAS INC: $10k → 6%MISSION OF DEEDS: $10k → 8%MOMMAS INC: $10k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST: $20k → 6%ISLAND HARVEST: $20k → 6%VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $3k → 17%AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER: $29k → 12%AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER: $27k → 12%AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $50k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $28k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%THE NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $25k → 12%AMHERST SURVIVAL CENTER: $672 → 12%NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $295 → 12%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

NH
ID
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
RI
UT
MD
TN
SC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 38 repeat orgs$185k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2026, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
39

Total granted

$3.1M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
0%

Still filing today

76%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
AnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • BT
    Better Together Dog Rescue
    4× · 2022–2026 · $650k · revenue +99% · 46% of their budget
  • SC
    SURVIVAL CENTERS INC
    8× · 2018–2026 · $231k · revenue +208%
  • NS
    NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC
    8× · 2018–2026 · $228k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • TS
    TRINITY SVCS FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • AB
    AMHERST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -99%
  • MARCH OF DIMES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -17%
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
Dog Orphans Inc

Dog orphans, inc., was founded in 1971 by a small group of animal lovers dedicated to saving dogs from pain and suffering. we house stray, homeless and unwanted dogs until suitable permanent homes are found. we teach and promote the…

Animals
2
Safe Tails Animal Rescue Corp

Rescue and rehome animals

Animals
3
Animal Rescue League of New Bedford Inc Dba Humane Society&Shelter-Southcoast

Animal rescue league of new bedford, inc., d/b/a humane society & shelter-southcoast, provides services to reduce the number of homeless pets. the organization provides quarantine services to other rescue organizations bringing animals…

Animals
4
Brown Dog Coalition and Rescue Limited

Brown dog coalition and rescue limited works to evaluate, transport, and rehome companion animals to approved rescues and adopters. the organization promotes the adoption of homeless animals and encourages spay and neutering through…

Animals
5
Paws From Afar Inc

At Paws From Afar Rescue, a 501c3, New England foster based dog rescue, where the wagging tails meet their happy tails. Our mission is a joyful one: to sprinkle a little magic in matching rescue dogs with their perfect human buddies.

Animals
6
Farmington Pet Adoption Center

Sheltering and rehoming abandoned and unwanted pets

Animals
7
Sophie's Circle Inc

Sophies circle provides pet food to financially challenged families in an ongoing effort to keep pets in their homes. we also rescue, rehabilitiate and rehome dogs and cats in private foster homes until we find them their forever home.

Animals
8
Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire

The animal rescue league of new hampshire improves animal welfare in our communities by helping pets and the people who care for them.

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9
Bennington County Humane Society Inc

Provide compassionate shelter, care and adoption services for homeless and unwanted animals. helps individuals and families find a pet that is an appropriate match for their household. provides spay/neuter assistance, humane education…

Animals
10
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
11
Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc

The mission of the Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard is to provide shelter, health care, lover and support to all domestic animals until a permanent home is found for them.

Animals
12
Berkshire Farm Sanctuary Inc

Animal rescue, rehabilitation, sanctuary, and humane education.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Survival Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Southern Nevada Animal Rescue League. 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

52 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. 52 of the 79 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/52
Grantees still filing
29/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SURVIVAL CENTERS INC: $231,423 · Human ServicesSURVIVAL CENTERS INCNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $227,795 · Human ServicesNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INCMommas Inc: $115,000 · Human ServicesMommas IncMission of Deeds Inc: $115,000 · Human ServicesMission of Deeds IncOPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesOPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES I…REBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesREBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND …ISLAND HARVEST LTD: $40,000 · Human Services+2 more: $22,500 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORATION: $220,000 · OtherNEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORAT…ACE PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS: $215,000 · OtherACE PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELE…Individual grant recipient: $60,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry Inc: $60,000 · OtherLorraine's Soup Kitchen and…Individual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRINITY SVCS FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS: $50,000 · OtherTRINITY SVCS FOOD FOR THE H…+35 more: $149,863 · Other+35 moreBetter Together Dog Rescue: $650,285 · AnimalsBetter Together Dog Rescu…+15 more: $79,313 · Animals+15 moreREACHING OUT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $230,000 · Food & NutritionREACHING OUT CO…BREAD & ROSES INC: $140,000 · Food & NutritionBREAD & ROSES I…St Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $40,000 · Food & NutritionSt Johns Bread …+6 more: $44,000 · Food & Nutrition+6 moreCIRCLE OF HOPE INC: $185,000 · ReligionXAVIER MISSION INC: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterHONEST BEGINNINGS INC: $20,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,000 · Health
Human Services$941,718Other$815,363Animals$729,598Food & Nutrition$454,000Religion$185,000Housing & Shelter$150,000Health$30,000

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 budgetBetter Together Dog Rescue: $650,285 over 4y, 46% of budgetSURVIVAL CENTERS INC: $231,423 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetREACHING OUT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $230,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $227,795 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetNEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORATION: $220,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetCIRCLE OF HOPE INC: $185,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetXAVIER MISSION INC: $150,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetBREAD & ROSES INC: $140,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetMommas Inc: $115,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetMission of Deeds Inc: $115,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetOPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $95,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND INC: $95,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetLorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIBLING CONNECTIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetHONEST BEGINNINGS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetTHE SATO PROJECT: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $10,997 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMHERST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD DOGS GO TO HELEN: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHICOPEE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FARMS OUTREACH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJust Roots Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $7,805 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPA PETS INC: $7,500 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetTHE ENCHANTED CIRCLE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $6,886 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MACC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSPOONFULS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLIND DOG RESCUE ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetRainbow Rescues Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetKANES KRUSADE INC: $4,075 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DOWNTOWN AMHERST FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HEARTS EQUINE RESCUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAMHERST BALLET THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetRoot Studio Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetRENEWAL COALITION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPELHAM AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM INC: $700 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHITCHCOCK CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $500 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 Better Together Dog Rescue ↗
  • Who funds SURVIVAL CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds REACHING OUT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORS TOGETHER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAD & ROSES INC ↗
  • Who funds Mommas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mission of Deeds Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPEN PANTRY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER LONG ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Lorraine's Soup Kitchen and Pantry Inc ↗
  • Who funds St Johns Bread & Life Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND HARVEST LTD ↗
  • Who funds SIBLING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HONEST BEGINNINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SATO PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD DOGS GO TO HELEN ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHICOPEE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FARMS OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds Just Roots Inc ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PA PETS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ENCHANTED CIRCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ALASKAS HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗

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.

Community Foundation …The Beveridge Family …Easthampton Savings B…Marguerite Jossel Cha…Florence Savings Char…Eastern Bank Foundati…Eversource Energy Fou…Arbella Insurance Fou…Peoplesbank Charitabl…Project Bread-The Wal…Shatz Schwartz and Fe…The Irene E and Georg…
Community Foundation of Western MassachusettsMA30.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · The Beveridge Family Foundation · Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Marguerite Jossel Charitable Foundation · Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc · Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc · Shatz Schwartz and Fentin Charitable Foundation · The Irene E and George A Davis 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 Howard E Stark Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard E Stark Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Valley Opportunity Council Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Community Farms Outreach Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Community Harvest Project Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Just Roots Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Manna Soup Kitchen: 15% of income from government
  • Sibling Connections Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Survival Centers Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Enchanted Circle Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Northampton Survival Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Downtown Amherst Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 79 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home