Skip to content
James C Stewart Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

James C Stewart 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.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$287kEducation$115kFood & Nutrition$25kAnimals$21kHealth$13kHuman Services$10kEnvironment$10kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION$16,000
PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNI$15,000
TUCSON CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC$10,000
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY19–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $5k → 11%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $5k → 15%YOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $5k → 15%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$393k · 12 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$393k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+17%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +28%
  • TC
    TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON
    8× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +56%
  • EE
    EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • LC
    LIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -4%
  • MW
    Make Way For Booksgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +37%
  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE AND SAN
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
The New Childrens Museum

The New Childrens Museum (the Museum) in San Diego is an arts-based childrens museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive, engaging experiences with…

Arts & Culture
2
Chico Children's Museum

None

Education
3
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
4
Museo De Las Americas

The Museo De Las Americas is dedicated to educating our community through collecting preserving interpreting and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas from ancient to contemporary through innovative exhibitions and…

Arts & Culture
5
Arizona Theatre Company

ATC's mission is to create world-class theatre about what it means to be alive today - inspiring curiosity and creativity, sparking empathy and joy - bringing all Arizonans together.

Arts & Culture
6
Opera Southwest

Professional production of opera for the public, and education about opera and the performing arts for audiences of all ages.

Arts & Culture
7
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences

Crossroads is an independent school for approximately 1,200 students.

Education
8
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
9
Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum

Smvdm is a california public benefit corporation whose mission is to foster family and youth inspired learining by creating experiences to explore ourselves, our valley, our world, and beyond. smvdm serves schools, families, and youth…

—
10
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of Sonoma County

The museum of sonoma county engages and inspires our diverse community with art and history exhibitions, collections, and public programs that are inclusive, educational, and relevant.

Arts & Culture
12
Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles

We inspire and educate young minds through engaging science-based programs and exhibits to create a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc; the most unlike its peers is Youth On Their Own. 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

24 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. 24 of the 29 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)
24/24
Grantees still filing
21/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $86,000 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATIONTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSONPUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $40,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAA WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS: $17,500 · Arts & CultureA WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDSLOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S CHORUS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCONGA KIDS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $11,100 · Arts & CultureEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $71,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FO…MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $21,000 · EducationMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECTTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE: $11,000 · EducationTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISEMake Way For Books: $10,000 · EducationMake Way For BooksLOS ANGELES MUSIC AND ART SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherLOS ANGELE…FEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE AND SAN: $10,000 · OtherFEEDING AM…PBS SOCAL: $7,500 · OtherPBS SOCALCHILDRENS CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE: $5,000 · OtherCHILDRENS …PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNI: $2,500 · OtherPUBLIC MED…KCRW FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · OtherKCRW FOUND…GREEN VALLEY MOAA SCHOLARSHIPOF AMERICA: $1,500 · OtherPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $15,000 · HealthSequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center: $7,500 · HealthTucson Wildlife Center Inc: $16,000 · AnimalsFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $5,000 · AnimalsYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER: $10,000 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$264,600Education$113,000Other$44,000Health$22,500Animals$21,000Human Services$15,000Environment$10,000Youth Development$5,000

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 budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $86,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $80,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $71,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetPUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS: $17,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTucson Wildlife Center Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES MUSIC AND ART SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMake Way For Books: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S CHORUS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH ON THEIR OWN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONGA KIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center: $7,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TUCSON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetKCRW FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLASSICS FOR KIDS INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Community Foundation …Jewish Community Foun…The Intuit FoundationConnie Hillman Family…United Way of Tucson …Angel Charity for Chi…French Fund Samuel Ka…Pratt Memorial FundThe Hs Lopez Family F…The Diane and Bruce H…Fiesta Events IncThe Stocker Foundation
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Intuit Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Angel Charity for Children Inc · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · Pratt Memorial Fund · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Fiesta Events Inc · The Stocker 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 James C Stewart Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James C Stewart Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 29 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on James C Stewart’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $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