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John E Stross Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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John E Stross Family Foundation Inc

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.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$4k
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.

Human Services$59kHealth$47kCrime & Legal$15kAnimals$4kArts & Culture$4kPublic Benefit$3k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$7k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Redefining Refuge$3,500
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EASTERSEALS FLORIDA INC: $5k → 11%ANGELS AGAINST ABUSE: $11k → 12%Redefining Refuge: $7k → 13%V FOUNDATION-CANCER RESEARCH: $1k → 8%EASTERSEALS FLORIDA INC: $3k → 11%SUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $6k → 12%Redefining Refuge: $4k → 13%Children's Dream Fund: $10k → 12%Redefining Refuge Inc: $5k → 13%SUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 12%GLAZER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $3k → 13%Children's Dream Fund: $4k → 12%GLAZER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $525 → 13%SUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 12%BEAT NB: $500 → 13%SPCA TAMPA BAY: $3k → 12%MOFFIT CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%SPCA TAMPA BAY: $2k → 12%MOFFIT CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $500 → 13%Ranchapalooza LLC: $3k → 12%ST PETERSBURG FREE CLINIC: $5k → 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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$107k · 8 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$107k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
+56%

Still filing today

88%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Crime & LegalHealthAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • CD
    CHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +123%
  • COMMUNITY ACTION STOPS ABUSE INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $30k · revenue +158%
  • RR
    REDEFINING REFUGE INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • AA
    ANGELS AGAINST ABUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +91%
  • St Petersburg Free Clinic Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +56%
  • GC
    GLAZER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
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
Child Protection Center Inc

The mission of the child protection center, inc. is the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. we envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive. to successfully address the issue of child abuse,…

Crime & Legal
2
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
3
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
4
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
5
Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida Inc

Since 1981, children's advocacy center of southwest florida, inc. (cac) has advocated for a healthy, safe community for children through a multidisciplinary team approach to child abuse and neglect. our mission is to create a safe and…

Human Services
6
Spca Inc

Spca florida exists to eliminate animal suffering and to engage the entire community in the welfare and well-being of animals.we accomplish this by advancing model programs to promote the adoption of healthy animals, prevent dog and cat…

Animals
7
Santa Rosa Kids' House Inc

To deliver a well coordinated and multi-disciplined response to child abuse in an environment that puts children first

Youth Development
8
Victoria's Place St Pete Inc

Victoria's place st. pete, inc. was created by community action stops abuse, inc. (casa) to work in conjunction with casa to influence our community to stand up to silence through advocacy, prevention, intervention, and support services.

Crime & Legal
9
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
10
Court Appointed Special Advocate Guardian Ad Litem of Miami Co Inc

To provide dedicated volunteers to advocate in court for the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect.

Human Services
11
Safe Children Coalition Inc

The safe children coalition's mission is to protect children and youth, strengthen families, and build community.

Human Services
12
Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts Inc

To promote policies that build effective primary prevention and early intervention systems of support for florida's children and families by engaging and enhancing the collective strengths of the individual children's services councils of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Dream Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Petersburg Free Clinic 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

10 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. 10 of the 14 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $30,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INCCOMMUNITY ACTION STOPS ABUSE INC: $30,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION STOPS ABUSE INCSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $5,000 · OtherSt Petersburg Free Clinic IncGLAZER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $3,500 · OtherRANCHAPALOOZA INC: $2,500 · Other+2 more: $2,500 · OtherREDEFINING REFUGE INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalREDEFINING REFUGE INCSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $13,750 · Crime & LegalSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUND…ANGELS AGAINST ABUSE INC: $10,890 · Crime & LegalANGELS AGAINST ABUSE INCEASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC: $8,000 · HealthBEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthA DOOR OF HOPE INC: $4,525 · ReligionSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC: $4,000 · Animals
Other$74,000Crime & Legal$39,640Health$8,500Religion$4,525Animals$4,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $30,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION STOPS ABUSE INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetREDEFINING REFUGE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $13,750 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetEASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA DOOR OF HOPE INC: $4,525 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION 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.

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 …Debartolo Family Foun…Duke Energy FoundationWhite Family Foundati…Francis and Gertrude …Alvah H & Wyline P Ch…Vinik Family Foundati…Pinellas Community Fo…Raymond James Charita…Enterprise Holdings F…The Richard M Schulze…The Pfizer Foundation…
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · White Family Foundation · Francis and Gertrude Levett Foundation · Alvah H & Wyline P Chapman Foundation · Vinik Family Foundation · Pinellas Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation 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 John E Stross Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John E Stross Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Community Action Stops Abuse Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Children's Dream Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report 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.

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 14 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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