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John Stauffer Charitable Trust at a glance

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John Stauffer Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$12MHealth$7.4MScience & Tech$3.8M
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCRIPPS COLLEGE$650,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC$600,000
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS$500,000
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$500,000
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE$500,000
CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY$250,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $250k → 10%COASTLINE COLLEGE: $366k → 10%EISENHOWER HEALTH: $1.0M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC: $600k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $500k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTUTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1.0M → 14%EISENHOWER HEALTH: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC: $263k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $500k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $500k → 14%SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $500k → 10%EISENHOWER HEALTH: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC: $200k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $500k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $500k → 14%SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $500k → 10%EISENHOWER HEALTH: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $500k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $500k → 14%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $200k → 10%EISENHOWER HEALTH: $500k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $200k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $500k → 14%CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $200k → 10%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER: $200k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $200k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $200k → 14%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER: $200k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $200k → 14%CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $200k → 14%EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER: $200k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $200k → 14%USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%MOUNT ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $400k → 14%AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $250k → 14%PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $230k → 14%PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $200k → 14%PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $200k → 14%OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $500k → 14%DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE: $590k → 14%OCCIDENTAL COLLLEGE: $500k → 14%DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE: $200k → 14%OCCIDENTAL COLLLEGE: $500k → 14%OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $500k → 14%SCRIPPS COLLEGE: $650k → 14%HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE: $300k → 14%HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE: $300k → 14%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.
$22M · 19 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
5

Total granted

$22M
$986k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+90%

Still filing today

74%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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
EducationHealthOther
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

  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +94%
  • CI
    CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +14%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • HM
    Harvey Mudd Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $600k · revenue +49%
  • UB
    UC BERKELEY - COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY
    one grant, 2021 · $170k
  • CC
    CHAPMAN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
3
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
4
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
5
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
6
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
7
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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8
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…

Education
11
Loma Linda University

Loma linda university, a seventh-day adventist christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of jesus christ "to make man whole" by: - educating ethical and proficient christian health…

Education
12
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of the Pacific; the most unlike its peers is Doheny Eye Institute. 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 25 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $3,568,640 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $2,800,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDSOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $2,000,000 · EducationOCCIDENTAL COLLEGEScripps College: $1,150,000 · EducationScripps CollegeSOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $1,000,000 · EducationSOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICAUniversity of the Pacific: $990,000 · EducationUniversity of the PacificPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $630,000 · EducationHarvey Mudd College: $600,000 · EducationAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $470,000 · Education+3 more: $713,500 · EducationEisenhower Medical Center: $3,600,000 · HealthEisenhower Medical CenterChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,500,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Ang…USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500,000 · HealthUSC ARCADIA HOSPITAL FOUNDA…DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE: $990,000 · OtherDOHENY EYE INSTI…MOUNT ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · OtherMOUNT ST MARY'S …UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC: $500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PA…COASTLINE COLLEGE: $475,156 · OtherCOASTLINE COLLEG…GOOD SAMARITAN: $300,000 · OtherGOOD SAMARITANClaremont McKenna College: $200,000 · OtherClaremont McKenn…UC BERKELEY - COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY: $170,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY BERKELEY CA: $125,000 · Other+2 more: $152,500 · Other
Education$13,922,140Health$5,600,000Other$3,412,656

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $3,600,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $3,568,640 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $2,800,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetScripps College: $1,150,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $990,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDOHENY EYE INSTITUTE: $990,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $630,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHarvey Mudd College: $600,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUSC ARCADIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $470,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClaremont McKenna College: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $63,500 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 Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds Scripps College ↗
  • Who funds SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds University of the Pacific ↗
  • Who funds DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Harvey Mudd College ↗
  • Who funds USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Claremont McKenna College ↗
  • Who funds POMONA COLLEGE ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCA7.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 John Stauffer Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Stauffer Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to John Stauffer Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to John Stauffer Charitable Trust 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 25 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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