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Laura and Richard Steel Family Foundation at a glance

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Laura and Richard Steel Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$37k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$55kPhilanthropy$49kArts & Culture$33kHealth$29kCivil Rights$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kFood & Nutrition$9kInternational$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$380k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER$6,443
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL$5,000
FEDERATION$5,000
ADL$5,000
FRIENDS OF IDF$3,600
CHRONS$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000
RONALD MCDONALD$2,000
INNOCENCE PROJECT$2,000
CHOP$1,000
HEIGHTS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$900
Individual grant recipient$900
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 (FY17–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $2k → 17%THE GERSHMAN Y: $2k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $6k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 22%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

IL
WI
NY
PA
CA
MD
TN
DC
AL
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$131k · 15 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$131k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+19%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalFood & 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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    6× · 2017–2023 · $10k · revenue +88%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $7k · revenue +10%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $6k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +55%
  • Philabundance
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +0%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +48%
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
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
2
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
3
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
4
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
5
The American Islamic Forum for Democracy

Aifd's mission is to advocate for the preservation of the founding principles of our u.s. constitution, liberty, and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. public engagement program provides education to the general public on…

International
6
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
7
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
10
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
11
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
12
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Mockingbird Foundation. 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

23 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. 23 of the 42 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)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONALTY SERVICE CENTER: $15,000 · OtherNATIONALTY SERVICE CENTERRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $13,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEADL: $5,000 · OtherADLPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODFEDERATION: $5,000 · OtherFEDERATIONNATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL SAFETY COUNCILSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $6,500 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INCPhilabundance: $5,000 · OtherPhilabundanceHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $4,000 · Other+16 more: $20,400 · Other+16 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $39,800 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF…THE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $26,443 · Human ServicesNATIONALITIES S…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE P…PHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM AND MEDIA: $2,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA JE…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 · HealthTHE CHILDRE…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · HealthCROHN'S & C…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 · HealthPLANNED PAR…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 · HealthST JUDE CHI…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,600 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,500 · InternationalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 · Civil RightsNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $2,000 · Civil Rights
Other$83,900Philanthropy$41,800Human Services$31,443Arts & Culture$25,000Health$24,000International$12,100Civil Rights$12,000

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $39,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $26,443 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA JEWISH FILM AND MEDIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MOCKINGBIRD FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Laura and Richard Steel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laura and Richard Steel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Laura and Richard Steel Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Laura and Richard Steel Family Foundation 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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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