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Lucille T Stretch and George J Stretch Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$230k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
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$514kArts & Culture$365kPublic Safety & Disaster$302kHealth$252kReligion$185kHousing & Shelter$125kInternational$75kAnimals$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $205k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LONG ISLAND ABATE$30,000
LIGHTHOUSE MISSION$30,000
HOPE HOUSE MINISTRIES$30,000
ST LUKE'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$15,000
SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE ISLAND$15,000
MERCY HAVEN$15,000
CHILD CRISIS CENTER OF UGANDA$15,000
ST PATRICK'S HOSPITALITY CENTER$15,000
LIFE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND$10,000
SUPPORT COMMITTEE CALVERTON NATIONA$10,000
LONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM$10,000
EJ AUTISM FOUNDATION$10,000
ABCC FOUNDATION$5,000
OCEAN BEACH COMM FD INC$5,000
GAVINS GOT HEART$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 (FY17–23, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDAT: $10k → 7%MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDAT: $10k → 7%MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDAT: $10k → 7%MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDAT: $10k → 7%MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDAT: $10k → 7%THE MORGAN CENTER: $10k → 7%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 24 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
4

Total granted

$1.9M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+26%

Still filing today

50%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitEnvironmentOther
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

  • TM
    The Ministry for Hope Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue +27%
  • MH
    Mercy Haven Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +41%
  • LI
    LONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM
    6× · 2020–2025 · $75k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE ISLAN
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • TM
    THE MORGAN CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +26%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE'S CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Muslims of Long Island Inc

To help the people in need

Human Services
2
Candle in the Darkness Foundation Inc

Helping families with sick children.

Health
3
Newsday Charities Inc

The purpose of the Organization is to provide support to not-for-profit Organizations that work to improve the quality of life for Long Island's most vulnerable individuals, children and families.

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4
Hope Floats Long Island

Empowering families facing challenges through compassion and support. We offer assistance to families facing difficult circumstances through financial and logistical support. Our programs address medical special needs and poverty…

Human Services
5
Gift of Life Long Island New York Inc

Open heart surgery

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6
Long Island Bike Challenge Inc

The organization was formed to raise monies to donate to the feinstein institute for medical research.

Health
7
Homeless Children Ministries of Nassau County Inc

To reach out to homeless children and their families to asist them in their time of need and spread the "Good News" of the Gospel.

Housing & Shelter
8
Long Island Rabbit Rescue Group

Long Island Rabbit Rescue Group is an all-volunteer organization based on Long Island, New York. Our mission is to rescue abused, neglected or abandoned rabbits; have them medically treated and spayed/neutered; and place them in loving,…

Animals
9
Charity for Children Inc

Charity for children, inc. provides support to children in central new york suffering from childhood disorders, diseases and disabilities. such support is offered in the form of medical insurance reimbursement assistance, transportation…

Human Services
10
Lindy Loo Foundation Ltd

To improve the lives of mentally challenged adults living on Long Island. Through various fundraising and charitable donations we look to provide financial assistance to those in need.

Philanthropy
11
Long Island Toy Lending Center

To help children with disabilities

Human Services
12
Long Island Lending a Helping Hand

The organizations primary exempt purpose is to help the community with food clothing and shelter.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mondays At Racine Inc; the most unlike its peers is Long Island Abate 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

13 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. 13 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIGHTHOUSE MISSION INC: $290,000 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE MISSION INCThe Ministry for Hope Inc: $220,000 · OtherThe Ministry for Hope IncST LUKES LUTHERAN CHURCH: $140,000 · OtherST LUKES LUTHERAN CHURCHST PATRICK'S HOSPITALITY CENTER: $120,000 · OtherST PATRICK'S HOSPITALITY CENTERMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherK OF C ASSUMPTION COUNCIL: $40,000 · OtherCHILD CRISIS CENTER UGANDA: $50,000 · Other+13 more: $264,500 · Other+13 moreLONG ISLAND ABATE INC: $301,500 · Public Safety & DisasterLONG ISLAND ABATE…EJ AUTISM FOUNDATION: $95,000 · HealthGAVINS GOT HEART INC: $45,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF RECOVERY-LONG ISLAND CHAPTER INC: $6,500 · HealthMercy Haven Inc: $125,000 · Housing & ShelterLONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMONDAYS AT RACINE INC: $72,500 · Public BenefitTHE MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE MORGAN CENTER: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$1,179,500Public Safety & Disaster$301,500Health$146,500Housing & Shelter$125,000Arts & Culture$75,000Public Benefit$72,500Human Services$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLONG ISLAND ABATE INC: $301,500 over 9y, 25% of budgetThe Ministry for Hope Inc: $220,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMercy Haven Inc: $125,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEJ AUTISM FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 9y, 27% of budgetLONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM: $75,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetMONDAYS AT RACINE INC: $72,500 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 61% of budgetCHILD CRISIS CENTER UGANDA: $50,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetGAVINS GOT HEART INC: $45,000 over 9y, 100% of budgetOCEAN BEACH COMMUNITY FUND INC: $35,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetHALO MISSIONS INC HOPE AND LOVE FOR ORPHANS: $25,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetTHE MORGAN CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF RECOVERY-LONG ISLAND CHAPTER INC: $6,500 over 2y, 3.8% 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 LONG ISLAND ABATE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Ministry for Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Haven Inc ↗
  • Who funds EJ AUTISM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MONDAYS AT RACINE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J CLEARY LIVE LARGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CRISIS CENTER UGANDA ↗
  • Who funds GAVINS GOT HEART INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN BEACH COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HALO MISSIONS INC HOPE AND LOVE FOR ORPHANS ↗
  • Who funds THE MORGAN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF RECOVERY-LONG ISLAND CHAPTER INC ↗

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.

The Greenman Family Charitable FoundationNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover 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 Lucille T Stretch and George J Stretch Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lucille T Stretch and George J Stretch Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Lucille T Stretch and George J Stretch Charitable Foundation Inc 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 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.

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