Iowa · Private foundation
Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski 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.
- $94k
- Granted FY2021
- 13
- Grants FY2021
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $94k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 67
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 11
- Total assets, FY2021
- $19k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 15% of the organizations Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 13 | $94k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $104k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $114k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 65 | $204k | 9% |
| FY2017 | 67 | $209k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $75,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $65,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Public Citizen Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Connect Bend | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lakota Fund Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Land Institute | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($312k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Johnson County · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation with peer funders
About Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation
- How much does Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation give?
- Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $94,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 67 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), International (15%), Health (5%).
- Who are Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation ($120k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($75k), Red Cloud Indian School ($65k).
- Does Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Johnson County, Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation based?
- Mark and Mary Ellen Stinski Foundation is based in IA.
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