· Public charity
Nextstage
To provide education and training to individuals interested in pursuing entrepreneurship; to assist entrepreneurs in the planning, development and start-up of a business venture; and to support and assist small business owners with growth, and operational improvement.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHLAND TEMPORARIES INC | $25,000 |
| CAL-TEX ELECTRIC INC | $20,000 |
| ENTHERM INC | $15,000 |
| PMB HOSPITALITY LLC | $15,000 |
| LEVEL MOUNTAIN HOME CARE LLC | $15,000 |
| BURGER MOE'S INC | $15,000 |
| D & M IRON WORKS INC | $15,000 |
| THANH PHUNG INC | $15,000 |
| ALARYS LLC | $15,000 |
| SANDSTROM LAND MANAGEMENT LLC | $15,000 |
| GROVE SALONS INC | $15,000 |
| L STCYNSKE INC | $15,000 |
| EL ZOCALITO LLC | $15,000 |
| WILD ENTERTAINMENT LTD | $15,000 |
| PAPAGO INC | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
7 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. 7 of the 344 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nextstage funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nextstage. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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