Florida · Private foundation
North Star 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.
- $76k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations North Star Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $76k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $228k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $71k | 39% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $89k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $35k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $36k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $49k | 21% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $167k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella Maris Academy | $218,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Marshall School | $114,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Life House Inc | $33,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Minnesota Masonic Children's Clinic for Communication Disorders | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boca Grande United Methodist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiger Woods Foundation Inc | $21,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Island School Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hills Youth and Family Services | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Womens Care Center | $8,500 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella Maris Academy | $218,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Marshall School | $114,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Life House Inc | $33,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Minnesota Masonic Children's Clinic for Communication Disorders | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boca Grande United Methodist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiger Woods Foundation Inc | $21,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Island School Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hills Youth and Family Services | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Womens Care Center | $8,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Duluth Playhouse Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Churches United in Ministry | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boca Grande Woman's Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Together For Life Northland | $3,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Englewood Helping Hand Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Superior Hiking Trail Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Tinervin Family Foundation | $750 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget North Star 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: Lloyd K Johnson Foundation · Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · Ordean Foundation · Minnesota Power Foundation · Pachel Foundation · Smdc Medical Center · Northland Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Lahti Family Foundation · Wildey Mitchell Family Foundation · James and Nancy Holmgren Foundation · Arsher Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About North Star Foundation
- How much does North Star Foundation give?
- North Star Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $76,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does North Star Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Youth Development (13%), Health (10%).
- Who are North Star Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Stella Maris Academy ($218k), The Marshall School ($115k), Life House Inc ($34k).
- Does North Star Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does North Star 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 North Star Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lloyd K Johnson Foundation, Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Ordean Foundation.
- Where is North Star Foundation based?
- North Star Foundation is based in FL.
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