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Northstar Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Northstar Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.6MEducation$1.1MReligion$901kCivil Rights$206kArts & Culture$33kHuman Services$33kHousing & Shelter$30kPhilanthropy$22kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $92k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.3M
$1,004,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$180k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOFFITT CANCER CENTER$1,250,000
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL$1,004,500
THE HAVEN$92,470
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $211k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%METROPOLITAN MINISTIRES: $5k → 13%THE HAVEN: $94k → 12%THE HAVEN: $92k → 12%THE HAVEN: $20k → 12%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 10 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
28

Total granted

$3.4M
$485k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+18%

Still filing today

40%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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
HealthHuman ServicesReligionArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • Community Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $206k · revenue +33%
  • TU
    The University of Tampa Incorporated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $55k · revenue +77%
  • MP
    MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • HC
    HARBORSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FUTURE FACILITIES
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • RE
    RUTH ECKERD HALL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +140%
  • MP
    MORTON PLANT MEASE FOUNDATION-CANCER SCREENING
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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
BayCare Health System Inc

BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. (BCHS) WILL IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL WE SERVE THROUGH COMMUNITY-OWNED HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT SET THE STANDARD FOR HIGH-QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE. BCHS is the best place to work, receive and provide care.…

Health
2
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
3
St Petersburg Free Clinic Inc

With compassion and respect, St. Pete Free Clinic changes lives by providing health care, nutritious food, recovery housing, and education for our neighbors in need.

—
4
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
5
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
6
Orlando Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the orlando health foundation is to support the strategic priorities of orlando health through philanthropy. this is accomplished through special events and annual major and planned gift fundraising efforts.

Health
7
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc

The mission of the Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa a/k/a ZooTampa at Lowry Park, is to rescue, rehabilitate and care for animals.(Expanded mission on Schedule O)ZooTampa creates exceptional personalized experiences that connect…

Animals
8
Tampa Bay Partnership Inc

The tampa bay partnership is a privately funded, ceo-driven regional advocacy organization, committed to creating a unified, competitive and prosperous tampa bay.

—
9
St Peter's Hospital

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. peter's hospital is a member of st. peter's health partners and…

Health
10
The Tampa Bay History Center

Discovering, preserving, and learning from our region's past to inform our common future. the history center includes three floors of permanent and temporary exhibition galleries focusing on 12,000 years of florida history.

Environment
11
Operation Par Inc

To strengthen our communities by caring for families and individuals impacted by substance abuse and to promote mental well-being. operation par, inc. offers a full continuum of services at locations in pinellas, pasco, lee, manatee,…

Health
12
Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg Inc
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is EduKenya. 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

17 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. 17 of the 40 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOFFITT CANCER CENTER: $2,500,000 · OtherMOFFITT CANCER CENTERSAINT PAUL'S SCHOOL INC: $1,004,500 · OtherSAINT PAUL'S SCHOOL INCHARBORSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH INC: $500,000 · OtherHARBORSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH INCHARBORSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FUTURE FACILITIES: $250,000 · OtherHARBORSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FUTURE FACILITIES+27 more: $305,143 · Other+27 moreCommunity Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc: $206,294 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $55,000 · EducationMORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $30,337 · HealthClearwater Free Clinic Inc: $7,500 · HealthST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthRUTH ECKERD HALL INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterINTERN ACADEMY INC: $20,000 · Religion
Other$4,559,643Human Services$211,294Education$55,000Health$42,837Arts & Culture$25,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Religion$20,000

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 budgetSAINT PAUL'S SCHOOL INC: $1,004,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCommunity Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc: $206,294 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $30,337 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRUTH ECKERD HALL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $19,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Island Parks Inc: $8,543 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetClearwater Free Clinic Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF PINELLAS INC: $7,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEARWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetEduKenya: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 SAINT PAUL'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc ↗
  • Who funds The University of Tampa Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RUTH ECKERD HALL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Island Parks Inc ↗
  • Who funds Clearwater Free Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE OF PINELLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEARWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds EduKenya ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF FUND 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.

Pinellas Community Fo…The Ruth & J O Stone …The H FoundationCommunity Foundation …Td Charitable Foundat…Bergoffen Family Foun…Top Jewish Foundation…Debartolo Family Foun…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Pinellas Community FoundationFL17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinellas Community Foundation · The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation · The H Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Bergoffen Family Foundation Inc · Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Northstar Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Northstar Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Homeless Emergency Project Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 40 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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