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Richard David Stutzke Foundation at a glance

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Richard David Stutzke Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$485kEnvironment$215kHuman Services$45kScience & Tech$25kRecreation & Sports$6k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICA'S ADOPT A SOLDIER$25,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $5k → 17%ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE ATMOSPHERIC AND EARTH SCIENCE: $25k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES: $30k → 14%STERLING COLLEGE: $25k → 11%LEWIS & CLARK UNIVERSITY: $30k → 12%WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%AMERICA'S ADOPT A SOLDIER: $25k → 6%VIMS FOUNDATION: $50k → 9%STERLING COLLEGE: $25k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $30k → 11%FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY: $30k → 10%FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY: $100k → 15%FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY: $25k → 30%UNITY COLLEGE: $40k → 13%LEWIS & CLARK UNIVERSITY: $30k → 12%AMERICA'S ADOPT A SOLDIER: $10k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE: $30k → 11%UNITY COLLEGE: $25k → 13%LEWIS & CLARK UNIVERSITY: $25k → 12%AMERICA'S ADOPT A SOLDIER: $10k → 6%FRIENDS OF LAKE ACCOTINK PARK: $3k → 6%FRIENDS OF LAKE ACCOTINK PARK: $3k → 6%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
WA
MI
NY
OR
CO
KY
VA
MD
KS
FL
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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$356k · 5 repeat orgs$420k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
13

Total granted

$356k
$420k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+9%

Still filing today

40%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $155k · revenue +53%
  • LC
    LEWIS & CLARK UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2020 · $85k
  • UE
    Unity Environmental University
    2× · 2017–2021 · $65k · revenue +209%

Funded once

  • EC
    ESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +36%
  • VI
    VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FDN
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -25%
  • TC
    THE COLORADO COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +12%
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
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

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4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
11
Saint Martin's University

Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…

Education
12
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sterling College; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

11 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. 11 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INC: $155,000 · EducationFRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INCUnity Environmental University: $65,000 · EducationUnity Environmental UniversityESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FDN: $50,000 · EducationVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FDNTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGEUniversity of Miami: $50,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI: $25,000 · EducationSTERLING COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationSTERLING COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK UNIVERSITY: $85,000 · OtherLEWIS & CLARK UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE OF…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF …COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE ATMOSPHERIC AND EARTH SCIENCE: $25,000 · OtherROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE ATMOS…+1 more: $5,500 · OtherAMERICA'S ADOPT A SOLDIER: $45,000 · PhilanthropyENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,000 · Environment
Education$495,000Other$230,500Philanthropy$45,000Environment$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INC: $155,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnity Environmental University: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetESF COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FDN: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S ADOPT A SOLDIER: $45,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTERLING COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTERLING COLLEGE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Richard David Stutzke Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard David Stutzke Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Sterling College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 18 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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