Minnesota · Private foundation
Robert S Starr 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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $659k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Robert S Starr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $42k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $38k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $40k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $40k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $40k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $35k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $33k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Trinity First Lutheran Church | $27,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $23,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $19,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Books for Africa Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Camp Odayin | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Start Senior Solutions | $16,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Can Do Canines | $15,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Trinity First Lutheran Church | $27,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $23,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $19,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Books for Africa Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Camp Odayin | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Start Senior Solutions | $16,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Can Do Canines | $15,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Global Health Ministries | $12,500 | 8 | 0% |
| VEAP Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Animal Humane Society | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Cross View Lutheran Church | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Chair-Ity | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nanze Childrens Services Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Metavivor Research and Support Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Gathering Place | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Threshold to New Life | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| CaringBridge | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Literacy Matters Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run Minnesota Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Choices Lifecare Center I | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossways International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert S Starr 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Robert S Starr Foundation
- How much does Robert S Starr Foundation give?
- Robert S Starr Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $41,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Robert S Starr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), International (20%), Health (13%).
- Who are Robert S Starr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ($29k), Trinity First Lutheran Church ($27k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($24k).
- Does Robert S Starr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert S Starr 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 Robert S Starr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Robert S Starr Foundation based?
- Robert S Starr Foundation is based in MN.
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