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Singer John Stephen Foundation at a glance

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Singer John Stephen Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$34k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$34k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$276kHealth$37kEducation$25kEnvironment$22kPhilanthropy$8kRecreation & Sports$6kArts & Culture$3kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$33,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE BETH-EL$33,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 11%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$343k · 10 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
19

Total granted

$343k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+59%

Still filing today

40%
68%

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
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TS
    The Stamford Hospital
    6× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +71%
  • TP
    The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1k · revenue +132%
  • HT
    HEARING THE OVARIAN CANCER WHISPER INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $900 · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CC
    CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES
    one grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue +0%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE VATICAN LIBRARY
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -3%
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
3
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
4
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
5
Phelps Memorial Hospital Association

Phelps memorial hospital association ("pmha") is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
6
Northern Westchester Hospital Association

Northern westchester hospital association is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care;…

Health
7
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…

Health
10
Plainview Hospital

Plainview hospital is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
11
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
12
Northwell Health Foundation

Northwell health foundation inc. is dedicated toward helping donors, patients, and leaders link their vision and philanthropic support toward helping the underserved and uninsured, advancing the latest frontiers in medical technology and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fairleigh Dickinson University. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH-EL: $254,200 · OtherTEMPLE BETH-ELNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $24,335 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYTEMPLE EMANU-EL OF PALM BEACH INC: $19,300 · OtherTEMPLE EMANU-EL OF PALM BEACH INC+14 more: $14,780 · OtherThe Stamford Hospital: $35,000 · HealthThe Stamfo…CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES: $21,500 · EnvironmentJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $1,500 · PhilanthropyTHE HOMETOWN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,250 · Arts & CultureStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $350 · Arts & CultureTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $300 · Arts & CultureWESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $250 · Arts & CultureHEARING THE OVARIAN CANCER WHISPER INC: $900 · EducationFairleigh Dickinson University: $500 · EducationCANCER ALLIANCE OF HELP AND HOPE INC: $400 · EducationThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $1,200 · Crime & Legal
Other$312,615Health$35,000Environment$21,500Philanthropy$7,500Arts & Culture$3,150Education$1,800Crime & Legal$1,200

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 budgetThe Stamford Hospital: $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCES: $21,500 over 1y, 20% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTAMFORD PEACE YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOMETOWN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING THE OVARIAN CANCER WHISPER INC: $900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $580 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairleigh Dickinson University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER ALLIANCE OF HELP AND HOPE INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Singer John Stephen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Singer John Stephen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University: 2% of income from government
  • Westport Historical Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Stamford Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get 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 · 0–30%
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 30 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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