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Stafford Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$146k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2025
6
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 15
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Stafford Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterEmploymentCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving8$146k63%
FY20246$121k50%
FY20238$119k50%
FY202212$142k67%
FY202115$129k80%
FY202014$128k71%
FY201913$119k85%
FY201811$121k91%
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$215kEnvironment$150kFood & Nutrition$125kHealth$105kEducation$102kCrime & Legal$82kArts & Culture$70kHousing & Shelter$64kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Stafford Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture$105,000310%
Columbia College$75,00050%
Serve Inc$46,00021%
Heart of Missouri Casa$28,47521%
Pet Missouri - Columbia Inc$26,87312%
Central Missouri Diabetic Childrens Camp Camp Hickory Hill$25,000231%
Como Mobile Aid Collective$21,00026%
Do Something Right Now Inc$20,140210%
In2action$17,89023%
Show-Me Central Habitat for Humanity$15,00011%
Police Foundation of Hallsville$15,000115%
Great Circle$15,00010%
Boone County Historical Society$13,81531%
Spectrum Health Care$13,58020%
Halo Foundation$12,4301n/a
YMCA of Callaway County$11,76421%
Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence$10,62511%
Fayette Senior Citizens Inc$10,1501n/a
True North of Columbia Inc$10,11011%
Central Methodist University$10,00010%
Great Rivers Council - Boy Scouts of America$10,00010%
Welcome Home Inc$10,00011%
Central Missouri Humane Society$10,00011%
Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Shelter Inc$10,00011%
Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition$10,00012%
Cancer Research Center$9,27314%
Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center$9,00012%
Saving Kidsight$8,15012%
Love My Job Training Center$8,00011%
Love Columbia Corp Love Columbia$7,25010%
Caring Hearts And Hands of Columbia$7,15913%
Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries$7,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid Missouri Inc$6,71011%
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri$6,60010%
Columbia Neighborhood Watch$6,3401n/a
United Cerebral Palsy Heartland$5,00010%
Stonebridge House$5,0001n/a
Kingdom Projects Inc$4,78012%
Audrain County Crisis Intervention$3,00011%
Harvest House Inc$2,90014%
Encircle Technologies$2,8001n/a
Child Development Center$2,7401n/a
Independent Living Center of Mid-Mo$2,68210%
Nora Stewart Early Learning Center$2,50011%
Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen$2,1121n/a
Friends of Mid Missouri Fisher House Inc$2,0001n/a
Fulton Pre-School Assn$1,3812n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($472k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Stafford Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetColumbia Center for Urban Agriculture: $105,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetColumbia College: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetServe Inc: $46,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHeart of Missouri Casa: $28,475 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPet Missouri - Columbia Inc: $26,873 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCentral Missouri Diabetic Childrens Camp Camp Hickory Hill: $25,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetComo Mobile Aid Collective: $21,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetDo Something Right Now Inc: $20,140 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetIn2action: $17,890 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetShow-Me Central Habitat for Humanity: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPolice Foundation of Hallsville: $15,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetGreat Circle: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoone County Historical Society: $13,815 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSpectrum Health Care: $13,580 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYMCA of Callaway County: $11,764 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMissouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence: $10,625 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTrue North of Columbia Inc: $10,110 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCentral Methodist University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Rivers Council - Boy Scouts of America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWelcome Home Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCentral Missouri Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChild Abuse and Neglect Emergency Shelter Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAudrain County Shelter Resource Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCancer Research Center: $9,273 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center: $9,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSaving Kidsight: $8,150 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLove My Job Training Center: $8,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLove Columbia Corp Love Columbia: $7,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCaring Hearts And Hands of Columbia: $7,159 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCoyote Hill Foster Care Ministries: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Mid Missouri Inc: $6,710 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri: $6,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy Heartland: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKingdom Projects Inc: $4,780 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAudrain County Crisis Intervention: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHarvest House Inc: $2,900 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetIndependent Living Center of Mid-Mo: $2,682 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNora Stewart Early Learning Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Veterans United FoundationMO61.2× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans United Foundation · Fred V & Dorothy H Heinkel Charitable Foundation · Allen P and Josephine B Green · Boone Electric Community Trust · Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc · Boone County Community Trust · Mfa Oil Foundation · Heart of Missouri United Way Inc · Griffin Family Foundation Inc · McCortney Foundation · United Way of Central Missouri Inc · Edward Jones 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.

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About Stafford Family Charitable Trust

How much does Stafford Family Charitable Trust give?
Stafford Family Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $146,080 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Stafford Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Environment (13%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
Who are Stafford Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture ($105k), Columbia College ($75k), Serve Inc ($46k).
Does Stafford Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stafford Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Stafford Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Veterans United Foundation, Fred V & Dorothy H Heinkel Charitable Foundation, Allen P and Josephine B Green.
Where is Stafford Family Charitable Trust based?
Stafford Family Charitable Trust is based in MO.

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 74 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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