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Stamp Charitable Fund at a glance

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Stamp Charitable Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$2.6MRecreation & Sports$1.4MArts & Culture$168kPhilanthropy$126kFood & Nutrition$106kHealth$76kHuman Services$15kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$6,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$593k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOXFIRE FILM FESTIVAL$10,000
YMCA OF WHEELING$6,500
CENTRE WHEELING FELLOWSHIP$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $5k → 15%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

IL
NY
PA
CT
RI
WV
VA
MD
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 28 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
4

Total granted

$4.4M
$5k

Still filing today

57%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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
EducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • OF
    OGLEBAY FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +284%
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +5%
  • TL
    THE LINSLY SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • OV
    OHIO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • CO
    CITY OF WHEELING
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE IN THE OHIO VALLEY
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
Waynesburg University

Waynesburg university educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transofrm their communiities and the world. see continuation on schedule o.as a christian comprehensive university, we…

Education
2
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
3
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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4
Wilson College

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

Education
5
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
6
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
7
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
8
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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10
Wilmington University Inc

Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students. as an institution with admissions policies that provide access for all, it offers opportunity for higher…

Education
11
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
12
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Virginia University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Laughlin Community Center. 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

20 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. 20 of the 38 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
20/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,272,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCTHE LINSLY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $1,035,000 · EducationTHE LINSLY SCHOOL INCORPORATEDWashington and Lee University: $105,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $97,000 · Education+3 more: $33,000 · EducationOGLEBAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,395,000 · Recreation & SportsOGLEBAY FOUNDATION INCST MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $84,000 · OtherOHIO COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $27,000 · OtherWHEELING OHIO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $26,500 · OtherTHE SOUP KITCHEN: $19,000 · OtherWEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · OtherVALLEY HOSPICE INC: $12,000 · OtherTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD CARE CENTERS INC: $10,720 · OtherFOXFIRE FILM FESTIVAL: $10,000 · Other+14 more: $49,500 · OtherWHEELING SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $163,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INC: $46,750 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIFORM LAW FOUNDATION: $12,000 · PhilanthropyRUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesBROWN UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · Community ImprovementOGLEBAY INSTITUTE: $4,500 · Environment
Education$2,542,000Recreation & Sports$1,395,000Other$250,720Arts & Culture$163,500Philanthropy$123,750Human Services$35,000Community Improvement$6,000Environment$4,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOGLEBAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,395,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,272,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LINSLY SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $1,035,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetWHEELING SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $163,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $105,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $97,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INC: $46,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetRUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $30,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBETHANY COLLEGE: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIFORM LAW FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD CARE CENTERS INC: $10,720 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOGLEBAY INSTITUTE: $4,500 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds OGLEBAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LINSLY SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WHEELING SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds RUSSELL NESBITT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIFORM LAW FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD CARE CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WHEELING ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OGLEBAY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds LAUGHLIN COMMUNITY CENTER ↗

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.

Stamp 2001 Charitable…The Driehorst Family …Chris Hess FoundationElizabeth Stifel Klin…Raymond A & Gertrude …Helen J Prince Founda…W E Stone FoundationFrancis J and Edith J…The Banford & Terri E…Hess Family FoundationAlbert Schenk III & K…Community Foundation …
Stamp 2001 Charitable FundWV26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stamp 2001 Charitable Fund · The Driehorst Family Foundation · Chris Hess Foundation · Elizabeth Stifel Kline Foundation · Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundation · Helen J Prince Foundation Security National Trust Co Trustee · W E Stone Foundation · Francis J and Edith Jackson Founda Security National Trust Company · The Banford & Terri Exley Family Foundation Inc · Hess Family Foundation · Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust · Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc

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 Stamp Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stamp Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Stamp Charitable Fund?

Find your warmest path to Stamp Charitable Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 38 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home