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Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
149
Grants FY2024
97
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$265,000
Organizations funded a year
57 to 97
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$56M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $326k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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
FY2024still arriving148$2.8M52%
FY202397$2.3M32%
FY202296$2.5M40%
FY202179$1.9M39%
FY202074$2.1M34%
FY201974$2.3M41%
FY201861$2.3M49%
FY201757$1.6Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$5.2MAnimals$2.5MHuman Services$2.2MEducation$1.6MPhilanthropy$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MCrime & Legal$790kReligion$722kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 136 grantees
All grantees of Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pacific Youth Boating Association$986,5178n/a
The Pet Adoption Center of O C$769,930665%
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center$600,00030%
300 Stewart Avenue Corporation$592,60778%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$520,00060%
Veterans Legal Institute$439,00066%
Dana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group$378,227731%
Honor Flight Southland$375,000579%
Wildlife Waystation$351,95037%
Hoag Hospital Foundation$277,85070%
St Joseph Hospital Foundation$265,0001n/a
Freedom Committee of Orange County$252,850771%
You Were Worth It Foundation$235,3982n/a
Kitten Rescue$220,00073%
Choc Foundation$220,00030%
Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Inst$220,000612%
Lincoln Traning Center and Rehabilitation Workshop$210,00070%
Mentoring and Partnership for Youth Development$197,721623%
Micahs Way$173,0005n/a
Helping Hand Worldwide$170,00053%
Santa Ana College Foundation$148,50062%
American Jewish University$142,64640%
Sammies Friends$140,00071%
Soaring Spirits International$137,00057%
Honoring Our Fallen$131,000412%
Athletes for Life Foundation$130,000515%
Chapman University$121,00040%
Strength in Support$120,000313%
Reading in Motion$102,00023%
Emanate Health Foundation$90,00081%
United Way of Wise County Inc$86,48146%
Blue Line Bears Inc$86,000515%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$80,50040%
Point Loma Nazarene University$78,06730%
Rm Pyles Boys Camp$75,00052%
Villa Chardonnay Horses With Wings$67,4873n/a
Institute of Arts Music & Science$65,000312%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$64,00040%
Tyler Skaggs Foundation$57,625249%
Wise Health Foundation$57,50036%
West Coast University$51,6652n/a
Assistance League of Saddleback Valley$50,00055%
Jewish Home for the Aging of Orange County$48,31550%
Newport Harbor Post 291 of the American Legion Inc$42,06042%
Edward Kline Mem Homeless Veterans Fund Inc$41,75036%
Lockwood Animal Rescue Center$40,00012%
McPherson Education Foundation$31,174319%
Operation Resilience$30,2001n/a
Newport Beach Police Foundation$30,00029%
Breast Cancer Angels$30,00032%
The University Foundation California State University Chico$30,00020%
Summit Springs Educational Foundation$28,0003n/a
Saving Horses Inc$27,50057%
Allegheny College$26,76440%
Cantor's Assembly$26,00013%
One Step Closer Animal Rescue Inc$25,00016%
Chabad Center for Jewish Life$25,0001n/a
Raquels Wings for Life$25,00046%
South El Monte High School PTSA$24,0002n/a
Abbys Joy$22,5003n/a
Brackens Kitchen Inc$22,50030%
Givsum Foundation$20,5001n/a
Girl Scouts of Orange County$20,35420%
Womens Resource Medical Centers$20,00020%
Speedway Children's Charities$20,00010%
DonkeyLand$20,00023%
Childrens Advocacy Center for North Texas Inc$20,00010%
Decatur Isd Education Foundation$20,000212%
Westmont College$19,33010%
Balboa Island Museum$19,00033%
Vanguard University of So Cal$18,85620%
More Precious Than Rubies Ministry$15,000216%
Boys and Girls Club of Vista Inc$15,00030%
Steampunk Farms Rescue Barn Inc$15,00026%
Law Enforcement United Inc$15,00011%
The Richard Nixon Foundation$15,00010%
Wise County Committee on Aging Inc$15,00032%
Orange County School of the Arts$15,00030%
California Baptist University$14,00010%
The Journey Christian Church$12,3821n/a
Santa Fe Springs Fire Foundation$12,0001n/a
Predator Healing Project$11,210114%
Los Angeles County Police Canine Assoc$10,5003n/a
Goldens Without Borders Inc$10,00014%
Discovery Children's Museum$10,00010%
Agingnext Inc$10,00011%
American Legion Post 227$10,00014%
Resurrecting Lives Foundation$10,00016%
Baylor University$10,00010%
Orange High Marine Corps JROTC Association$8,0001n/a
Lucky Ones Ranch$6,81513%
Maryvale$6,50010%
Orange County Classical Academy$5,43310%
Assistance League of Fullerton$5,00011%
Zonta Foundation for Women$5,00010%
Lakewood Christian Schools Foundation$5,00012%
El Monte So El Monte Chamber of Commerce$5,00015%
Refuge for Women Inc$5,00010%
Greater Los Angeles Area Council Boy Scouts of America$5,00010%
Honor 37$5,00011%
Pregnant Mare Rescue$5,00015%
Once Upon a Room Inc$5,00011%
Biletnikoff Foundation$5,00012%
ALS Network$5,00010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$5,00010%
Foster Army Animal Rescue$5,00011%
Sandbar Sanctuary$5,00013%
Friendship Circle$5,00010%
Right at Home$4,62921%
Veterans Transition Center of California$4,40010%
Lincoln Elementary School PTO$4,00013%
Starlight Children's Foundation$3,97610%
VETS - Beyond the Uniform Foundation$3,50013%
Homemore Project Inc$3,50011%
American Cancer Society Inc$3,30010%
Code Read Inc$3,0001n/a
Wll Enterprises Inc$2,5001n/a
Victory Christian Academy$2,50010%
National Cat Protection Society$2,50010%
Orange County Museum of Art Fdn 37-Xxx-Xx-Xxxx$2,5001n/a
Shelby Wesleyan Church$2,0001n/a
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$2,00010%
US for Warriors Foundation$2,00012%
Calm Inc$1,80010%
Pickleberry Pie Inc$1,50012%
Rhome Community Library$1,25011%
La Costa Canyon High School Foundation Inc$1,04010%
American Hero Initiative Inc$1,0001n/a
Grandma's House of Hope$1,00010%
Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation$1,00010%
ALIVE Rescue NFP$1,00010%
McKinley Children's Center Inc$1,00010%
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Knute Rockne Memorial Society Inc$9501n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$55010%
Sweet Geeks Foundation$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 183 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 114 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Pet Adoption Center of O C: $769,930 over 6y, 65% of budgetLundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center: $600,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget300 Stewart Avenue Corporation: $592,607 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $520,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Legal Institute: $439,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetDana Point 5th Marine Regiment Support Group: $378,227 over 7y, 31% of budgetHonor Flight Southland: $375,000 over 5y, 79% of budgetWildlife Waystation: $351,950 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetHoag Hospital Foundation: $277,850 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFreedom Committee of Orange County: $252,850 over 7y, 71% of budgetKitten Rescue: $220,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetChoc Foundation: $220,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChannel Islands Marine & Wildlife Inst: $220,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetLincoln Traning Center and Rehabilitation Workshop: $210,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMentoring and Partnership for Youth Development: $197,721 over 6y, 23% of budgetHelping Hand Worldwide: $170,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSanta Ana College Foundation: $148,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican Jewish University: $142,646 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSammies Friends: $140,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSoaring Spirits International: $137,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetHonoring Our Fallen: $131,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetAthletes for Life Foundation: $130,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetChapman University: $121,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStrength in Support: $120,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetReading in Motion: $102,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetEmanate Health Foundation: $90,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Wise County Inc: $86,481 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetBlue Line Bears Inc: $86,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $80,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPoint Loma Nazarene University: $78,067 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRm Pyles Boys Camp: $75,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetInstitute of Arts Music & Science: $65,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetChp 11-99 Foundation: $64,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTyler Skaggs Foundation: $57,625 over 2y, 49% of budgetWise Health Foundation: $57,500 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetAssistance League of Saddleback Valley: $50,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetJewish Home for the Aging of Orange County: $48,315 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Harbor Post 291 of the American Legion Inc: $42,060 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetEdward Kline Mem Homeless Veterans Fund Inc: $41,750 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetLockwood Animal Rescue Center: $40,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMcPherson Education Foundation: $31,174 over 3y, 19% of budgetNewport Beach Police Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetBreast Cancer Angels: $30,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThe University Foundation California State University Chico: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSaving Horses Inc: $27,500 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetAllegheny College: $26,764 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCantor's Assembly: $26,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetOne Step Closer Animal Rescue Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 6.2% 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 114.

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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.

O L Halsell FoundationCA29.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: O L Halsell Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Croul Family Foundation · The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · The Ahmanson Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · The Rose Hills 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 Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc

How much does Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc give?
Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc reported 149 grants totaling $2,784,448 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 97 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Animals (14%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pacific Youth Boating Association ($987k), The Pet Adoption Center of O C ($770k), Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center ($600k).
Does Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include O L Halsell Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation.
Where is Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc based?
Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc is based in CA.

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 321 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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