Missouri · Private foundation
Star Fire 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.
- $8k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 19
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $998k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Star Fire Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 7 | $8k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $24k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $13k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $15k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance League of St Louis | $20,100 | 5 | 1% |
| Operation Food Search Inc | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $5,250 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $3,050 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Louis Regional Public Media Inc | $1,300 | 4 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance League of St Louis | $20,100 | 5 | 1% |
| Operation Food Search Inc | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $5,250 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $3,050 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Louis Regional Public Media Inc | $1,300 | 4 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Missouri | $850 | 2 | 0% |
| Great Rivers Greenway Foundation | $800 | 3 | 0% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Park Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Rural Parish Clinic | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Star Fire Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Edward Jones Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Star Fire Foundation
- How much does Star Fire Foundation give?
- Star Fire Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $7,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 19 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Star Fire Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (37%), Religion (16%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Star Fire Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Assistance League of St Louis ($20k), Operation Food Search Inc ($6k), St Louis Area Food Bank Inc ($5k).
- Does Star Fire Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Star Fire 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 Star Fire Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward Jones Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Star Fire Foundation based?
- Star Fire Foundation is based in MO.
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