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Star Foundation Inc

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.

$63k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2025
73
Organizations funded FY2024
62%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,500
Organizations funded a year
39 to 73
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$1.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Star Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalAnimalsCivil RightsArts & 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
FY2025still arriving54$63k59%
FY202473$67k62%
FY202339$51k38%
FY202247$57k30%
FY202158$51k48%
FY202055$49k51%
FY201958$55k64%
FY201841$46kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$78kInternational$58kHuman Services$39kYouth Development$37kCivil Rights$32kEducation$30kFood & Nutrition$25kReligion$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 137 grantees
All grantees of Star Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chance of a Lifetime Inc$29,5003n/a
Helen Keller International$11,73780%
One to One Women Coaching Women$8,00047%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$8,00070%
Sierra Club Foundation$7,50070%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$6,00040%
Newark Academy$6,00040%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,50040%
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America$5,50060%
Travis Mills Foundation$4,25070%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$4,00050%
Crisis Text Line Inc$3,53640%
Hospice & Palliative Carecenter$3,50040%
United Way of Forsyth County Inc$3,50040%
National Pancreas Foundation$3,50030%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,50030%
Children's Defense Fund$3,25040%
ScienceAnd dba Science&$3,00015%
World Central Kitchen Inc$3,00020%
Compassion & Choices$3,00040%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$3,00030%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$3,00040%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,61820%
Direct Relief$2,52330%
Zero Prostate Cancer$2,50010%
Congregation Beth Am Israel$2,5001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,50030%
Philabundance$2,50010%
Charlestown Community Cares Inc$2,5001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,40230%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$2,40050%
Pen American Center Inc$2,30030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,15030%
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption$2,00020%
Mits Aoki Legacy Foundation$2,0004n/a
Bunnys Buddies$2,00010%
THE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA$2,00010%
Haley House Inc & Affiliates$2,00010%
Grades of Green Inc$2,00010%
Dig Furniture Bank$2,00011%
Muddy Paws Rescue$2,00010%
Meals on Wheels America$2,00030%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$2,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$2,00020%
People's Forum Inc$2,0001n/a
Final Exit Network Inc$2,00020%
Transition House Inc$2,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark Inc$1,75030%
The Authors Guild Foundation Inc$1,65030%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,54120%
Voices for Independence$1,50010%
Mindleaps$1,50020%
Anti-Defamation League$1,50020%
Massachusetts Project 351 Inc$1,50010%
Democracy Forward Foundation$1,50010%
AIDS United$1,5001n/a
Mountain Pet Rescue Asheville$1,50010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$1,30030%
Safe Harbor of Chester County Inc$1,25020%
Women for Women International$1,25020%
Loaves and Fishes$1,25030%
Mercy Corps$1,11210%
National Coalition Against Censorship Inc$1,10030%
Birthright Israel Foundation$1,00020%
Turtle Conservancy$1,00010%
Nextgen Education Fund$1,00010%
Clemmons Food Pantry Inc$1,00020%
Holt International Children's Services Inc$1,00010%
Gbscidp Foundation International Inc$1,0001n/a
Public Counsel$1,00010%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$1,00010%
Population Services International$1,00010%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$1,00010%
West Chester Food Cupboard$1,00010%
Children of Uganda$1,00020%
Africans Supporting Africans$1,0001n/a
Waterorg$1,00010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$1,00010%
Tree of Life Congregation$1,0001n/a
The Children's Health Fund$1,00010%
The Ojai Valley Land Conservancy$1,00010%
Earthjustice$1,00010%
American Jewish Committee$92810%
Petsmart Charities Inc$75010%
Whyy Inc$75020%
Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project$75030%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$75010%
Foster Angels on Earth Inc$5001n/a
I Stand With My Pack Inc$50010%
Battlefield Commander Foundation$5001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$50010%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$50010%
Trevor Project Inc$50010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$50010%
The Against Malaria Foundation$5001n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$50010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$50010%
Longhopes Donkey Shelter Inc$50010%
Vietnam Veterans of America-Nj State Council$50010%
Pasadena Humane$5001n/a
Baby Bureau$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
Habitat for Humanity$50011%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$5001n/a
Common Cause Education Fund$50010%
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence$50010%
Morgan Rose School of Entrepreneurship$5001n/a
Breastfeeding Resource Center$50010%
Lion195 Against Trafficking Inc$5001n/a
Athena Educational Foundation$5001n/a
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$50010%
Brandywine Valley Spca$50010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$50010%
Paul John Eterno Memorial Giving Fund Inc$5001n/a
The Salvation Army$5002n/a
Buddhist Global Relief a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$40020%
RSVP Volunteers$35010%
Human Needs Food Pantry Inc$30010%
Meditation4leadership Inc$30010%
Divas With Disabilities$2501n/a
Albany Pro Musica Inc$25010%
San Antonio Food Bank$25010%
Change Inc$25010%
Sharsheret Inc$25010%
Hiway Theatre Inc$2501n/a
Weavers Way Community Fund Inc$25010%
Runway of Dreams Foundation$25010%
For the Girls Inc$25010%
Pianos for People$25010%
Gobelieve Culture$2501n/a
Lee Youth Association Inc$25010%
Nourish Up$25010%
Oxfam-America Inc$25010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$25010%
Laurel House$25010%
Families Behind the Badge Children's Foundation$25010%
The Marshall Project Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 103 recipients with no EIN on record ($187k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Star Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHelen Keller International: $11,737 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOne to One Women Coaching Women: $8,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNewark Academy: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoys Town Jerusalem Foundation of America: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTravis Mills Foundation: $4,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Trail Conservancy: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCrisis Text Line Inc: $3,536 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHospice & Palliative Carecenter: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Forsyth County Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Pancreas Foundation: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetScienceAnd dba Science&: $3,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,618 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $2,523 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetZero Prostate Cancer: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,402 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Debt Resolution Inc: $2,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPen American Center Inc: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDave Thomas Foundation for Adoption: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBunnys Buddies: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE H E ART PROJECT dba ARTWORXLA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaley House Inc & Affiliates: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrades of Green Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDig Furniture Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMuddy Paws Rescue: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFinal Exit Network Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTransition House Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Newark Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Authors Guild Foundation Inc: $1,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,541 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVoices for Independence: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMindleaps: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% 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 115.

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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.

The Becket Family FoundationPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Becket Family Foundation · Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · American Express Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Aetna Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey

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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How do I get to Star Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Star Foundation Inc 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.

About Star Foundation Inc

How much does Star Foundation Inc give?
Star Foundation Inc reported 58 grants totaling $63,375 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 73 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Star Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), International (13%), Human Services (9%).
Who are Star Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Chance of a Lifetime Inc ($30k), Helen Keller International ($12k), One to One Women Coaching Women ($8k).
Does Star Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Star Foundation Inc 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 Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Becket Family Foundation, Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
Where is Star Foundation Inc based?
Star Foundation Inc is based in NJ.

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 243 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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