· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| HIDDEN B RANCH DONKEY RESCUE | $2,500 |
| ZERO PROSTATE CANCER | $2,500 |
| PHILABUNDANCE | $2,500 |
| METAVIVOR | $2,000 |
| MUDDY PAWS RESCUE | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| PEOPLE'S FORUM | $2,000 |
| SCIENCEAND | $1,500 |
| REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FDN | $1,500 |
| FINAL EXIT NETWORK | $1,500 |
| CHANCE OF A LIFETIME (COLT) | $1,500 |
| DEMOCRACY FORWARD FDN | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| SCIENCEAND | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
76 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 54 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HKHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL8× · 2018–2025 · $12k · revenue +44%
- OTONE TO ONE WOMEN COACHING WOMEN4× · 2020–2023 · $8k · revenue +72%
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC7× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +110%
Funded once
- WJWORLD JEWISH CONGRESSone grant, 2018 · $8k
- MVMACULA VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATone grant, 2018 · $3k
- KLK&H LOTMAN FUNDMACULA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $3k
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.
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.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.
Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
Building bridges across diverse sectors, and developing innovative technologies and tools for policy makers. a leader in the conflict assessment and early warning field, the fund for peace focuses on the problems of weak and failing…
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…
Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
How this is measured
126 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 126 of the 243 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds ONE TO ONE WOMEN COACHING WOMEN ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEWARK ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds TRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds CRISIS TEXT LINE INC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARECENTER ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PANCREAS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ↗
- Who funds ScienceAnd dba Science& ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
- Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Star Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Star Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Transition House Inc: 39% of income from government
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
- Lee Youth Association Inc: 3% of income from government
- Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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