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Star Kids Foundation Inc at a glance

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Star Kids 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.

$679k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$383k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$1.9MHealth$295kFood & Nutrition$257kYouth Development$205kPhilanthropy$85kHousing & Shelter$12kRecreation & Sports$3kHuman Services$3k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $91k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $383k
$26,522
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC$383,200
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA$89,164
RICHARD J RUNDLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$60,805
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATL$50,000
SHARE OUR STRENGTHS$26,522
ACADEMY PREP OF ST PETE$26,250
THE GIVING KITCHEN$25,000
MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL$13,000
ST PETE FREE CLINIC$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $169k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $89k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA: $80k → 13%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

WA
NY
MA
NV
CT
DC
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 13 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$2.6M
$98k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+40%

Still filing today

77%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +57%
  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    5× · 2017–2025 · $237k · revenue +60%
  • St Petersburg Free Clinic Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $205k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • BB
    BLEEDING BLUE FOR GOOD
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +29%
  • LF
    Ludacris Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +40%
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
North Texas Food Bank

To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.

—
3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children

Provides college scholarships and mentoring programs for deserving low-income children whose household income falls below 185% of the federal poverty guidelines from middle school through college.

Crime & Legal
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Kids in Need Foundation

We believe every child in america should have equal opportunity and resources to engage in a quality education. by partnering with teachers and students in under-resourced schools, we provide the support needed to create equitable learning…

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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8
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
9
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina Inc

Junior achievement of greater south carolina (jagsc) is dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to thrive in a global economy. through innovative learning experiences, ja focuses on three core areas: financial literacy,…

International
10
Institute of Food Technologists

As an organization, the institute of food technologists is focusing its work in four main areas, or "roles and goals." each is wide-reaching and helps to advance our mission.steward for the profession and its community - provide learning,…

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11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Children's Shelter Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

17 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. 17 of the 22 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $1,233,200 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INCPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $103,150 · EducationPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $15,000 · EducationRICHARD J RUNDLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $334,178 · OtherRICHARD J RUNDLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $236,522 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $205,000 · OtherSt Petersburg Free Clinic IncBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATL: $185,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLBLEEDING BLUE FOR GOOD: $50,000 · Other+8 more: $74,900 · Other+8 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $169,353 · Human ServicesBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $85,000 · HealthTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyLudacris Foundation Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $12,210 · Housing & Shelter
Education$1,351,350Other$1,085,600Human Services$169,353Health$85,000Philanthropy$45,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Housing & Shelter$12,210

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC: $1,233,200 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $236,522 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $205,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA INC: $169,353 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPINELLAS COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $103,150 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $12,210 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLudacris Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetNATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER INC: $5,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInspire Brands Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Star Kids Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Star Kids Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 22 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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