Skip to content
Star Mooring Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Star Mooring 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.

$195k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$212kHuman Services$65kCommunity Improvement$38kArts & Culture$35kPhilanthropy$22kEducation$15kHealth$10kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $177k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$200k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC$35,000
PROJECT DANDELION$35,000
BRADLEY ANGLE$25,000
THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC$12,000
IMMIGRANT COUNSELING SERVICE$10,000
TIDES CENTER$10,000
UCSF FOUNDATION$10,000
LITTLE ESSENTIALS$10,000
FIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION$10,000
WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS$10,000
THE ANTI NIHILIST FOUNDATION$10,000
EQUALITY NOW$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5,000
GREENAGERS INC$3,000
ROOTS AND DREAMS AND MUSTARD SEEDS INC$3,000
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, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LITTLE ESSENTIALS: $10k → 20%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS: $10k → 17%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS: $10k → 17%BRADLEY ANGLE: $25k → 12%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.
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 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 Conversationalist
—
2
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
5
Womens Way

Formed in the late-70's, WOMEN'S WAY achieves gender equity by building collective power to disrupt oppressive systems and strengthen alternative models centered in love, dignity, and liberation.

Human Services
6
Women in Global Health Inc

Women in global health (wgh) is a global movement and organization that brings together all genders and backgrounds to achieve gender equality in global health leadership.

Public Benefit
7
Women for Women International

In countries affected by conflict and war, women for women international (women for women) supports the most marginalized women to earn and save money, improve health and well-being, influence decisions in their home and community, and…

International
8
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
9
Forward Together

Forward Together is a national reproductive justice organization that centers people, families, and communities who experience reproductive oppression. They prioritize queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and other peoples of color and utilize…

Health
10
New Media Ventures

We believe that by changing where capital is invested, we can shift the structures of power to benefit more people.

Public Benefit
11
Atd Fourth World Movement Inc

Atd fourth world movement is the united states branch of the international movement atd (all together in dignity) fourth world, an international non-governmental organization which aims to eradicate persistent poverty and exclusion through…

Human Services
12
Climateworks Foundation

Climateworks foundation's mission is to connect philanthropy, grantees, and strategic partners to build and deliver high-impact climate solutions that benefit all people.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Women Moving Millions Inc; the most unlike its peers is Anti-Nihilist Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 18 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PATH HOME: $160,000 · Housing & ShelterPATH HOMECOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $52,000 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE H…IMMIGRANT COUNSELING SERVICE: $10,000 · OtherIMMIGRANT COUNSELIN…PEOPLES PANTRY: $3,500 · OtherEquality Now Inc: $5,000 · OtherEquality Now IncGREENAGERS INC: $3,000 · OtherBradley Angle: $25,000 · Human ServicesBradley AngleWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN MOVING MILL…TIDES CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERLITTLE ESSENTIALS: $10,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE ESSENTIALSProject Dandelion Inc: $35,000 · Community ImprovementProject Da…ROOTS & DREAMS AND MUSTARD SEEDS INC: $3,000 · Community ImprovementROOTS & DR…THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM …ANTI-NIHILIST FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 · EducationTHE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL: $12,000 · PhilanthropyFIND YOUR LIGHT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Housing & Shelter$160,000Other$73,500Human Services$65,000Community Improvement$38,000Arts & Culture$35,000Education$25,000Philanthropy$22,000

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 budgetPATH HOME: $160,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $52,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBradley Angle: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetANTI-NIHILIST FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENAGERS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Mustang Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mustang Foundation IncNJ13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mustang Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Mooring Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Star Mooring Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Roots & Dreams and Mustard Seeds Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Bradley Angle: 10% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Star Mooring Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Star Mooring 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.

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 18 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Star Mooring’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home