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Star Welfare 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.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$10kHealth$10kEducation$5kArts & Culture$4kHuman Services$3kPhilanthropy$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
2
States reached
$82k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$1,100
THE ELLEN HERMANSON FOUNDATION$500
NYU LANGONE HEALTH$250
ALPHA PHI GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$114
Individual grant recipient$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $150 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $150 → 17%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

NY
CA
KY
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22k · 16 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
17

Total granted

$22k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
0%

Still filing today

56%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterInternationalRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • FB
    FDNY BOXING INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $8k · revenue +94%
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    2× · 2018–2022 · $1k · revenue +22%
  • UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $1k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • LK
    LEAH KUCZINSKI LEGACY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue -90%
  • PB
    PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -80%
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
International Assoc of Firefighters Local 854

The organization was established to further the interests of its membership by seeking improved terms and conditions of employment, to render moral and material aid to members as needed, to provide representation and/or counsel in legal…

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2
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
3
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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6
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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7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
The Aopa Foundation Inc

See schedule oto promote, advance and encourage aviation and airport safety and security and the research and testing in the support thereof; to educate the public and users of the national air transportation system to the value and…

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Nj State Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Assoc Inc

It is the mission of the new jersey firefighters mutual benevolent association to represent, protect, and educate the firefighters, emts, and dispatchers throughout the state of new jersey through representation at the local, state, and…

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10
Foundation for Advancing Veterans' Health Research

To promote, administer, and conduct research and education at the va to improve the health and lives of veterans.

Health
11
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
12
Honor Emergency Fund of the Fire Department of the City of New York

To provide health, medical, counseling services and financial aid to active and retired fdny firefighters, fire officers, their families, active members of the emergency medical service and active civilian fdny employees in medical and…

Membership Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 38 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EASTERN LI POLICE PIPES & DRUMS: $4,000 · OtherEASTERN LI POLICE PIPES & DRUMSPECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER: $3,050 · OtherPECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTERTHE REAGAN RANCH CENTER: $2,000 · OtherTHE REAGAN RANCH CENTERTEMPLE BETH EL OF GREAT NECK: $1,680 · OtherTEMPLE BETH EL OF GREAT NECKSTAND UP FOR A CURE INC: $1,500 · OtherSTAND UP FOR A CURE INCGLEN OAKS PHILANTHROPIC (JEWISH COMMUNAL): $1,500 · OtherGLEN OAKS PHILANTHROPIC (JEWISH COMMUNAL)NEW YORK SPORTSCENE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION (NYSCF): $1,500 · OtherNEW YORK SPORTSCENE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION (NYSCF)ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $1,050 · OtherPORTLEDGE SCHOOL: $850 · OtherNY SPORTSCENE CHILDREN'S FEDERATION: $750 · Other+14 more: $4,164 · Other+14 moreFDNY BOXING INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsFDNY BOXING INCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · HealthAMERICAN C…FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 · HealthFIREFIGHTE…FOUNDATION FOR PRADER-WILLI RESEARCH INC: $250 · HealthFOUNDATION…+1 more: $100 · HealthLEAH KUCZINSKI LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · EducationLEAH KUCZ…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,150 · PhilanthropySAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $300 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $100 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $1,100 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 · InternationalUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Other$22,044Recreation & Sports$7,500Health$4,100Education$3,500Philanthropy$2,550International$2,100Public Benefit$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFDNY BOXING INC: $7,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetLEAH KUCZINSKI LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLEDGE SCHOOL: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIGILANT ENGINE HOOK & LADDER CO INC: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELLEN P HERMANSON FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR PRADER-WILLI RESEARCH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERHEAD VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $50 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.

Jewish Communal FundDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · 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 Welfare Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Star Welfare Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% 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 · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to Star Welfare Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Star Welfare 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 38 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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