Arizona · Private foundation
Stardust 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Stardust Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $1.7M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $3.0M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $6.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everest Foundation for Family Enrichment Inc | $5,250,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Valleywise Health Foundation | $2,500,000 | 1 | 14% |
| First Place Az | $1,800,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix | $1,250,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust | $700,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Seal Future Foundation Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Project Copper Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Teach for America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Stardust Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
About Stardust Foundation Inc
- How much does Stardust Foundation Inc give?
- Stardust Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $1,700,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Stardust Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (40%), Health (19%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Stardust Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Everest Foundation for Family Enrichment Inc ($5.3M), Valleywise Health Foundation ($2.5M), First Place Az ($1.8M).
- Does Stardust Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stardust 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.
- Where is Stardust Foundation Inc based?
- Stardust Foundation Inc is based in AZ.
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