Delaware · Private foundation
Starfish tlc Fund
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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Starfish tlc Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $40k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $227k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $280k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $272k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $247k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $260k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $33k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $1,024,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Defy Ventures Inc | $320,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Conscious Capitalism Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The American Fund for Lse | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| E Town | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Osborne Association Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Impact100 Westchester Inc | $4,450 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $1,024,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Defy Ventures Inc | $320,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Conscious Capitalism Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The American Fund for Lse | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| E Town | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Osborne Association Inc | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Impact100 Westchester Inc | $4,450 | 4 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawrence Community Health Services | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pink Aid Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Baruch College Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbors Link Corp | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bank Street College of Education | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hour Children Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Starfish tlc Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Starfish tlc Fund
- How much does Starfish tlc Fund give?
- Starfish tlc Fund reported 3 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Starfish tlc Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (90%), Youth Development (2%), International (2%).
- Who are Starfish tlc Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The President and Trustees of Colby College ($1.0M), Defy Ventures Inc ($320k), Conscious Capitalism Inc ($25k).
- Does Starfish tlc Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Starfish tlc Fund 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Starfish tlc Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is Starfish tlc Fund based?
- Starfish tlc Fund is based in DE.
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