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Stark Family Foundation Inc Fka Pete Stark Foundation at a glance

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Stark Family Foundation Inc Fka Pete Stark Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Public Benefit$40kHealth$38kHuman Services$33kYouth Development$21kHousing & Shelter$17kEducation$16kReligion$11kArts & Culture$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$404k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER$5,000
NEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN$2,500
MONARCH EMPLOYEE CARE FUND$2,000
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$1,000
HAYWARD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
AFRO AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
MONARCH$1,000
JOHN BURTON ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH$1,000
SAVE THE BAY$1,000
HISPANIC COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COUNCIL$1,000
AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSN$1,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT$500
ARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION$500
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%MONARCH NC: $3k → 13%HAPPY HELPERS FOR THE HOMELESS: $500 → 7%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%MONARCH NC: $3k → 13%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%MONARCH EMPLOYEE CARE FUND: $2k → 13%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%MONARCH EMPLOYEE CARE FUND: $2k → 13%DAVIS STREET COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%MONARCH EMPLOYEE CARE FUND: $2k → 13%Monarch: $1k → 13%MONARCH: $1k → 13%MONARCH: $1k → 13%MONARCH: $1k → 13%Happy Helpers for the Homeless: $500 → 6%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

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WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166k · 21 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
15

Total granted

$166k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+28%

Still filing today

67%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHealthPublic 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

  • CP
    CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +17%
  • TD
    The Davis Street Community Center Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +84%
  • NE
    NEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN
    7× · 2019–2025 · $17k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • NA
    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +78%
  • HO
    HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +28%
  • MH
    Montford Hall
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Council for Higher Education Accreditation

The council is dedicated to serving students and their families, colleges and universities, sponsoring bodies, governments and employers by promoting academic quality through formal recognition of higher education accrediting bodies and…

Education
6
Harvey Mudd College

HMC seeks to educate engineers, scientists, and mathematicians well versed in all of these areas and in the humanities, social sciences and the arts so that they may assume leadership in their fields with a clear understanding of the…

Education
7
Social Science Research Council

The social science research council is an independent, international nonprofit organization. it fosters innovative research, nurtures new generations of social scientists, and deepens how inquiry is practiced within and across disciplines.

Social Science
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
11
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Peace First Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hayward Area Historical Society. 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

27 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. 27 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAY TO RISE: $11,000 · OtherWAY TO RISEDavis Street Family Resource Center: $5,500 · OtherDavis Street Family Resource Cen…HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $5,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INCMontford Hall: $5,000 · OtherMontford HallAFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SOC: $4,000 · OtherAFRO-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HISTO…HISPANIC COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP: $3,000 · OtherYale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity co Dr Sally Shaywitz: $2,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · OtherHAYWARD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 · OtherHAYWARD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETYSave The Bay: $3,500 · OtherSave The BayARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC: $3,000 · OtherELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $2,000 · Other+10 more: $4,600 · Other+10 moreThe Davis Street Community Center Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesThe Davis Street Commun…MONARCH: $10,000 · Human ServicesMONARCHMONARCH EMPLOYEE CARE FUND: $6,000 · Human ServicesMONARCH EMPLOYEE CARE F…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER: $40,000 · Public BenefitCONGRESSIONAL PROGRESS…NEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterNEW ENDEA…NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthWellesley College: $6,500 · EducationNational Association for Family School & Community: $4,400 · EducationHyde School: $1,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationPEACE FIRST INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$57,600Human Services$42,000Public Benefit$40,000Housing & Shelter$17,000Health$15,250Education$14,150Youth Development$14,000

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 budgetCONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER: $40,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe Davis Street Community Center Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENDEAVORS BY WOMEN: $17,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMONARCH: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE FIRST INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHAYWARD AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWellesley College: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMONARCH EMPLOYEE CARE FUND: $6,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontford Hall: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Association for Family School & Community: $4,400 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Bay: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHyde School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Burton Advocates for Youth: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY PEACE INC: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County: $250 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.

Carnegie Corporation …T Rowe Price Program …Silicon Valley Commun…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…
Carnegie Corporation of New YorkNY13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carnegie Corporation of New York · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Stark Family Foundation Inc Fka Pete Stark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stark Family Foundation Inc Fka Pete Stark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Arundel Rivers Federation Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Stark Family Foundation Inc Fka Pete Stark Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stark Family Foundation Inc Fka Pete Stark Foundation 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 39 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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