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Starr Family Foundation at a glance

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Starr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$28kPhilanthropy$13kEducation$8kHuman Services$7kReligion$5kInternational$3kRecreation & Sports$2kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIMPLE CHANGES$9,000
FRIENDS OF RWANDAN EDUCATION$2,500
ST URSULA ACADEMY$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SIMPLE CHANGES: $9k → 6%SIMPLE CHANGES: $3k → 6%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%Simple Changes: $3k → 6%SIMPLE CHANGES: $3k → 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.
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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26k · 6 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
23

Total granted

$26k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+37%

Still filing today

67%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • SC
    SIMPLE CHANGES INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $18k · revenue +32%
  • OV
    OHIO VALLEY VOICES
    2× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +48%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • SC
    SIMPLE CHANGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • FC
    Fairfield City School District
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • CC
    CHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +23%
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
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
2
Ability Kc

Our mission is to build brighter futures for children and adults with disabilities by providing comprehensive medical, therapeutic, educational, and vocational services.

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3
Lake Humane Society

Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. vision: leading and guiding a humane lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. engagement through innovative programs,…

Animals
4
Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center

To change the lives of people with disabilities by promoting their physical, psychological and social well-being through equine-assisted activities.

—
5
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
6
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Cvph medical center's mission is to provide quality health care for the north country region in upstate new york.

Health
7
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation

Children's hospital of pittsburgh foundation is the sole fundraising arm of upmc children's hospital of pittsburgh.the foundation exists to provide financial support for the hospital's mission of improving the health and well-being of…

Health
8
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
9
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
10
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
11
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region

To offer compassionate care to animals, support safe communities, and provide socially conscious sheltering. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
12
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Ability Center; the most unlike its peers is The Mary Magdalen Foundation Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONSIMPLE CHANGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,000 · OtherSIMPLE CHANGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERFairfield City School District: $3,000 · OtherFairfield City School District1N5: $2,500 · Other1N5Kentucky Counseling Center: $2,000 · OtherST AUGUSTINE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherTHE MARY MAGDALEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · OtherST PETER CHANEL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $1,500 · Other+16 more: $11,950 · Other+16 moreSIMPLE CHANGES INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesSIMPLE CHANGES INCSTEPPING STONES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $3,500 · EducationJohn Carroll University: $400 · EducationThe Christ Hospital: $1,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,050 · HealthCHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY: $2,500 · ReligionFRIENDS OF RWANDAN EDUCATION INC: $2,500 · InternationalNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $1,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$39,450Human Services$19,000Education$3,900Health$2,550Religion$2,500International$2,500Recreation & Sports$1,500

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 budgetSIMPLE CHANGES INC: $18,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN CENTER OF PARK CITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RWANDAN EDUCATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MARY MAGDALEN FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Christ Hospital: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Indian Center of Salt Lake: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $400 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.

American Endowment Fo…The Greater Cincinnat…Mightycause Charitabl…Baird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…Renaissance Charitabl…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
American Endowment FoundationOH14.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Starr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Starr Family Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s 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
    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.

    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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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