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· Public charity

Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation

To improve the quality of life for children, youth and families in need through fundraising and educational efforts.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$573k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$13MRecreation & Sports$5.0MHuman Services$1.7MHealth$453kHousing & Shelter$366kEducation$238kPhilanthropy$210kEmployment$106kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $2,533,128, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,608,200 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $75,072 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $38k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $571k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.9M
$106,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$573,250
MIRACLES FOR KIDS$550,000
ORANGEWOOD$530,000
SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES$263,238
TILLY'S LIFE CENTER$201,040
MERGE OPPORTUNITIES$106,000
CHILENO BAY PROGRAM$100,000
YOUNG LIVES REDEEMED$89,200
CASA YOUTH SHELTER$75,000
CASA DE AMPARO$38,148
BIKES FOR KIDS$7,252
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 (FY17–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $263k → 11%MERGE OPPORTUNITIES: $106k → 14%HALO FOR FREEDOM WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $34k → 8%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $239k → 11%Halo for Freedom Warrior Foundation: $25k → 8%South Bay Community Services: $226k → 11%South Bay Community Services: $177k → 11%South Bay Community Services: $154k → 11%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $142k → 11%SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $135k → 11%South Bay Community Services: $13k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $105k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $38k → 11%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 15 repeat orgs$587k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
7

Total granted

$21M
$406k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+63%

Still filing today

87%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • OF
    ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5.5M · revenue +83%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.5M · revenue +61%
  • MIRACLES FOR KIDS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +200% · 28% of their budget

Funded once

  • CE
    CABO ENGLISH CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -5%
  • CURE DUCHENNE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -46%
  • CB
    CHILENO BAY PROGRAM
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
Catherines Childrens Home

Help transform the lives of abandoned special needs and medically fragile children in baja california, mexico

Human Services
2
Vida Joven Foundation

We transform the lives of orphaned and migrant children in Baja California, Mexico by resourcing and strengthening exceptional programs that serve these young people.

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3
Orphaned Starfish Foundation Inc

The Orphaned Starfish Foundation creates lasting change in the lives of orphans throughout Latin America and the world by helping them develop vocational skills. We believe enabling them with these skills allows them to permanently…

Human Services
4
Misioneros Del Camino Inc

Care for orphaned, abandoned, malnourished and developmentally disabled children in guatemala, c.a.

International
5
Amigos De Los Ninos Mi Casa

Spread the gospel of jesus christ. mi casa was founded for the benefit of guatemalan children ensuring their development through education while providing a healthy and wholesome family environment.

International
6
Foundation for the Children of the Californias

To enhance the health and nutrition of underserved children in the san diego-tijuana mega region primarily through the support of hospital infantil de las californias.

International
7
Casa Del Mar Inc

To form leaders by providing emotional security; breaking cycles of violence, poverty, and abandonment; and developing gifts and talents to transform future generations.

Housing & Shelter
8
Open Arms Childcare Ministries

Providing no-cost childcare to needy families in La Mision and Baja California, Mexico Allowing parents to leave their children in a safe place while they are at work Reducing the need for orphanages.

International
9
Abrazo Foster Family Agency

Our Mission is to take the lead in protecting children entrusted to our care or protection from further abuse and neglect by carefully selecting the most qualified and dedicated foster parents available to operate foster homes for the…

Human Services
10
Nuevo Amanecer Latino Children's Services

Our mission is to provide our children and families with love, education and family based concurrent services. We feel honored to have served more than 20,176 children and youth during our 31 years of service.

Human Services
11
House of Blessing

To support and invest in the communities of Mexico by providing bilingual education, nutrition, and extra-curricular activities for children in kindergarten through high school; jobs for local individuals; and community activities for…

Human Services
12
Los Cabos Children's Foundation

Promote, strengthen and advance programs that have a focus on health and wellness for children and youth in Baja California Sur.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chileno Bay Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cure Duchenne. 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 24 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $5,490,274 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANG…+10 more: $858,672 · Other+10 moreORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $5,544,176 · Crime & LegalORANGEWOOD FOUNDATIONMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC: $4,998,184 · Recreation & SportsMIRACLES FOR KIDS INCTILLY'S LIFE CENTER: $2,027,060 · EducationTILLY'S LIFE…BUILDING BAJA'S FUTURE: $338,000 · EducationBUILDING BAJ…SBCS CORPORATION: $1,349,479 · Human ServicesCasa De Amparo: $143,048 · Human ServicesMERGE OPPORTUNITIES INC: $106,000 · Human ServicesHALO FOR FREEDOM WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $59,000 · Human ServicesSHELTER PROVIDERS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $291,214 · Housing & ShelterCASA YOUTH SHELTER: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED: $159,400 · HealthCURE DUCHENNE: $100,000 · HealthMission Plasticos: $43,627 · Health
Other$6,348,946Crime & Legal$5,544,176Recreation & Sports$4,998,184Education$2,365,060Human Services$1,657,527Housing & Shelter$366,214Health$303,027

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $5,544,176 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $5,490,274 over 8y, 14% of budgetMIRACLES FOR KIDS INC: $4,998,184 over 8y, 28% of budgetTILLY'S LIFE CENTER: $2,027,060 over 8y, 28% of budgetSBCS CORPORATION: $1,349,479 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetBUILDING BAJA'S FUTURE: $338,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetSHELTER PROVIDERS OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $291,214 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetCHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetYOUNG LIVES REDEEMED: $159,400 over 2y, 20% of budgetCasa De Amparo: $143,048 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetABRIENDO CORAZONES-OPENING HEARTS: $140,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCABO ENGLISH CHURCH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetINSPIRE MEXICO FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetCASA YOUTH SHELTER: $75,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHALO FOR FREEDOM WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $59,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMission Plasticos: $43,627 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetBIKES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $23,299 over 2y, 2.3% 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.

Orange County Communi…The Devto Support Fou…Sempra FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Orange County Community FoundationCA16.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%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
    ⤢ 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Stars and Stripes Children's 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 24 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 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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