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Stater Bros Charities

To provide philanthropic support to approved non-profit organizations in communities served by Stater Bros.

$5.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$11MPhilanthropy$5.0MFood & Nutrition$2.0MHuman Services$1.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$669kPublic Benefit$375kEducation$319kRecreation & Sports$263kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k26 grants · $840k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.0M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Others 25000$1,328,085
City of Hope$906,650
Arthritis Foundation$255,360
Loma Linda Univ Cancer Ctr$250,000
Redlands Comm Hospital Fdn$250,000
Walters Auto Sales & Service$180,633
Riverside Univ Health System$175,000
Dignity Health Fdn$175,000
USO US Service Org$155,000
LLU Childrens Hospital$120,000
Feeding America Riv & SB Co$112,000
Michelles Place$85,000
Salvation Army - So Cal$80,000
Riverside Comm Health Fdn$75,000
Beloved Fdn$75,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $692k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%Childrens Fund Inc: $60k → 14%Childrens Fund Inc: $46k → 14%Shoes That Fit: $70k → 14%American Red Cross: $25k → 10%Childrens Fund Inc: $26k → 14%Shoes That Fit: $25k → 14%Childrens Fund Inc: $25k → 14%Shoes That Fit: $25k → 14%Firefighter Cancer Support: $30k → 14%Volunteers for Veterans Fdn: $51k → 14%Beloved Fdn: $75k → 14%Beloved Fdn: $60k → 14%Beloved Fdn: $50k → 14%Beloved Fdn: $25k → 14%Inland Harvest: $25k → 14%Beloved Foundation: $25k → 14%Mansion Memories: $25k → 14%Mansion Memories: $25k → 14%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 52 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
33

Total granted

$25M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+1%

Still filing today

48%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $860k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.5M · revenue +33%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1.4M · revenue +4%
  • RU
    Riverside University Health System Foundation
    7× · 2018–2024 · $775k · revenue +181%

Funded once

  • O2
    Other 25000
    one grant, 2023 · $1.3M
  • JC
    Jacobs & Cushman SD Food Bank
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • SA
    Salvation Army Cathedral City
    one grant, 2019 · $78k
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
San Francisco Fire Fighters Cancer Prevention Foundation

San francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation (sffcpf) is committed to the prevention and early detection of cancer and providing access to cutting edge care for active and retired members of the san francisco fire department and…

Health
2
California Healthcare Foundation

Chcf is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of california, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the…

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3
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
4
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
5
Angel Foundation

We offer relief to cancer patients and their loved ones through financial assistance, education, and emotional support.

Health
6
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
7
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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8
Prostate Cancer Foundation

The prostate cancer foundation (pcf) funds the world's most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer, accelerating those discoveries into therapies and strategies designed to improve the quality of life and…

Philanthropy
9
Soteria Precision Medicine Foundation Inc

Soteria Precision Medicine Foundation is dedicated to empowering patients and physicians with personalized precision medicine solutions.

Health
10
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
Children's Cancer Fund of New Mexico

The children's cancer fund of new mexico exists to help persons from new mexico who have been diagnosed with and treated for childhood cancer (at a new mexico pediatric oncology facility) and their families cope with the day-to-day…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rochford Foundation. 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

43 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. 43 of the 104 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
25/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Others 25000: $6,870,780 · OtherOthers 25000City of Hope: $2,822,512 · OtherCity of HopeOther 25000: $1,321,667 · OtherOther 25000Loma Linda Univ Cancer Ctr: $1,275,000 · OtherLoma Linda Univ Cancer CtrRedlands Comm Hospital Fdn: $1,150,000 · OtherRedlands Comm Hospital Fdn+71 more: $7,675,949 · Other+71 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,531,801 · HealthAmerican Heart Associa…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,437,429 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED IN…Riverside University Health System Foundation: $775,000 · HealthRiverside University H…DIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $650,000 · HealthDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDAT…ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $487,880 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION I…MICHELLES PLACE CANCER RESOURCE CENTER: $425,260 · HealthMICHELLES PLACE CANCER…+5 more: $272,500 · HealthBELOVED FOUNDATION: $235,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S FUND INC: $156,550 · Human ServicesSHOES THAT FIT: $120,000 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEERS FOR VETERANS FOUNDATION: $50,500 · Human ServicesMansion Memories: $50,000 · Human ServicesFIREFIGHTER CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesINLAND HARVEST: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $200,000 · EducationWest Coast Thunder: $65,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $175,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD SHARE INC: $82,500 · Food & NutritionSEVEN POINT INC: $190,000 · Youth DevelopmentMEGAN'S WINGS INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPERATION COMMUNITY CARES: $120,000 · Public BenefitCongressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America: $100,000 · Public Benefit
Other$21,115,908Health$5,579,870Human Services$692,050Education$290,000Food & Nutrition$257,500Youth Development$250,000Public Benefit$220,000

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 budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,531,801 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,437,429 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRiverside University Health System Foundation: $775,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $650,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $640,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $487,880 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMICHELLES PLACE CANCER RESOURCE CENTER: $425,260 over 8y, 11% of budgetBELOVED FOUNDATION: $235,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $222,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $200,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSEVEN POINT INC: $190,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S FUND INC: $156,550 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION COMMUNITY CARES: $120,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetSHOES THAT FIT: $120,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCongressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America: $100,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE CARE PROJECT INC: $97,500 over 3y, 28% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC: $82,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT CANCER FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetWest Coast Thunder: $65,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetBREAST CANCER SOLUTIONS: $60,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetMEGAN'S WINGS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetVOLUNTEERS FOR VETERANS FOUNDATION: $50,500 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetMansion Memories: $50,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetONEOC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARCH FIELD MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPRO KIDS GOLF ACADEMY INC: $42,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetREDLANDS POLICE OFFICERS FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 1y, 24% of budgetTrinity Community Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFIREFIGHTER CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTime For Change Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINLAND EMPIRE UNITED WAY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROCHFORD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetKERN COUNTY CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetRedlands Police Community Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 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.

  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Riverside University Health System Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHELLES PLACE CANCER RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BELOVED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SEVEN POINT INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION COMMUNITY CARES ↗
  • Who funds SHOES THAT FIT ↗
  • Who funds Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America ↗
  • Who funds THE CARE PROJECT INC ↗

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.

Inland Empire Community FoundationCA20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Inland Empire Community Foundation · The California Endowment · California Community Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · John P Previti Memorial Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Sempra Foundation · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

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 Stater Bros Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stater Bros Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%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
    1get no government money at all
    11report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Stater Bros Charities?

    Find your warmest path to Stater Bros Charities 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 104 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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