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Steelberg Foundation

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.

$150k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
79
Grants FY2025
65
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,500
Organizations funded a year
31 to 66
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
20
Total assets, FY2025
$2.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Steelberg Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalCivil RightsArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving75$148k20%
FY202465$122k14%
FY202366$114k15%
FY202264$119k30%
FY202154$102k44%
FY202031$55kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$108kCivil Rights$73kInternational$70kPublic Benefit$66kPublic Safety & Disaster$51kEnvironment$41kHuman Services$41kEducation$40kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 97 grantees
All grantees of Steelberg Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greater Chicago Food Depository$46,50060%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$41,00060%
Prime Coalition Inc$30,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$27,50060%
Fairvote$25,00060%
World Central Kitchen Inc$21,00040%
Refugeeone$17,00060%
Vassar College$15,50050%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$15,00060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$15,00050%
Givedirectly Inc$12,00050%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$11,50040%
Feeding America$11,50060%
National Vote At Home Institute$10,00021%
RepresentUs Education Fund$10,00060%
Waukegan To College NFP$10,00060%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$10,00060%
Poor Magazine Inc$9,00051%
Guadalupe Center Inc$9,00060%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$8,70050%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$8,70050%
Transgender Law Center$8,65050%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$8,00040%
Grace Place for Children and Families Inc$8,00060%
Rank the Vote Inc$8,00040%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$8,00040%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$7,50040%
National Immigration Law Center$7,00060%
Unite America Institute Inc$7,00040%
Paws With A Cause$6,00040%
Northwestern University$6,00060%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$6,00060%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$5,72550%
Arm in Arm Inc$5,00010%
Center for American Progress$5,0001n/a
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$5,00020%
United Way of North Carolina$5,00010%
Princeton Mobile Food Pantry Inc a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$5,00022%
Every Org$4,50020%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$4,45060%
Covenant House Illinois Inc$4,45040%
Chicago Public Media Inc$4,45060%
Alliance for Justice$4,00040%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$4,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,00030%
Change Illinois$4,00020%
Equal Justice Initiative$3,70050%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$3,50050%
The Art Institute of Chicago$3,50060%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$3,20020%
Share Our Strength$3,00030%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$3,00060%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,00060%
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc$2,80040%
First Nations Development Institute$2,62550%
Historical Society of Princeton$2,50010%
Institute for Latino Progress$2,50010%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$2,50010%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$2,50010%
Naples Botanical Garden Inc$2,50060%
Advocates for Trans Equality Education Fund$2,4001n/a
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc$2,30050%
Black and Pink Inc$2,30050%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$2,20050%
Zebra Youth Inc$2,00020%
Spirit Rock Meditation Center$2,0001n/a
The Clear Fund$2,0001n/a
Middle East Children's Alliance$2,00020%
Housing Initiatives of Princeton Charitable Trust$2,00010%
Homefront Inc$2,00010%
Mothers Demand Action Corporation$2,0002n/a
Catholic Charities Diocese of Trenton$2,0001n/a
Her Justice Inc$2,00020%
Ukraine House DC Foundation Inc$1,75020%
Chicago Community Bond Fund$1,75030%
One Iowa$1,30030%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,30060%
Literacy Volunteers of Collier County Inc$1,10050%
Pro Publica Inc$1,0001n/a
Mercy Corps$1,00010%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$1,00010%
Emma's Torch Ltd$1,0001n/a
Common Cause Education Fund$1,00010%
Think of US$1,00010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,00010%
City Harvest Inc$50010%
Independent Feature Project Inc$5001n/a
Brave Space Alliance$50010%
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles$50010%
Iowa Environmental Council$50010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$50010%
Honor the Earth$50010%
American Near East Refugee Aid$40010%
Ali Forney Center Inc$25010%
Wide Rainbow Corporation$25010%
Evergreen Collaborative$25010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Steelberg Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $46,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $41,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPrime Coalition Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFairvote: $25,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRefugeeone: $17,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVassar College: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Vote At Home Institute: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRepresentUs Education Fund: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWaukegan To College NFP: $10,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPoor Magazine Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $8,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Debt Resolution Inc: $8,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $8,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Campaign Legal Center Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Place for Children and Families Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRank the Vote Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Coalition to End Homelessness: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Constitution Society for Law & Policy: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnite America Institute Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Refugee Assistance Project Inc: $5,725 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArm in Arm Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of North Carolina: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Mobile Food Pantry Inc a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $5,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEvery Org: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc: $4,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House Illinois Inc: $4,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Public Media Inc: $4,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Justice: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChange Illinois: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $3,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 88.

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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.

Tides FoundationCA18.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Boston Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The Rockefeller Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur 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.

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About Steelberg Foundation

How much does Steelberg Foundation give?
Steelberg Foundation reported 79 grants totaling $150,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Steelberg Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (16%), Civil Rights (11%), International (10%).
Who are Steelberg Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Greater Chicago Food Depository ($47k), Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc ($41k), Prime Coalition Inc ($30k).
Does Steelberg Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Steelberg Foundation 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 Steelberg Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Boston Foundation Inc.
Where is Steelberg Foundation based?
Steelberg Foundation is based in DE.

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 111 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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