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Steele Foundation for Music & Education Inc

SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF MUSIC & EDUCATION Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$825
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$150
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$3kHealth$2kHuman Services$450Education$300Housing & Shelter$250Youth Development$250Environment$100Food & Nutrition$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
8
States reached
$29k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PILOTS TO THE RESCUE$150
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS$100
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$100
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$100
PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE$100
YARDLEY-MAKEFIELD EMERGENCY UNIT$75
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$50
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER$50
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$50
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$50
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 (FY20–24, $575) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 14%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $250 → 12%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA: $150 → 12%NATL COALITION FOR HOMELESS VETERANS: $125 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
SD
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
FL
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2k · 7 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
14

Total granted

$2k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+42%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625 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
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $600 · revenue +78%
  • FS
    FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $400 · revenue +26%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    3× · 2021–2023 · $400 · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $300 · revenue +49%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $300 · revenue +59%
  • FF
    FUNNY FARM RESCUE ANIMAL SANCTUARY
    one grant, 2021 · $250
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
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
5
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
6
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
7
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
8
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
9
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
10
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
11
Veterinarians Without Borders Usa

Our mission is to strengthen animal health and welfare to build more resilient communities. we do this by enhancing veterinary care, bolstering community disaster response and recovery, championing sustainable livelihoods, and improving…

International
12
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. 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 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FUNNY FARM RESCUE ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $250 · OtherFUNNY FARM RESCUE ANIMAL SANCTU…BOYSGIRLS CLUB NO CHEYENNE NATION: $250 · OtherBOYSGIRLS CLUB NO CHEYENNE NATI…FUNNY FARM ANIMAL RESCUE: $250 · OtherFUNNY FARM ANIMAL RESCUEASSOC 4 FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $250 · OtherASSOC 4 FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERA…Individual grant recipient: $150 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATL COALITION 4 HOMELESS VETS: $125 · OtherNATL COALITION 4 HOMELESS VETSINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $100 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHR…INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS: $100 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHR…PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE: $100 · OtherPEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUEYARDLEY-MAKEFIELD CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY UNIT: $75 · OtherTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $400 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE …PAWS OF WAR INC: $250 · AnimalsPAWS OF WAR INCANIMAL ALLIANCE INC: $250 · AnimalsANIMAL ALLIANCE INCBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $225 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $150 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $150 · AnimalsPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INCDefenders of Wildlife: $100 · AnimalsDefenders of WildlifeST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $600 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $300 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF …THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $300 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF …THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $250 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOT…FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $400 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $300 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR…NATIONAL COALITION FOR HOMELESS VETERANS: $125 · Human ServicesNATIONAL COALIT…OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE: $250 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50 · EducationWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 · EnvironmentSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $50 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,650Animals$1,525Health$1,450Human Services$825Education$300Environment$100Arts & Culture$50

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL ALLIANCE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $225 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION FOR HOMELESS VETERANS: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYARDLEY-MAKEFIELD CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY UNIT: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50 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.

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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 Steele Foundation for Music & Education Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steele Foundation for Music & Education Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report 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 28 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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