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Stellar Solutions 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.

$239k
Granted FY2024still arriving
242
Grants FY2024still arriving
36
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$299kEducation$294kArts & Culture$283kReligion$222kHuman Services$211kAnimals$137kInternational$99kPhilanthropy$74kOther$0
02FY2024 · 242 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k241 grants · $199k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
$1,000
Median grant
36
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOUNDATION FOR THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NQ AWARD$40,000
SAMARITANS'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL RELIEF$5,000
PROCLAIM INTERNATIONAL INC$3,000
SAVE A WARRIOR$2,500
VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM (VCHS)$2,500
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$2,000
SEC OF THE AIR FORCE SPECIAL$2,000
UNITED STATES GEOSPATIALINTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION$1,545
GOOD SHEPHERDS CHILDREN CTR$1,500
LEGACIES ALIVE FOUNDATION AWS RUN FOR THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES$1,500
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF FREDERICKSBURG$1,500
TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY$1,500
HEART OF TUCSON HAPPY EQUINE$1,500
NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION$1,200
AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND$1,000
02The need
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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, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 17%MISSION TO EL SALVADOR: $1k → 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 14%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $2k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $1k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 15%LUCY IDOL CENTER: $1k → 11%MIAMI VALLEY DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%ECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $1k → 15%HEART HAVENS INC: $1k → 7%FRONT ROYAL WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS PIONEER VALLEY CHAPTER: $1k → 17%MISSOULA FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 9%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $1k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%MIAMI VALLEY DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%ECHOING HILLS VILLAGE: $1k → 15%FRONT ROYAL WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER: $1k → 10%EXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS: $1k → 11%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $1k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%MIAMI VALLEY DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $1k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%MILLENNIUM GROUP: $1k → 13%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $1k → 8%EXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS: $1k → 11%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $1k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%MILLENNIUM GROUP: $1k → 13%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $1k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%MILLENNIUM GROUP: $1k → 13%MIDDLETOWN LIONS FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $1k → 8%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%MIDDLETOWN LIONS FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $1k → 8%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%GRACE MINISTRIES: $1k → 7%STRIPES OF A WARRIOR: $1k → 10%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

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MO
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AR
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SC
DC
HI
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GA
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 410 repeat orgs$527k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

410 repeat relationships: 115 still active in FY2024, 295 since wound down; 80 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

410
522

Total granted

$1.6M
$461k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+15%

Still filing today

61%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalOther
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
    7× · 2018–2024 · $37k · revenue +125%
  • AF
    AIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $27k · revenue +137%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    7× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • VH
    VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -33%
  • FO
    FREEDOM OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • SM
    SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
3
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
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
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Lanakila Outrigger Canoe Club. 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

542 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. 542 of the 1,027 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)
104
Early backer (in before they grew)
521/542
Grantees still filing
377/542
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NQ AWARD: $191,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NQ AWARD+119 more: $564,562 · Other+119 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $36,700 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,200 · HealthALZHEIMER'S …CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBRO…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $7,650 · HealthPARKINSON'S …Children's Hospital Colorado: $5,500 · HealthVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $5,000 · HealthCarilion Clinic Foundation: $5,000 · HealthROCKHILL VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $5,000 · HealthMOSAIC COUNSELING CENTERS OF EAST TEXAS INC: $5,000 · HealthNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $4,500 · Health+9 more: $31,000 · Health+9 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $21,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WA…Living Water International: $7,500 · Human ServicesLiving Wat…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS…Guide Dogs of Texas Inc: $6,500 · Human ServicesGuide Dogs…GRACE MINISTRIES: $6,000 · Human ServicesLANAKILA OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB: $5,500 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $4,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY TO FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK: $4,000 · Human ServicesUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $3,950 · Human Services+8 more: $24,800 · Human Services+8 moreUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $11,050 · EducationEQUITY NOW INC: $9,500 · EducationTEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION: $7,100 · EducationBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $7,000 · EducationKellsie's Hope Foundation Inc NFP: $5,950 · EducationJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationROUND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO: $5,000 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 · EducationPALOS VERDES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB: $5,000 · EducationST MARTIN'S ACADEMY: $4,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,550 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $3,550 · EducationTexas A&M Foundation: $3,500 · EducationTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $3,500 · Education+6 more: $18,016 · EducationAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $27,000 · PhilanthropyJUDI'S HOUSE INC: $7,000 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $5,500 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · PhilanthropyHemophilia Foundation of MD Inc: $3,000 · PhilanthropyST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $8,000 · AnimalsLIFELINE PET RESCUE: $8,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $7,750 · AnimalsNOAH'S ARKS RESCUE: $7,700 · AnimalsTHE OLD MUTT HUT: $5,000 · AnimalsAlley Cat Allies Inc: $4,600 · AnimalsTHE CHANCE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · AnimalsDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $3,000 · AnimalsBUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY: $10,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPE: $9,250 · InternationalCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $6,085 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,835 · InternationalHands Together Inc: $3,000 · InternationalDignity Period: $3,000 · International
Other$755,562Health$133,550Human Services$116,250Education$96,716Philanthropy$53,000Animals$48,050International$37,170

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $36,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $17,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $13,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SPACE CLUB AND FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $11,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLARIONMODEL: $10,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEQUITY NOW INC: $9,500 over 5y, 13% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $9,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $8,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $8,065 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS FOR YOUTH INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLIFELINE PET RESCUE: $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $7,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNOAH'S ARKS RESCUE: $7,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $7,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Water International: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION: $7,100 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJUDI'S HOUSE INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $6,085 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASHBURN VOLUNTEER FIRE AND RESCUE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGRACE MINISTRIES: $6,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetKellsie's Hope Foundation Inc NFP: $5,950 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,835 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLANAKILA OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB: $5,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $5,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF): $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMountainTrue: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCarilion Clinic Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROCKHILL VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD INC: $5,000 over 3y, 4.2% 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL SPACE CLUB AND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ↗
  • Who funds CLARIONMODEL ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EQUITY NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Disabled American Veterans ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFELINE PET RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds NOAH'S ARKS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Living Water International ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS AGGIE CORPS OF CADETS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds BLACK GIRLS CODE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDI'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Guide Dogs of Texas 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.

United Way of the Nat…Community Foundation …The Northrop Grumman …Give Back FoundationThe Peterson Family F…The Community Foundat…Salesforce FoundationWestern Union Foundat…The Sobrato Family Fo…The Janus Henderson F…Give Lively Foundatio…Philip L Graham Fund …
United Way of the National Capital AreaVA29× affinity18 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the National Capital Area · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · The Northrop Grumman Foundation · Give Back Foundation · The Peterson Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Salesforce Foundation · Western Union Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company

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 Stellar Solutions Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stellar Solutions Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to Stellar Solutions Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stellar Solutions 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 1027 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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