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Stephen D Falkenbury Jr Foundation at a glance

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Stephen D Falkenbury Jr Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2023
25
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Education$28kHealth$25kPublic Benefit$23kHuman Services$20kRecreation & Sports$17kArts & Culture$13kReligion$11kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$448k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPTIAL$5,000
THE CITADEL FOUNDATION$5,000
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY$3,000
ST ANDREWS SEWANEE SCHOOL$3,000
PATRIOT MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION$2,500
UNC THE ARTS AND SCIENCE FOUNDATION$2,000
UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE$2,000
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH CAPITAL FUND$2,000
HAIR TO STAY$2,000
AMIDEAST HOPE FUND$2,000
PURPLE HEART HOMES$1,000
THE JOSHUA FUND$1,000
THOMPSON CHILDREN'S HOME$1,000
LEONARD EDUCATION ORGANIZATION$1,000
ANERA$1,000
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 (FY22–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST COOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $500 → 12%RAPPAHANNOCK BEVOLENT FUND: $500 → 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

OH
CA
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$136k · 21 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
14

Total granted

$136k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+24%

Still filing today

62%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Public BenefitEducationArts & CultureInternationalHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CM
    Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America
    4× · 2020–2023 · $22k · revenue +27%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $18k · revenue +78%
  • TC
    THE CITADEL BRIGADIER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $17k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • RI
    RAPPU INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +7%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • WW
    WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -39%
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
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
2
Medal of Honor Foundation Inc

The Medal of Honor Foundation's mission and purpose is to provide funds to support the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. In doing so, the Foundation supports the Society in advancing their mission to perpetuate the Medal of Honor's…

Arts & Culture
3
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
4
Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation Inc

The mission of the purple heart foundation is to enhance the quality of life of purple heart recipients and other honorably discharged veterans and their families.

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5
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
6
Naval War College Foundation Inc

Help the naval war college to: a. develop strategic and operational leaders: provide professional military education programs that are current, rigorous, relevant, and accessible to the maximum number of qualified u.s. officers and navy…

Education
7
Uso Foundation

The mission of the uso foundation (foundation) is to support uso inc.'s (uso) mission to strengthen the well-being of the people serving in america's military and their families.

—
8
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
9
Jewish War Veterans of the United States

The Organization was granted a charter as a not for profit corporation for patriotic and educational purposes with special concern for the welfare of veterans. The Organization's principal activities consist of protecting the benefits and…

—
10
The Honor Foundation Inc

Assists u.s. special operation forces transition from active duty military to private sector careers.

Employment
11
Packages From Home

To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans

Philanthropy
12
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Citadel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Carolinas Freedom 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

27 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. 27 of the 44 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)
26/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL: $8,500 · OtherST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOLCHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH CAPITAL FUND: $7,100 · OtherCHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH CAPITAL FUNDUNC THE ARTS AND SCIENCE FOUNDATION: $7,100 · OtherUNC THE ARTS AND SCIENCE FOUNDATIONHOPE FUND PROGRAMS AT AMIDEAST: $5,100 · OtherHOPE FUND PROGRAMS AT AMIDEASTTHOMPSON CHILDREN'S HOME: $5,000 · OtherTHOMPSON CHILDREN'S HOMELEVINE CANCER INSTITUE ADVANCEMENT FUND: $3,500 · OtherLEVINE CANCER INSTITUE ADVANCEMENT FU…AMIDEAST HOPE FUND: $2,000 · Other+17 more: $12,582 · Other+17 moreCongressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America: $22,400 · Public BenefitCongressional Medal of Hono…Patriot Military Family Foundation: $11,700 · Public BenefitPatriot Military Family Fou…PURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $2,500 · Public BenefitPURPLE HEART HOMES INC+2 more: $1,500 · Public BenefitTHE CITADEL BRIGADIER FOUNDATION: $16,500 · EducationTHE CITADEL BRIGADIER FOU…THE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $10,500 · EducationTHE CITADEL FOUNDATIONLeonard Education Organization: $5,600 · EducationLeonard Education Organiz…RAPPU INC: $2,000 · EducationRAPPU INC+1 more: $1,000 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $17,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDR…HAIRTOSTAY: $3,000 · HealthHAIRTOSTAYUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $2,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $1,500 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $1,500 · InternationalCAROLINAS FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE ART LEAGUE: $500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE MARINE CAROLINA MUSEUM OF THE MARINE: $200 · Arts & CultureTHE JOSHUA FUND: $1,000 · Religion
Other$50,882Public Benefit$38,100Education$35,600Health$20,500International$5,000Arts & Culture$4,200Religion$1,000

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 budgetCongressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America: $22,400 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITADEL BRIGADIER FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPatriot Military Family Foundation: $11,700 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeonard Education Organization: $5,600 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetHAIRTOSTAY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINAS FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAPPU INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCABARRUS VICTIMS ASSISTANCE NETWORK: $1,009 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANNON SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOSHUA FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOING PLACES: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Army Historical Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Cooper Community Outreach: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAPPAHANNOCK BENEVOLENT FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ART LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRIVE FORE THE TROUPS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE MARINE CAROLINA MUSEUM OF THE MARINE: $200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationMariam & Robert Hayes…Albemarle FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC17.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust · Albemarle Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Stephen D Falkenbury Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen D Falkenbury Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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 Stephen D Falkenbury Jr Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Stephen D Falkenbury Jr 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 44 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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