· Private foundation
Stephenson Family Foundation A/K/A Celebrate Life 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $300k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY | $1,000,000 |
| TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $300,000 |
| THE GRANT HAMILL FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| HOROTIO ALGER ASSOCIATION | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| THE DAVID FOSTER FOUNDATION | $38,000 |
| COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS | $35,000 |
| ASSISTANCE IN HEALTHCARE | $25,975 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| DREAM CENTER | $25,000 |
| THE ATLAS SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| SCOTTISH RITE CHARITIES | $21,000 |
| BARRINGTON HISTORY MUSEUM | $20,000 |
| DEPAUW UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| WABASH COLLEGE | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $874k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
45 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPTHE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY4× · 2020–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +44%
- WCWabash College8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +87%
- CICHILDHELP INC7× · 2018–2024 · $725k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- TPTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTYgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue +150%
- TBTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATIone grant, 2023 · $100k
- SHSSM HEALTH CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREone grant, 2017 · $50k
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Vision: drive positive change through the power of design and focused activism.mission: aia inspires and empowers architects to improve society and transform the world.
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,…
Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…
Acec research institute serve as the leading source of knowledge and thought leadership for creating a more sustainable, safe, secure, and technically advanced built environment. identify, fund, and provide industry wide research forecasts…
To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…
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.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
To represent the interests of dermatologists and their patients. to influence and be a credible resource for public and private entities related to all policies and regulations that have the potential to affect the delivery of dermatologic…
Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.
How this is measured
58 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 58 of the 118 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
- Who funds Wabash College ↗
- Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDHELP INC ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds THE DAVID FOSTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE IN HEALTHCARE INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTIC LEGAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Sheridan Historical Society INC ↗
- Who funds College of Lake County Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Trends Charitable Fund ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ACUPUNCTURE& CHINESE ↗
- Who funds Acton Academy DC Foundation ↗
- Who funds GRANT HAMILL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Barrington History Museum ↗
- Who funds Foundation for Economic Education Inc ↗
- Who funds Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty ↗
- Who funds THE ATLAS SOCIETY LTD ↗
- Who funds CARRIAGE MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds DePauw University ↗
- Who funds CITY HELP INC OF PHOENIX ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Jackson Family Foundation · Barrington Area Comm Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Baxter International Foundation · Moreno Family Foundation · The Rob Walton Foundation · Foglia Family Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stephenson Family Foundation A/K/A Celebrate Life Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephenson Family Foundation A/K/A Celebrate Life Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
- Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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