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Stewart Family 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
63%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 43
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$390k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Stewart Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving14$80k64%
FY202416$152k63%
FY20237$15k57%
FY202210$39k60%
FY20218$33k13%
FY202020$50k25%
FY201926$107k54%
FY201843$120k53%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$133kEducation$124kCrime & Legal$82kHealth$65kHuman Services$63kYouth Development$41kPhilanthropy$35kPublic Benefit$23kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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HI
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of Stewart Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc$65,00040%
Merced County Historical Society$54,00059%
Crickets Hope Inc$31,000415%
California State University Stanislaus Foundation$30,00021%
City of Ketchum$21,0002n/a
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust$15,00010%
Valley Children's Hospital$15,00030%
Center for Human Services$13,17720%
Hearts Afire Foundation$13,00043%
State Theatre of Modesto Inc$11,00050%
Merced College Foundation$10,00011%
Idaho Base Camp Inc$10,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$9,2505n/a
Merced Theatre Foundation$6,90041%
Merced County Arts Council Inc$5,50040%
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In$5,0001n/a
Monarch Joint Venture$5,0001n/a
Stanislaus Business Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Merced Rescue Mission$4,00040%
Miracle League of Stanislaus County$4,00013%
Hinds Hospice$4,00040%
Carmel Valley Community Chapel$4,0001n/a
Society for Disabilities$4,00010%
Sun Valley Community School Inc$4,00020%
The Merced County Food Bank$3,20040%
Gallo Center for the Arts Inc$3,10010%
Merced Symphony Association$3,00031%
Howard Prep$2,50010%
Desert Scholarship Foundation$2,50010%
Merced County Education Foundation$2,50022%
The Community School Inc$2,50010%
Education Foundation of Stanislaus County$2,45020%
Wood River Women's Foundation$2,20020%
Hk 21 Inc$2,0001n/a
Mercy Foundation$2,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Merced County$1,80020%
University of the Pacific$1,50010%
Camp Taylor Inc$1,50010%
Higher Ground USA Inc$1,00010%
Camp Rainbow Gold Inc$1,00010%
St Lukes Family Foundation$1,00011%
Boys and Girls Club of Tracy$1,00010%
Denison University$1,00010%
Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation$1,0001n/a
Girl Scouts Heart of Central California$1,00010%
St Luke's Foundation$1,00010%
Street Soccer USA Inc$1,00010%
Saint Andrews School$1,0001n/a
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Stanislaus County$1,00010%
Childrens Crisis Center of Stanislaus County$1,00010%
Parent Resource Center$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($298k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFresh Lifelines for Youth Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMerced County Historical Society: $54,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetCrickets Hope Inc: $31,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetCalifornia State University Stanislaus Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHawaiian Islands Land Trust: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetValley Children's Hospital: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Human Services: $13,177 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHearts Afire Foundation: $13,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetState Theatre of Modesto Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMerced College Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMerced Theatre Foundation: $6,900 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMerced County Arts Council Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetStanislaus Business Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMerced Rescue Mission: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMiracle League of Stanislaus County: $4,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHinds Hospice: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSociety for Disabilities: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Merced County Food Bank: $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGallo Center for the Arts Inc: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMerced Symphony Association: $3,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHoward Prep: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDesert Scholarship Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMerced County Education Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThe Community School Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEducation Foundation of Stanislaus County: $2,450 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWood River Women's Foundation: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Merced County: $1,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Taylor Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHigher Ground USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Rainbow Gold Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lukes Family Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Tracy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDenison University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSun Valley Ski Education Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts Heart of Central California: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Luke's Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStreet Soccer USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Stanislaus County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Crisis Center of Stanislaus County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParent Resource Center: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 43.

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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.

Stanislaus Community FoundationCA36× affinity15 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stanislaus Community Foundation · The Bright Family Foundation · The Antone and Marie Raymus Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Community Foundation of Merced County · United Way of Merced County · Sutter Valley Hospitals · Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · The Springcreek Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Idaho Community Foundation Inc

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 Stewart Family Foundation

How much does Stewart Family Foundation give?
Stewart Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $80,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Stewart Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Education (18%), Crime & Legal (12%).
Who are Stewart Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fresh Lifelines for Youth Inc ($65k), Merced County Historical Society ($54k), Crickets Hope Inc ($31k).
Does Stewart Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stewart Family 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 Stewart Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Stanislaus Community Foundation, The Bright Family Foundation, The Antone and Marie Raymus Foundation.
Where is Stewart Family Foundation based?
Stewart Family Foundation is based in ID.

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 105 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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