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Stickley Foundation Inc

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.

$25k
Granted FY2023
8
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Animals$16kHuman Services$10kHealth$8kPublic Benefit$1kCivil Rights$1kReligion$1kEducation$1kArts & Culture$600Other$0
02FY2023 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,489
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Baby Girl Horse Rescue & Veteran Therapy Ranch$6,965
Puppies Behind Bars$4,977
Canine Companians for Independence$4,477
West Orange Dream Center$2,489
Love Your Brain Foundation$2,489
STXBPI Foundation$2,488
Crossnore School$500
Shelter Guardians$500
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 (FY23–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%West Orange Dream Center: $2k → 13%Love Your Brain Foundation: $2k → 9%Puppies Behind Bars: $5k → 17%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

VT
WA
MI
NY
OR
IN
PA
CA
UT
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10k · 26 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 25 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
37

Total granted

$10k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+30%

Still filing today

50%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MA
    METROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1k · revenue +31%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $550 · revenue +78%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $510 · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • Y
    YMCA
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • MP
    MYERS PARK BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • HP
    Hospice & Palliative Care
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
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
2
Humane World Action Fund

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

Animals
3
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
4
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
5
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
6
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
7
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
8
Center for a Humane Economy Inc

There are many pathways for improving the lives of animals, but encouraging corporations to embed animal protection values into their production practices, supply chains, marketing efforts and research and development activities may be the…

Animals
9
Nonhuman Rights Project Inc

The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) is the only civil rights organization in The United States dedicated solely to securing fundamental rights for nonhuman animals and the leading force in building a national and global nonhuman rights…

Animals
10
Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc
Philanthropy
11
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
12
The American Anti-Vivisection Society

Since our founding in 1883, the mission of aavs has been to unequivocally oppose and work to end the use of animals in science and to oppose all forms of cruelty to animals. we achieve our mission by monitoring and investigating scientific…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. 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

42 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. 42 of the 73 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
35/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BABY GIRL HORSE RESCUE & VETERAN THERAPY RANCH INC: $6,965 · OtherBABY GIRL HORSE RESCUE & VETERAN THERAPY RANCH IN…Charlotte Humane Society: $2,000 · OtherCharlotte Humane SocietyYMCA: $1,100 · OtherYMCAMYERS PARK BAPTIST CHURCH: $1,100 · OtherMYERS PARK BAPTIST CHURCHSalvation Army: $1,030 · OtherSalvation ArmyHospice & Palliative Care: $1,000 · OtherHospice & Palliative CareGood Fellows: $933 · Other+33 more: $4,060 · Other+33 morePUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $4,977 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INCCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $4,477 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INCLOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INC: $2,489 · Human ServicesLOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INCWEST ORANGE DREAM CENTER INC: $2,489 · Human ServicesWEST ORANGE DREAM CENTER INCSTXBP1 FOUNDATION: $2,488 · HealthSTXBP1 FOU…METROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,100 · HealthMETROLINA …+2 more: $80 · HealthSHELTER GUARDIANS INC: $500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $410 · AnimalsHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $350 · AnimalsANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $330 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $215 · Animals+12 more: $532 · AnimalsJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $550 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $510 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $150 · Public BenefitEcho Foundation: $1,000 · Civil RightsSECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION: $75 · Civil Rights+1 more: $30 · Civil RightsHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $438 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $70 · Education
Other$18,188Human Services$14,432Health$3,668Animals$2,337Public Benefit$1,210Civil Rights$1,105Education$508

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 budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $4,977 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $4,477 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INC: $2,489 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST ORANGE DREAM CENTER INC: $2,489 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTXBP1 FOUNDATION: $2,488 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMETROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $510 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER GUARDIANS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $438 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $410 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $330 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $215 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INC: $130 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $70 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $65 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimals' Angels Incorporated: $55 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $55 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILING DOG FARMS: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESAVERS INC: $48 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUR CORNERS EQUINE RESCUE: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $29 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRing Dog Rescue Inc: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRETIRED POLICE CANINE FOUNDATION INC: $10 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.

Seckinger Foundation …Farrell Family Founda…PC Fund for Animals C…The J R Stein Family …John R Oltman Charita…Joyce a Ward Foundati…Bradford Family Found…Foundation for the Ca…Butchkie Foundation I…The Susan and Ford Sc…Surendra and Karen Gu…The Gerald B Shreiber…
Seckinger Foundation CorporationFL22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Farrell Family Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The J R Stein Family Foundation (F/K/A the Stein Family Fund) · John R Oltman Charitable Foundation · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Butchkie Foundation Inc · The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · The Gerald B Shreiber Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Stickley Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Stickley Foundation Inc 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 73 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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