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Stieff Foundation Inc

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.

$14k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$55kHuman Services$12kEducation$5kHealth$4kRecreation & Sports$3kCivil Rights$2kReligion$1kArts & Culture$590Other$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$138k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS' LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$9,150
CATCH A LIFT FUND$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF MD COLLEGE PARK$1,000
BALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL$500
WHALEY CEMETERY$500
NATIONAL AQUARIUM$300
THE BRYN MAWR SCHOOL$140
EVERYORG FOR SWEAT FOR BREATH FOUND$100
FRIENDS OF LOLANI PALACE$100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION: $250 → 15%MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1k → 16%UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $100 → 11%THE BARNES FOUNDATION: $90 → 22%EVERYORG FOR SWEAT FOR BREATH FOUND: $100 → 10%BLUE EDEN FOUNDATION: $200 → 14%FRIENDS OF LOLANI PALACE: $100 → 9%HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%SWIM ACROSS AMERICA: $125 → 10%KATIE ADAMSON CONVERSATION FUND: $105 → 7%THE RAPTOR TRUST: $200 → 4%MEDSTAR UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $1k → 6%WHALEY CEMETERY: $500 → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $2k → 11%US LACROSSE: $1k → 11%MILO MARTIN FOUNDATION: $560 → 19%WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA: $85 → 16%BEAT THE STREETS: $600 → 22%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $1k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $100 → 11%BOYS' LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $15k → 19%MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $100 → 22%UNIVERSITY OF MD COLLEGE PARK: $1k → 11%BROWN MEMORIAL WEEKDAY SCHOOL: $500 → 11%BOYS LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $10k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF MD COLLEGE PARK: $1k → 11%BROWN MEMORIAL WEEKDAY SCHOOL: $500 → 11%BOYS' LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $9k → 19%ST THOMAS PRESCHOOL: $55 → 11%BOYS LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $8k → 19%CATCH A LIFT FUND: $3k → 11%BOYS LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $7k → 19%CATCH A LIFT FUND: $3k → 11%BOYS' LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $5k → 19%CATCH A LIFT FUND: $2k → 11%THE BRYN MAWR SCHOOL: $140 → 19%CATCH A LIFT FUND: $2k → 11%ROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100 → 19%CATCH A LIFT FUND: $2k → 11%BALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL: $500 → 19%MARYLAND FOOD BANK: $100 → 11%NATIONAL AQUARIUM: $300 → 19%NATIONAL AQUARIUM: $250 → 19%JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $200 → 19%BROWN MEMORIAL CHURCH: $1k → 19%THE MARYLAND ZOO: $159 → 19%LITERACY LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT INC: $100 → 19%THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $300 → 19%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

ME
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
HI
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$72k · 6 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +196% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
26

Total granted

$72k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+196%
+32%

Still filing today

33%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitHealthArts & CultureAnimalsEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BL
    BOYS' LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $54k
  • CC
    CHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +196%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
    2× · 2020–2021 · $3k

Funded once

  • UL
    US LACROSSE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +3%
  • TU
    THE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1k · revenue +6%
  • BM
    BROWN MEMORIAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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2
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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3
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
4
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
5
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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6
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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7
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
8
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
9
Uss Missouri Memorial Association Inc

The uss missouri memorial association is dedicated to preserving the battleship missouri and sharing her story and place in history.

Arts & Culture
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
Moral Compass Federation Inc

Moral compass federation facilitates collaboration among multiple veteran-led nonprofit organizations, individuals, and businesses who came together during the fall of kabul, afghanistan to evacuate and resettle afghan allies who were in…

Public Benefit
12
United States Tennis Association- Middle States Section

The org. is a section of the united states tennis assoc. and is dedicated to carrying out the goals of the national assoc. within its region, particularly with respect to promoting tennis opportunities for juniors and adults of all…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of the American Revolution; the most unlike its peers is Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 37 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS' LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $54,330 · OtherBOYS' LATIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $3,000 · Other+25 more: $9,584 · Other+25 moreCHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC: $11,500 · Public BenefitCHRISTOPHER COF…+1 more: $85 · Public BenefitTHE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $1,000 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $250 · HealthUS LACROSSE INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Civil RightsTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $500 · EducationBALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL INC: $500 · EducationNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $550 · AnimalsTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $200 · Animals
Other$66,914Public Benefit$11,585Health$1,250Recreation & Sports$1,000Civil Rights$1,000Education$1,000Animals$750

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 budgetCHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC: $11,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUS LACROSSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $90 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $85 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds US LACROSSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds WHALEY CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RAPTOR TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Swim Across America Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds ROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗

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.

Baltimore Community F…T Rowe Price Program …American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Stieff Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stieff 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 37 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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