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Stiller 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.

$3.2M
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$17MInternational$6.4MArts & Culture$5.1MEducation$2.8MPhilanthropy$200kHealth$150kHousing & Shelter$150kYouth Development$125kOther$0
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $210k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.0M
$210,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$97k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Let's Grow Kids$3,000,000
The Peace Studio Inc$210,000
Acumen Fund Inc$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Inward Bound Mindfulness Education: $100k → 8%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $750k → 10%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $750k → 10%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $500k → 10%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $500k → 10%GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA: $250k → 10%Spectrum Youth and Family Services: $100k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 9 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$28M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+38%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesInternationalEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TU
    TRANSFAIR USA
    4× · 2017–2020 · $6.1M · revenue +16%
  • NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3.0M · revenue +101%
  • GB
    GREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $2.8M · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2017 · $2.8M · revenue -5%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue -13%
  • RH
    Respite House Construction
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
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
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
3
Claremont Lincoln University

Delivers affordable, accessible, and relevant higher education programs.

Education
4
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
5
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
9
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Club of Pbc; the most unlike its peers is Holistic Life Foundation 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

16 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. 16 of the 18 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LET'S GROW KIDS INC: $14,004,272 · Youth DevelopmentLET'S GROW KIDS INC+2 more: $160,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRANSFAIR USA: $6,087,908 · InternationalTRANSFAIR USAACUMEN FUND INC: $350,040 · InternationalACUMEN FUND INCNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,990,363 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF …SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $1,272,646 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE MUSEUM …THE PEACE STUDIO: $650,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PEACE STUDIO+1 more: $150,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC: $2,750,000 · Human ServicesGREATER BU…SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesINWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $2,750,000 · EducationCHAMPLAIN…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationRespite House Construction: $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $85,422 · OtherUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VERMONT INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $150,000 · Health
Youth Development$14,164,272International$6,437,948Arts & Culture$5,063,009Human Services$2,950,000Education$2,760,000Other$235,422Philanthropy$200,000Health$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $14,004,272 over 7y, 97% of budgetTRANSFAIR USA: $6,087,908 over 4y, 17% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,990,363 over 3y, 10% of budgetCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $2,750,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGREATER BURLINGTON YMCA INC: $2,750,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $1,272,646 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetTHE PEACE STUDIO: $650,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetACUMEN FUND INC: $350,040 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VERMONT INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetINWARD BOUND MINDFULNESS EDUCATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetTHE CURTIS FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

The Vermont Community…Antonio B and Rita M …The Ford FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Vermont Community FoundationVT15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Antonio B and Rita M Pomerleau Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Stiller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stiller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Champlain College Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Holistic Life Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report 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.
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How do I get to Stiller Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stiller Family 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 18 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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