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Stinson Family Foundtion at a glance

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Stinson Family Foundtion

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.

$841k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$662k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.3MInternational$453kReligion$380kHealth$150kHuman Services$116kPhilanthropy$103kEnvironment$53kArts & Culture$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $166k
  • $250k+1 grant · $662k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$662,000
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH$66,000
WHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS$50,000
DELIVER FUNDS$50,000
BETHANY PRESCHOOL BUILDING$10,000
BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM$2,500
WHITEFISH LAKE INSTITUTE$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $554k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DELIVER FUND: $103k → 14%GRACE CENTER OF FREDERICKSBURG: $100k → 10%DELIVER FUND: $100k → 14%DELIVER FUND: $100k → 14%DELIVER FUND: $100k → 14%DELIVER FUNDS: $50k → 14%GRACE CENTER OF FREDERICKSBURG: $1k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 8 repeat orgs$293k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
15

Total granted

$3.2M
$233k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+1%

Still filing today

50%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FV
    FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +45%
  • D
    DeliverFund
    5× · 2019–2024 · $453k · revenue -3%
  • GE
    GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    4× · 2020–2024 · $308k

Funded once

  • CH
    CREATE HEALTHY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +1%
  • HH
    HCM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • GE
    GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
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
Alaska Whale Foundation

Alaska Whale Foundation is dedicated to marine mammal conservation through research monitoring and education.

Environment
2
Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation

The mission of the Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation is to enhance the quality of life in the Wichita Falls area through the promotion and support of charitable giving. Our vision is to build strong, vibrant communities inspired by…

Philanthropy
3
Whidbey Community Foundation

Strengthening the communities of whidbey island for both present and future generations.

Philanthropy
4
Teton Valley Health Care Foundation

Teton Valley Health Care Foundation strives to build mutually beneficial relationships with community members, businesses, and guests that, through their generosity, support a healthy and thriving valley. (Continued on Schedule O). Through…

Health
5
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc

To champion a collaborative campaign to permanently connect, protect and restore the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a statewide network of lands and waters that supports wildlife and people. We combine conservation science with compelling…

Environment
6
Western Colorado Healthcare Alliance

To help rural providers with collaborative solutions and resources focusing on rural healthcare.

Education
7
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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8
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
9
White County Medical Foundation

Unity health - foundation was established to support the activities of white county medical center, inc. including sponsorship and assistance to improve medical and patient care at the within the unity health system.

Philanthropy
10
Whatcom Community College Foundation

The wcc foundation strengthens educational opportunities by providing student scholarships, supporting faculty and staff development, and assisting with key college initiatives.

Education
11
Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Care Inc

To reduce the impact of cancer on wyoming residents diagnosed with cancer by providing non-medical, charitable financial assistance and by providing free education and screening opportunities to residents not diagnosed with cancer.

Human Services
12
Western Conservation Foundation

Building leaders to protect the west's land, air, and water.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Whitefish Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is DeliverFund. 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

10 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. 10 of the 27 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,302,360 · OtherFLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $308,000 · OtherGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCHCREATE HEALTHY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Other+16 more: $161,844 · Other+16 moreDeliverFund: $453,000 · Human ServicesDeliverFundTHE GRACE CENTER: $101,000 · Human ServicesTHE GRACE CENTERWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAir Warrior Courage Foundation: $15,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyWHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentWHITEFISH LAKE INSTITUTE: $2,500 · EnvironmentTHOROUGHBRED CHARITIES OF AMERICA INC: $7,000 · Animals
Other$2,872,204Human Services$554,000Philanthropy$118,000Environment$52,500Animals$7,000

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 budgetFLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,302,360 over 6y, 15% of budgetDeliverFund: $453,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetTHE GRACE CENTER: $101,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCREATE HEALTHY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAir Warrior Courage Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED CHARITIES OF AMERICA INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITEFISH LAKE INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% 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 FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DeliverFund ↗
  • Who funds THE GRACE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATE HEALTHY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Air Warrior Courage Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THOROUGHBRED CHARITIES OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITEFISH LAKE INSTITUTE ↗

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.

Whitefish Community F…Shell USA Company Fou…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Whitefish Community Foundation IncMT13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Stinson Family Foundtion funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stinson Family Foundtion. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 27 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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