California · Private foundation
Stone Steps Foundation
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.
- $306k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Stone Steps Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $306k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $290k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $351k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $311k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acumen Fund Inc | $990,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Street Business School | $85,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Global Communities | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Witness Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sustainable Buyers Guide Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanergy Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uncharted | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Al Otro Lado | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sarara Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acumen Fund Inc | $990,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Street Business School | $85,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Global Communities | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Witness Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sustainable Buyers Guide Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanergy Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uncharted | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Al Otro Lado | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sarara Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roxbury Stone House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Avenue Charitable Organization | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stone Steps Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Silicon Valley Community 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
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About Stone Steps Foundation
- How much does Stone Steps Foundation give?
- Stone Steps Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $305,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Stone Steps Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (92%), Environment (4%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Stone Steps Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Acumen Fund Inc ($990k), Street Business School ($85k), Global Communities ($50k).
- Does Stone Steps Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stone Steps 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 Stone Steps Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Stone Steps Foundation based?
- Stone Steps Foundation is based in CA.
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