· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ACUMEN FUND INC | $200,000 |
| GLOBAL COMMUNITIES | $20,000 |
| SUSTAINABLE BUYERS GUIDE INC | $20,000 |
| STREET BUSINESS SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| GLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| AL OTRO LADO | $10,000 |
| SANERGY INC | $10,000 |
| SARARA INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| THIRD AVENUE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION (TACO) | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFACUMEN FUND INC4× · 2021–2024 · $990k · revenue +52%
- SBSTREET BUSINESS SCHOOL4× · 2021–2024 · $85k · revenue -61%
- GCGLOBAL COMMUNITIES4× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue -20%
Funded once
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Incone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -9%- UUNCHARTEDone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -87%
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Countiesone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +12%
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.
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.
Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…
Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…
Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.
E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.
The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…
Well Aware's mission is to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to water scarcity and contamination in East Africa.
Upaya Social Ventures' mission is to create dignified jobs for people living in extreme poverty by building scalable businesses with investment and consulting support.
Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
The Organization is at the forefront of the social business arena for fourth sector in Israel, nurturing and growing this emerging sector and generating sustainable social impact by providing Israel's social businesses with knowledge,…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ACUMEN FUND INC ↗
- Who funds STREET BUSINESS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL COMMUNITIES ↗
- Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANERGY INC ↗
- Who funds UNCHARTED ↗
- Who funds AL OTRO LADO ↗
- Who funds IMPACTASSETSINC ↗
- Who funds SARARA INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties ↗
- Who funds ROXBURY STONE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds Third Avenue Charitable Organization ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stone Steps Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stone Steps Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Global Communities: 44% of income from government
- Roxbury Stone House Inc: 29% of income from government
How this is measured
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