· Private foundation
Stonisch 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $122k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LIFE BUILDERS | $75,000 |
| CHICONDI MALAWI | $30,000 |
| NEW HOPE | $25,000 |
| GTI | $20,000 |
| BELLAIRE YOUTH INITIATIVE | $17,000 |
| U OF D MERCY | $10,000 |
| BARABAS | $10,000 |
| ALBION COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| FREE REIN | $5,000 |
| THE PARADE COMPANY | $5,000 |
| ELIZABETH COURAGE FUND | $3,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $475k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +55% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 6 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, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LLifeBUILDERS5× · 2020–2024 · $475k · revenue +41%
- AMAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC3× · 2020–2022 · $145k · revenue +127%
- AIARTIS-NAPLES INC3× · 2020–2022 · $130k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- CCCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $50k
- C4CLIMB 4 KIDNEY CANCERone grant, 2023 · $50k
- BYBELLAIRE YOUTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $25k
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.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
Located in south hadley, massachusetts, mount holyoke college is a highly selective, nondenominational, residential, research liberal arts college for women that is gender-diverse and welcomes applications from female, transgender, and…
How this is measured
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 39 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 LifeBUILDERS ↗
- Who funds AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
- Who funds CHIKONDI MALAWI ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ALBION COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SAUVE ART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALWAYS A JUDSON INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMERS SUPPORT NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
- Who funds THE HEALING CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY ↗
- Who funds THE PARADE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds URBANPROMISE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds GROSSE POINTE CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Stonisch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stonisch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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