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Stotler Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$25kEducation$24kArts & Culture$8kAnimals$6kInternational$5kReligion$2kEnvironment$2kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$600
Median grant
5
States reached
$236k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$6,597
FRIENDS OF SHORT AVENUE$4,801
MISSOURI BOTANTICAL GARDEN$600
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$500
AMERICAN DIABETES FOUNDATION$500
ST LOUIS ZOO$99
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 (FY19–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 5%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 5%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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56k · 17 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
15

Total granted

$56k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+49%

Still filing today

29%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
EducationHealthEnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $4k · revenue +27%
  • WW
    WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +43%
  • MB
    MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    5× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • SE
    SURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +73%
  • SJ
    ST JUDES CHILDRENS' RESEARCH HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • DH
    DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -89%
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
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
2
Institute for Systems Biology

Non-profit research institute to advance a systems (or holistic and cross-disciplinary) approach to science; personalized medicine; global health & environmental sustainability; science education; & the pioneering & invention of biological…

Science & Tech
3
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc

MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR ASSOCIATES, INC. ("MEEA") IS A SPECIALTY PHYSICIAN GROUP PRACTICE. IT PROVIDES CARE FOR PATIENTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, INC. ("MEEI"), A RELATED ORGANIZATION. THE PRACTICE SPECIALIZES IN…

Health
4
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
5
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
6
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
7
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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8
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
9
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
10
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
11
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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12
Parenteral Drug Association Inc

To develop scientifically sound, practical technical information and resources to advance science and regulation for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry through the expertise of our global membership.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Short Avenue Fosa. 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

12 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. 12 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $8,201 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYFRIENDS OF SHORT AVENUE FOSA: $4,801 · OtherFRIENDS OF SHORT AVENUE FOSAUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $4,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF BUSINESSST JUDES CHILDRENS' RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $3,903 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS' RESEARCH HOSPITALDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,392 · OtherDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS KRANNERT CENTER FOR PERFOMING ARTS: $3,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS KRANNERT CENTER FOR PERFOMING ARTSAMERICAN DIABETES FOUNDATION: $2,687 · OtherAMERICAN DIABETES FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISKRANNERT CENTER FOR PERFORMING: $2,500 · OtherSALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $2,398 · OtherMERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLS: $2,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISLIBRARYHISTORY: $2,000 · Other+13 more: $10,989 · Other+13 moreHADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $11,000 · EducationHADLEY INSTITUTE F…WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $2,190 · EducationWILLIAM WOODS UNIV…University of Illinois Foundation: $1,000 · EducationUniversity of Illi…THE READING GROUP: $500 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,597 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN…American Diabetes Association: $6,201 · HealthAmerican Diabete…SURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,751 · InternationalCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $3,816 · Human ServicesMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $2,045 · EnvironmentPAWS CHICAGO: $1,000 · Animals
Other$50,371Education$14,690Health$12,798International$4,751Human Services$3,816Environment$2,045Animals$1,000

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 budgetHADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,597 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $6,201 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SHORT AVENUE FOSA: $4,801 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,751 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $3,816 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,392 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY: $2,190 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $2,045 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE READING GROUP: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SHORT AVENUE FOSA ↗
  • Who funds SURGICAL EYE EXPEDITIONS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE READING GROUP ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Stotler Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stotler Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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