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Stranahan 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.

$4.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
65
Grants FY2024
71
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
66 to 95
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
27
Total assets, FY2024
$124M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Stranahan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving64$4.0M27%
FY202371$4.0M32%
FY202266$4.3M21%
FY202191$5.1M32%
FY202095$5.5M44%
FY201979$5.1Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$9.1MHuman Services$3.9MCommunity Improvement$3.6MEnvironment$2.8MHealth$2.1MFood & Nutrition$1.9MArts & Culture$1.3MYouth Development$1.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Third Sector New England Inc$2,750,00051%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$1,000,00032%
University of Washington Foundation$718,77830%
Southwest Human Development Incorporated$663,52531%
University of Miami$600,00020%
The Wildflower Foundation$600,00023%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$600,0002n/a
Savanna Institute$596,77234%
Rodale Institute$570,00042%
New Profit Inc$500,00030%
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All grantees of Stranahan Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Third Sector New England Inc$2,750,00051%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$1,000,00032%
University of Washington Foundation$718,77830%
Southwest Human Development Incorporated$663,52531%
University of Miami$600,00020%
The Wildflower Foundation$600,00023%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$600,0002n/a
Savanna Institute$596,77234%
Rodale Institute$570,00042%
New Profit Inc$500,00030%
Vanderbilt University$439,22820%
Atlanta Speech School Inc$435,25941%
Louisiana Department of Education$366,2873n/a
All Our Kin Inc$335,00032%
Children's Hospital Corporation$305,82830%
Community Coordinated Child Care of Southern Indiana Inc$300,00033%
Santa Fe Community College Foundation$300,00034%
Edvance College$300,00024%
Sobrato Early Academic Language Program$300,00022%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$280,00042%
Reginald S Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children Inc$250,00012%
Early Years Inc$250,00020%
Make Way For Books$245,00045%
Young Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Mi$225,00022%
The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc$222,18620%
Quivira Coalition Inc$200,00045%
National Association For Family Child Care$200,00023%
Regents of the University of Michigan$199,7002n/a
The Univ of Montana-Western Foundation$196,26034%
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc$185,00050%
David Lawrence Mental Health Center Inc$172,86240%
Realize Bradenton Inc$171,50054%
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc$165,00041%
Practical Farmers of Iowa$160,00021%
Highscope Educational Research Foundation$160,00021%
La Compost$160,00048%
Light House Studio Inc$155,00048%
Gallatin Valley Land Trust$155,00042%
Children's Literacy Initiative$150,00021%
For Providers by Providers Louisiana$150,00025%
Ecdysis Foundation$150,00024%
Lena Foundation$150,00011%
Kiss the Ground$150,00022%
Haven$145,00042%
Crosscut Mountain Sports Center$145,00042%
Toledo Science Center$144,58041%
Hospice of Northwest Ohio$142,50040%
New Urban Arts$140,00043%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$140,00041%
Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc$140,00042%
Mad Agriculture$140,00042%
Project Angel Food$140,00041%
Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc$140,00040%
Housing Assistance Corporation$140,00040%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$140,00040%
Baby University$140,000411%
Adam J Lewis Academy Inc$140,00042%
Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork Valley$140,00044%
Heart of the Rockies Initiative$140,00045%
Connecticut Audubon Society Inc$140,00031%
Educare DC$140,00040%
Youth Shelters & Family Services Inc$140,00042%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$140,00042%
Rid-All Foundation Inc$140,00045%
Greens Farms Academy Inc$140,00040%
Bootstraps to Share of Tucson Inc$140,00049%
Partners for Clean Streams$137,400331%
Farm Fresh Rhode Island Inc$135,00041%
The Victory Center$123,00036%
Eco-Cycle Inc$120,00040%
Reach Out and Read Inc$120,00040%
The Midnight Mission$105,00030%
Els for Autism Foundation$105,00031%
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services$105,00030%
New Mexico School for the Arts - Arts Institute$105,00031%
Diocese of Palm Beach$105,0003n/a
DALLAS MISSION FOR LIFE Doing business as Dallas Life$105,00031%
Neighborhood House INC$105,00030%
Kids Cancer Foundation Inc$105,00033%
Empower Mt$105,000310%
Toledo Opera Association$105,00034%
Helpline House$105,00021%
Forest Conservancy$105,000319%
Theatre Development Fund Inc$105,00031%
Jumping Mouse Childrens Center$105,00035%
Horizons of Kent and Queen Anne's$105,00038%
Cherry Street Mission Ministries$105,00031%
The Society of St Vincent de Paul East Jefferson County Conference$105,000323%
Felton Institute$100,00010%
Urban Sprouts Child Development Center$100,00012%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$100,00030%
The Family Partnership$100,00011%
Carole Robertson Center for Learning$100,00020%
Black Child Development Institute - Atlanta Inc$100,000214%
Jeremiah Program$100,00011%
Social Services for the Arab Community$90,000412%
Regents Univ of California$86,8001n/a
Port Townsend Marine Science Center$85,00034%
Valley Settlement$85,00031%
Open Door Ministry Inc$85,000312%
Natures Nursery Center for Wildlife Rehab & Consr$85,00039%
Brewster Conservation Trust$82,50036%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$75,00010%
Phillips Exeter Academy$71,70940%
Amos House$70,00021%
Northeast Organic Farming Association Ma Chapter Inc$70,00023%
The 1647 Inc$70,000224%
Avow Care Services Inc$70,00024%
Arlee Community Development Corporation$70,00028%
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc$70,00020%
Hanley Center Foundation Inc$70,00020%
WriteBoston Inc$70,00025%
Mima Music$70,000238%
Recyclery of Jefferson County$70,000236%
Richard J Caron Foundation$70,00020%
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding$70,00022%
Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc$70,00022%
Good Grief of Northwest Ohio Inc$70,000212%
Ringling College of Art and Design Inc$70,00020%
Zumix Inc$70,00023%
Abilityfirst$70,00020%
But God Ministries$70,00021%
The Trust for Public Land$70,00020%
The Vera Project$70,00023%
Trout Unlimited Inc$70,00020%
Hope Toledo Services$67,50021%
Musicians United to Serve the Youth of Charlottesville$66,17549%
Franciscan Shelters$64,37024%
The Wheeler School$60,00020%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio$60,00020%
North Olympic Salmon Coalition$59,89021%
Young Womens Christian Association of San Antonio$50,00010%
Bright Beginnings Inc$50,00011%
City Garden Montessori School$50,00011%
North Routt Community Charter School$50,00022%
Adelante Mujeres$50,00010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Wichita Kansas (2311)$48,37910%
Grief Support Network$40,000213%
New Friends New Life$35,00011%
Site Santa Fe$35,00012%
Northwest Film Forum$35,00015%
Opportunity Inc of Palm Beach County$35,00011%
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$35,00010%
National Dance Institute Nm Inc$35,00010%
American Farmland Trust$35,00010%
Mobile Meals of Toledo Inc$35,00011%
Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation$35,00010%
YWCA Missoula$35,00011%
Toledo Cultural Arts Center Inc$35,0001n/a
Hopa Mountain Inc$35,00013%
Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches Inc$35,00013%
Toledo GROWs Inc$35,00017%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$35,00012%
Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc$35,00011%
Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio Inc$35,00010%
Wings for Kids$35,00011%
Help Center Inc$35,00011%
Minds Matter of Seattle Inc$34,500112%
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio$30,00010%
Bittersweet Inc$30,00010%
Aspen Science Center$26,00015%
Teachers College Columbia University$25,00010%
The Toledo Museum of Art$25,00010%
International Samaritan$25,00011%
Black Swamp Conservancy$25,0001n/a
Neutral Zone$25,00011%
Philanthropy Ohio$20,67621%
Scrap4art$20,0004n/a
Astoria Food Pantry Inc$15,00016%
The Working World Inc$12,50010%
Serenity Farm Equestrian Center$10,000110%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00010%
AVOW Hospice Inc$10,00010%
Bridgercare$10,00020%
Usta Foundation Incorporated$10,00010%
Council on Foundations Inc$8,50010%
Sunshine Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Meridian Community College Foundation$5,00010%
Appletree Institute for Education Innovation$5,00010%
Sound Child Care Solutions$5,00010%
The University of Toledo Foundation$5,00010%
Community Action Project of Tulsa County Inc$5,00010%
Trident Academy Inc$4,60010%
Bozeman Public Schools Foundation Inc$3,55011%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$3,12510%
Stranahan Theater Trust$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Stranahan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 179 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $2,750,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $718,778 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Human Development Incorporated: $663,525 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wildflower Foundation: $600,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSavanna Institute: $596,772 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetRodale Institute: $570,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetNew Profit Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVanderbilt University: $439,228 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $435,259 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAll Our Kin Inc: $335,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $305,828 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Coordinated Child Care of Southern Indiana Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetSanta Fe Community College Foundation: $300,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetEdvance College: $300,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetSobrato Early Academic Language Program: $300,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetInstitute for Local Self Reliance: $280,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetReginald S Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEarly Years Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMake Way For Books: $245,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Kalamazoo Mi: $225,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc: $222,186 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQuivira Coalition Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetNational Association For Family Child Care: $200,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetThe Univ of Montana-Western Foundation: $196,260 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetHuman Resource Development Council of District IX Inc: $185,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDavid Lawrence Mental Health Center Inc: $172,862 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRealize Bradenton Inc: $171,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetLoaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc: $165,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPractical Farmers of Iowa: $160,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHighscope Educational Research Foundation: $160,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLa Compost: $160,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetLight House Studio Inc: $155,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetGallatin Valley Land Trust: $155,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetChildren's Literacy Initiative: $150,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFor Providers by Providers Louisiana: $150,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetEcdysis Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLena Foundation: $150,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKiss the Ground: $150,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHaven: $145,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCrosscut Mountain Sports Center: $145,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetToledo Science Center: $144,580 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHospice of Northwest Ohio: $142,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew Urban Arts: $140,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetRainier Valley Food Bank: $140,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBig Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc: $140,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetMad Agriculture: $140,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 179.

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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.

Toledo Community Foundation IncOH56.5× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · United Way of Greater Toledo · Toledo Community Foundation Inc Seneca Fund · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Entelco Foundation · Andersons Foundation · Dana Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Promedica Health System Inc

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.

Compare Stranahan Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Stranahan Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Stranahan Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Stranahan Foundation

How much does Stranahan Foundation give?
Stranahan Foundation reported 65 grants totaling $3,982,037 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 95 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Stranahan Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Human Services (14%), Community Improvement (13%).
Who are Stranahan Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Third Sector New England Inc ($2.8M), Jumpstart for Young Children Inc ($1.0M), University of Washington Foundation ($719k).
Does Stranahan Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stranahan 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 Stranahan Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Toledo Community Foundation Inc, The O-I Charities Foundation, The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization.
Where is Stranahan Foundation based?
Stranahan Foundation is based in OH.

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 210 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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