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Stuart Family Foundation at a glance

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Stuart Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.0M
Granted FY2020
22
Grants FY2020
6
States reached
$977k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2020 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k12 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $936k
  • $250k+1 grant · $977k
$8,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Center for Strategic and International Studies$977,048
Campaign Legal Center$175,000
Millennial Action Project$150,000
Take Back Our Republic$125,000
Project on Government Oversight$125,000
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution$100,000
Robin and Sandy Stuart Foundation$85,735
Securing America's Future Energy$75,000
More In Common Inc$50,000
Interfaith Youth Core$50,000
Food Bank of Central New York$8,000
Greenwich United Way$5,000
World Central Kitchen$5,000
Feeding America$5,000
Inner City Muslim Action Network$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–20, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YWCA Cortland: $3k → 15%More In Common Inc: $50k → 17%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 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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
4
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
5
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
6
Issue One

Issue one is the leading crosspartisan political reform organization that educates the public, engages capitol hill, and advocates for solutions to fix our broken political system.

Public Benefit
7
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
8
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
9
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
10
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
11
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
12
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Campaign Legal Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Robin and Sandy Stuart Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 22 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $977,048 · InternationalCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES+2 more: $10,000 · InternationalMILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS: $150,000 · Public BenefitMILLENNIAL ACTI…PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $125,000 · Public BenefitPROJECT ON GOVE…TAKE BACK OUR REPUBLIC INC: $125,000 · OtherTAKE BACK OUR RE…SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ENERGY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherSECURING AMERICA…INTERFAITH AMERICA: $50,000 · OtherINTERFAITH AMERI…+9 more: $42,500 · Other+9 moreTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $175,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAI…CONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $100,000 · EducationRobin and Sandy Stuart Foundation: $85,735 · PhilanthropyMORE IN COMMON INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesYWCA CORTLAND: $2,500 · Human Services
International$987,048Public Benefit$275,000Other$292,500Crime & Legal$175,000Education$100,000Philanthropy$85,735Human Services$52,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: $977,048 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $175,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS: $150,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTAKE BACK OUR REPUBLIC INC: $125,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $125,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCONVERGENCE CENTER FOR POLICY RESOLUTION: $100,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetRobin and Sandy Stuart Foundation: $85,735 over 1y, 31% of budgetSECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ENERGY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetINTERFAITH AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMORE IN COMMON INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA CORTLAND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The William & Flora H…Democracy Fund IncNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Democracy Fund Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Stuart Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stuart Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    6report 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Stuart Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Stuart Family 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.

    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 22 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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