Georgia · Private foundation
The Darien and Les Stephens Family 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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $255
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $510
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $3k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $2k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $3k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $3k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $2k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paws Atlanta Incorporated | $2,305 | 4 | 0% |
| Dallas Pets Alive | $1,823 | 5 | 0% |
| Every Mother Counts | $1,010 | 2 | 0% |
| Lifeline Animal Project Inc | $1,006 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Pups Rescue | $875 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $825 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $803 | 3 | 0% |
| Feet of Clay Inc | $755 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $680 | 1 | 0% |
| W-Underdogs Inc | $600 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paws Atlanta Incorporated | $2,305 | 4 | 0% |
| Dallas Pets Alive | $1,823 | 5 | 0% |
| Every Mother Counts | $1,010 | 2 | 0% |
| Lifeline Animal Project Inc | $1,006 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Pups Rescue | $875 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $825 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $803 | 3 | 0% |
| Feet of Clay Inc | $755 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $680 | 1 | 0% |
| W-Underdogs Inc | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $544 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Union Mission Corporation | $501 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $501 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $465 | 1 | 0% |
| SPCA of Texas | $424 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Life Inc | $275 | 1 | 0% |
| Fayette County Humane Society | $271 | 1 | 0% |
| Greene County Food Pantry Inc | $255 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Humane | $255 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Oconee Humane Society Inc | $255 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation with peer funders
About The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation
- How much does The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation give?
- The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $2,540 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (43%), Health (19%), Religion (16%).
- Who are The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Paws Atlanta Incorporated ($2k), Dallas Pets Alive ($2k), Every Mother Counts ($1k).
- Does The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Darien and Les Stephens Family 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 The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Chubb Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation based?
- The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation is based in GA.
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