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The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$510
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Animals$9kHealth$4kReligion$3kHuman Services$2kEducation$2kYouth Development$830Food & Nutrition$255Housing & Shelter$230
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$255
Median grant
4
States reached
$51k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Partnership Against Domestic Violen$510
Every Mother Counts$510
Pasadena Humane Society$255
Lake Oconee Humane Society$255
Greene County Food Pantry$255
Feet of Clay$255
Thillen Education Society$250
Individual grant recipient$250
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FASTFRIENDS GREYHOUND ADOPTION: $271 → 10%Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $465 → 14%Tunnel To Towers Foundation: $319 → 11%Every Mother Counts: $510 → 17%White's Chapel UMC: $800 → 11%Dallas Life: $275 → 14%FAYETTE HUMANE SOCIETY: $271 → 6%Partnership Against Domestic Violen: $510 → 13%Atlanta Lifeline Animal Project: $460 → 14%Lake Oconee Humane Society: $255 → 14%Underdogs Rescue: $600 → 12%Pasadena Humane Society: $255 → 14%Tunnel To Towers Foundation: $250 → 11%Every Mother Counts: $500 → 17%White's Chapel UMC: $738 → 11%Dallas Life Homeless Shelter: $230 → 14%ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY: $271 → 13%Lifeline Animal Project: $275 → 14%Greene County Food Pantry: $255 → 14%Pacific Pups Rescue: $600 → 14%Tunnel To Towers Foundation: $234 → 11%White's Chapel UMC: $465 → 11%Dallas Pets Alive: $550 → 14%Atlanta Humane Society: $230 → 13%PAWS Atlanta: $930 → 14%Thillen Education Society: $250 → 14%Pacific Pups Rescue: $275 → 14%White's Chapel UMC: $290 → 11%Dallas Pets Alive: $460 → 14%W-Underdogs: $600 → 13%PAWS Atlanta: $600 → 14%The Ruby Cannon Foundation: $230 → 14%WHITE'S CHAPEL UMC: $273 → 11%Dallas Pets Alive: $307 → 14%PAWS Atlanta: $500 → 14%White's Chapel UMC: $250 → 11%DALLAS PETS ALIVE: $271 → 14%PAWS Atlanta: $275 → 14%White's Chapel UMC: $236 → 11%Dallas Pets Alive: $235 → 14%Feet of Clay: $500 → 14%White's Chapel UMC: $230 → 11%SPCA OF TEXAS: $271 → 14%Feet of Clay: $255 → 14%SPCA of Texas: $153 → 14%Winship Cancer Institute: $150 → 14%UT Southwester Medical Center: $690 → 14%Southwester Medical Foundation: $825 → 14%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.
$13k · 11 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$13k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+23%

Still filing today

82%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • DP
    DALLAS PETS ALIVE
    5× · 2017–2022 · $2k · revenue +259%
  • LA
    LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $1k · revenue +141%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $803 · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • SM
    SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $825 · revenue +505%
  • US
    UT Southwester Medical Center
    one grant, 2019 · $690
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $680 · revenue -9%
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
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
2
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
3
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
4
South Suburban Humane Society

The society promotes the well-being of animals through care, sheltering, investigation to prevent abuse, educating the public, providing adoption and placement services and providing low cost spay/neuter and vaccine services to the public…

Animals
5
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
6
Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit)

To protect and improve the lives of dogs and cats by providing shelter, care, adoption, rescue, spay & neuter programs and community education.

Animals
7
Animal Humane Society Veterinary Centers Pc

Provide wellness and spay/neuter services at reduced cost for people in need.

Community Improvement
8
Tulsa Spca

The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.

Animals
9
The Animal Haven Inc

The animal haven's misson is to provide a temporary, safe, caring and humane refuge for homeless dogs and cats and place these animals in quality adoptive homes.

Animals
10
San Antonio Pets Alive Inc

The mission of San Antonio Pets Alive! is to save every adoptable dog and cat in danger of being killed at the City of San Antonio Shelter.

Animals
11
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
12
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca of Texas; the most unlike its peers is Greene County Food Pantry Inc. 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

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 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $3,282 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFEET OF CLAY INC: $755 · OtherFEET OF CLAY INCUT Southwester Medical Center: $690 · OtherUT Southwester Medical CenterUnderdogs Rescue: $600 · OtherUnderdogs RescueW-Underdogs Inc: $600 · OtherW-Underdogs IncUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $544 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOPartnership Against Domestic Violen: $510 · OtherPartnership Against Domestic ViolenAtlanta Lifeline Animal Project: $460 · Other+6 more: $1,406 · Other+6 morePAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $2,305 · AnimalsPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATEDDALLAS PETS ALIVE: $1,823 · AnimalsDALLAS PETS ALIVELIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $1,006 · AnimalsLIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INCAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $501 · AnimalsAtlanta Humane Society & Society for…SPCA of Texas: $424 · AnimalsSPCA of TexasFAYETTE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $271 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE: $255 · AnimalsLAKE OCONEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $255 · AnimalsEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $1,010 · HealthEVERY MOTHER…PACIFIC PUPS RESCUE: $875 · HealthPACIFIC PUPS…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $465 · HealthChildren's H…SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $825 · EducationSOUTHWESTERN…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $803 · EducationSTEPHEN SILL…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $680 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $501 · Human ServicesGREENE COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $255 · Food & Nutrition
Other$8,847Animals$6,840Health$2,350Education$2,308Human Services$501Food & Nutrition$255

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 budgetPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $2,305 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS PETS ALIVE: $1,823 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $1,010 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $1,006 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC PUPS RESCUE: $875 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $825 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $803 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $501 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $465 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $424 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS LIFE INC: $275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAYETTE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $271 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENE COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $255 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $255 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE OCONEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $255 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Duffield Family F…The Community Foundat…Chubb Charitable Foun…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's FundCA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Darien and Les Stephens Family Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 30 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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