· Private foundation
The North Star Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $297k
- $50k–250k27 grants · $2.1M
- $250k+14 grants · $13M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION | $4,000,000 |
| THE COLORADO COLLEGE | $1,559,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,250,000 |
| CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK | $1,100,000 |
| FEEL GOOD ACTION | $1,000,000 |
| SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY | $801,000 |
| CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL | $570,000 |
| MALALA FUND | $550,000 |
| UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATION (USO) | $500,000 |
| NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE | $350,000 |
| EVERYBODY MATTERS | $300,000 |
| ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL | $276,596 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE ROARING FORK | $250,000 |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY | $250,000 |
| NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM | $200,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC7× · 2017–2024 · $16M · revenue +12%- TCTHE COLORADO COLLEGE7× · 2017–2024 · $4.6M · revenue +39%
- EWEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL5× · 2018–2023 · $4.3M · revenue +68%
Funded once
- BBBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +40%
- NJNEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYone grant, 2022 · $100k
- SASEATTLE ART MUSEUMgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +28%
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
How this is measured
69 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. 69 of the 95 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds EVERYBODY MATTERS INC ↗
- Who funds THE MALALA FUND ↗
- Who funds THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Feel Good Action ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC ↗
- Who funds HOMEFRONT INC ↗
- Who funds COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY LAW CASA OF KING COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ScholarCHIPS Inc ↗
- Who funds GENERATION HOPE ↗
- Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ALIGHT ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BAIL PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds WILD MONTANA ACTION FUND ↗
- Who funds William & Mary Foundation ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
- Who funds MAMATOTO VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
- Who funds MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Thrift Shop · Gates Family Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Manaus · The Magnolia Charitable Foundation · The Thendara Foundation · The Denver Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The North Star Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The North Star Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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