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The Sophie Stenbeck Family Foundation at a glance

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The Sophie Stenbeck 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.

$540k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$165k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MAnimals$926kInternational$833kPhilanthropy$400kHealth$250kCommunity Improvement$200kCrime & Legal$100kReligion$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$75,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLOBAL GIVING$165,000
DANNY AND RONS RESCUE$150,000
THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION$75,000
RIDGEFIELD ACADEMY$50,000
TARUMI VIOLIN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$50,000
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%THORN: $100k → 14%WOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DE
NC
SC
DC
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of The Sophie Stenbeck Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Sophie Stenbeck Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 8 repeat orgs$903k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
14

Total granted

$2.7M
$853k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+53%

Still filing today

75%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • RA
    RIDGEFIELD ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $525k · revenue +63%
  • TR
    THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $476k · revenue +6%
  • DR
    DANNY & RONS RESCUE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $450k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • SI
    SIXPOINT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue +469%
  • EI
    ECPAT-USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $110k · revenue +282%
  • WI
    WOMEN IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - REACH FOR CHANGE
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
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
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
2
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

Rockefeller philanthropy advisors aims to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world

Philanthropy
3
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
4
United States Naval Institute

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.

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5
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
7
Global Impact Investing Network Inc

The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…

Philanthropy
8
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
9
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
10
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
11
Womens Funding Network

Our mission as a global alliance is to provide strategies, research, and resources that support the critical agency and influence of women's foundations and gender justice funders in the movement for equality, justice, and power for all.

Education
12
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is The American Foundation for Chinese Medicine Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TARUMI VIOLIN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $295,000 · OtherTARUMI VIOLIN CHILDREN'S FOU…THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CHINESE MEDICINE INC: $250,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR …WOMEN IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - REACH FOR CHANGE: $100,000 · OtherWOMEN IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE -…WOMEN IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - CHILD C10 AWARDEES: $100,000 · OtherWOMEN IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE -…WomensTrust Inc: $75,000 · OtherWomensTrust IncST ANDREW'S SCHOOL: $60,000 · OtherST ANDREW'S SCHOOLPALM BEACH ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE INC: $50,000 · Other+3 more: $80,000 · Other+3 moreTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $476,000 · AnimalsTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FO…DANNY & RONS RESCUE: $450,000 · AnimalsDANNY & RONS RESCUERIDGEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $525,000 · EducationRIDGEFIELD ACADEMY IN…SIXPOINT INC: $125,000 · EducationSIXPOINT INCJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $100,000 · EducationJOHN FITZGERALD KENNE…+1 more: $25,000 · EducationGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $330,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATI…ASHESI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · InternationalASHESI UNIVERSITY FOU…ECPAT-USA INC: $110,000 · InternationalECPAT-USA INC+1 more: $18,000 · InternationalIMPACTASSETSINC: $325,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSE…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $50,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL P…THORN: $100,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN MOVING MILLIONS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWBELONG INC: $50,000 · ReligionFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,010,000Animals$926,000Education$775,000International$758,000Philanthropy$375,000Human Services$110,000Religion$50,000Community Improvement$25,000

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 budgetRIDGEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $525,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $476,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $450,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $330,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $325,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASHESI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR CHINESE MEDICINE INC: $250,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetSIXPOINT INC: $125,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetECPAT-USA INC: $110,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHORN: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWBELONG INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRITERION INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $18,000 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.

Jewish Communal FundMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving 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 Sophie Stenbeck Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sophie Stenbeck Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Sophie Stenbeck Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Sophie Stenbeck 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 26 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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