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The Stanley Foundation dba Stanley Center for Peace and Security

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.

$21k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$74kInternational$66kEducation$44kPhilanthropy$38kCivil Rights$19kReligion$13kEnvironment$7kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$910
Median grant
7
States reached
$135M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Nonviolent Peaceforce$3,000
Connections for the Homeless$3,000
Wyoming Community Foundation$2,000
Faith Chapel Church$2,000
Mercy Corps$1,800
It Takes a Village Animal Rescue & Resources$1,500
Community Foundation of Muscatine County$1,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines$1,000
World Relief Quad Cities$1,000
Community Foundation of Muscatine County$910
Iowa City Foreign Relations Council$600
Bur Oak Land Trust$500
Seed Savers Exchange$500
Peace through Music International$500
River Action$400
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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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Border Angels: $220 → 11%Flickinger Learning Center: $10k → 12%Muscatine Community YMCA: $200 → 12%Flickinger Learning Center: $200 → 12%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

ME
NH
MN
IL
NY
OR
WY
IA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
AL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111k · 8 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
35

Total granted

$111k
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+12%

Still filing today

63%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE IOWA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k · revenue +6%
  • DR
    DACHSHUND RESCUE SOUTH FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $811 · revenue +2%
  • RB
    RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR
    2× · 2022–2024 · $400 · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • WO
    WOMEN OF COLOR ADVANCING PEACE AND SECURITY WCAPS
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -50%
  • MS
    Meskwaki Settlement School
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • MC
    MUSCATINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +78%
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
International Rivers Network

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Environment
2
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
3
Iowa Citizen Action Network

To promote social, economic and environmental justice.

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4
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
5
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
6
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
7
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
8
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
9
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

Environment
10
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

—
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connections for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dachshund Rescue South Florida 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

41 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. 41 of the 57 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
26/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Foundation of Muscatine County: $83,785 · OtherCommunity Foundation of Muscatine CountyMeskwaki Settlement School: $10,000 · OtherMeskwaki Settlement SchoolNational Pearl Button Museum: $10,000 · OtherNational Pearl Button MuseumFAITH CHAPEL CHURCH: $6,000 · Other+31 more: $50,878 · Other+31 moreWOMEN OF COLOR ADVANCING PEACE AND SECURITY WCAPS: $50,000 · Public BenefitWOMEN OF COLOR ADVA…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $23,975 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOU…WYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 · PhilanthropyWYOMING COMMU…+3 more: $1,800 · Philanthropy+3 moreMUSCATINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationChance For Change Inc: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $200 · EducationFLICKINGER LEARNING CENTER: $10,200 · Human Services+3 more: $620 · Human ServicesNonviolent Peaceforce: $3,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $1,800 · InternationalGLOBAL ZERO: $1,000 · InternationalWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $1,000 · InternationalWINGS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $600 · InternationalIOWA CITY FOREIGN RELATIONS COUNCIL: $600 · International+1 more: $200 · InternationalLLOYD ECODISTRICT: $5,000 · Community ImprovementIOWA NONPROFIT ALLIANCE: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$160,663Public Benefit$50,000Philanthropy$32,775Education$15,200Human Services$10,820International$8,200Community Improvement$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN OF COLOR ADVANCING PEACE AND SECURITY WCAPS: $50,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $23,975 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFLICKINGER LEARNING CENTER: $10,200 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetMUSCATINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChance For Change Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetLLOYD ECODISTRICT: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetIT TAKES A VILLAGE ANIMAL RESCUE & RESOURCES: $4,300 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNonviolent Peaceforce: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupport Our Aging Religious Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE IOWA: $1,840 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of The Music Hall: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL ZERO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TTT SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTeachers Unify to End Gun Violence: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIOWA NONPROFIT ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDACHSHUND RESCUE SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $811 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWINGS OF HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $600 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA CITY FOREIGN RELATIONS COUNCIL: $600 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBUR OAK LAND TRUST: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $440 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA VALLEY RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER ACTION INC: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM: $227 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBORDER ANGELS: $220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY QUAD CITIES: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCATINE COMMUNITY Y: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECOPEACE MIDDLE EAST ENVIRONMENTAL NGO FORUM: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAPESTRY FARMS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH: $102 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIsland Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary Inc: $100 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.

HNI Charitable Founda…Alliant Energy Founda…Holthues TrustKENT CORPORATION CHAR…Jubitz Family Foundat…Midwestone Bank Found…Quad Cities Golf Clas…Quad Cities Community…Vyuha IncJohn D and Catherine …Arthur J Gallagher Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…
HNI Charitable FoundationIA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: HNI Charitable Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Holthues Trust · KENT CORPORATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION fka KENT-STEIN FOUNDATION · Jubitz Family Foundation · Midwestone Bank Foundation · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Quad Cities Community Foundation · Vyuha Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Ayco Charitable 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 Stanley Foundation dba Stanley Center for Peace and Security funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stanley Foundation dba Stanley Center for Peace and Security. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 57 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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