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The Starrett Foundation at a glance

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The Starrett Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$286k
Granted FY2021
14
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Environment$461kArts & Culture$382kEducation$306kHealth$187kAnimals$38kRecreation & Sports$20kReligion$20kScience & Tech$15kOther$0
02FY2021 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $224k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTTOWN SCHOOL$50,000
DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY$43,800
DELAWARE WILD LANDS$40,000
BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY AND MUSEUM OF ART$40,000
ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL$25,000
CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL$15,000
TOWER HILL SCHOOL$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF DELAWARE$10,000
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM$10,000
LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY$5,000
TRISTATE BIRD RESCUE$5,000
BRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE$2,500
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 (FY19–19, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%NEXTGENFACE INC: $15k → 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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
VA
DE
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 19 repeat orgs$197k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
12

Total granted

$1.3M
$182k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+57%

Still filing today

74%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • TH
    TOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $156k · revenue +75%
  • BC
    Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
    4× · 2017–2021 · $139k · revenue +144%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF DELAWARE INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $87k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • VF
    VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +112%
  • TO
    TNC OF PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
2
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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3
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
4
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
7
Delaware Agricultural Museum Association

The organization's mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the history and technology of delaware and the delmarva peninsula's farm life/culture and to offer public education programs and services related to aspects of the…

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8
Delaware County Historical Society

Acquire and preserve property and information of historic value and/or interest concerning delaware county, pennsylvania. the society also operates a research library and museum.

Arts & Culture
9
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
10
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
11
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture
12
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delaware Nature Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chester County Hospital. 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

23 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. 23 of the 32 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC: $100,000 · OtherDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE …Individual grant recipient: $65,280 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDELAWARE WILD LANDS INC: $60,096 · OtherDELAWARE WILD LANDS INCWESTTOWN SCHOOL: $60,000 · OtherWESTTOWN SCHOOLVIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES: $50,176 · OtherVIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIESTHE LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $35,000 · OtherTHE LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHES…TRISTATE BIRD RESCUE: $27,500 · OtherTRISTATE BIRD RESCUETNC OF PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE: $20,000 · OtherTHERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING INC: $20,000 · OtherDELAWARE CENTER FOR INLAND BAYS: $20,000 · OtherHAGLEY MUSEUM: $17,500 · Other+3 more: $31,212 · Other+3 moreDELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY INC: $235,472 · EnvironmentDELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY…Willistown Conservation Trust Inc: $25,440 · EnvironmentWillistown Conservation…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $25,050 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LA…DELAWARE CENTER FOR HORTICULTURE INC: $15,000 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentTOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $155,694 · EducationTOWER HILL SCHOOL AS…ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $85,000 · EducationETHEL WALKER SCHOOL …PHILANDER CHASE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 · EducationPHILANDER CHASE CONS…+2 more: $5,500 · EducationBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $138,528 · Arts & CultureBrandywine Conse…DELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $70,355 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE ART MUS…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF DELAWARE INC: $86,910 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $70,050 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL: $15,000 · HealthCHESTER COUNT…NEXTGEN FACE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesDefenders of Wildlife: $10,000 · Animals
Other$506,764Environment$305,962Education$271,194Arts & Culture$213,883Health$171,960Human Services$15,000Animals$10,000

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 budgetDELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY INC: $235,472 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTOWER HILL SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $155,694 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $138,528 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDELAWARE MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF DELAWARE INC: $86,910 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $70,355 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $70,050 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE WILD LANDS INC: $60,096 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY FOR SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $35,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWillistown Conservation Trust Inc: $25,440 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $25,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANDER CHASE CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXTGEN FACE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetNANTUCKET MARIA MITCHELL ASSOCIATION IN: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDELAWARE CENTER FOR HORTICULTURE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $500 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.

Delaware Community Fo…Nor' Easter Foundatio…The Rock Oak Foundati…Nyssa FoundationVinton Family Foundat…Chichester Dupont Fou…Rencourt Foundation I…Crestlea Foundation I…Longwood Foundation I…Ellason Downs Perpetu…Marmot FoundationWelfare Foundation Inc
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Nor' Easter Foundation Inc · The Rock Oak Foundation · Nyssa Foundation · Vinton Family Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Rencourt Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Ellason Downs Perpetual Charitable Trust · Marmot Foundation · Welfare Foundation Inc

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 Starrett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Starrett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Planned Parenthood of Delaware Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Delaware Nature Society Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Delaware Symphony Association Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in: 9% of income from government
  • Delaware Art Museum Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Tower Hill School Association: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report 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

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How do I get to The Starrett Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Starrett 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 32 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home