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The Steedman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Steedman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$137k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$25k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$171kHuman Services$63kEnvironment$50kHousing & Shelter$40kInternational$30kArts & Culture$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $120k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$25,000
HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$20,000
PBS FOUNDATION$15,000
CITY DOGS RESCUE$15,000
THE HUMANE LEAGUE$15,000
KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY$10,000
HOUSE OF RUTH$10,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$10,000
YOUNG AT HEART CHORUS INCORPORATED$5,000
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US$5,000
CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS$5,000
LIONS DISTRICT 20-R2 FOUNDATION$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, 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%HEIGHTS AND HILLS INC: $5k → 20%HEIGHTS AND HILLS INC: $5k → 20%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $20k → 20%HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 20%HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 20%HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3k → 20%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

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$203k · 6 repeat orgs$209k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +99% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
18

Total granted

$203k
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+99%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterFood & 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

  • BB
    BROOKLYN BRIDGE ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +255%
  • HC
    Homecrest Community Services Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $43k · revenue +204%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
    3× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • OC
    OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -12%
  • CS
    CARPENTER'S SHELTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -15%
  • NA
    NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
2
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
3
City Harvest Inc

To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.

Food & Nutrition
4
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
5
Michigan Humane Society

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

Animals
6
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
10
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
11
West Side Center for Community Life

To pursue anti-hunger initiatives through the west side campaign against hunger (wscah) program whose mission is to alleviate hunger by ensuring that all new yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive…

Youth Development
12
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coalition for the Homeless Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sunshine Dog Rescue 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

34 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. 34 of the 37 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROOKLYN BRIDGE ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION: $50,000 · AnimalsBROOKLYN BRIDGE ANIMAL WELFARE COALITIONKARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society: $50,000 · AnimalsKARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA K…CITY DOGS RESCUE INC: $15,000 · AnimalsCITY DOGS RESCUE INCTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE LEAGUEPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $8,000 · Animals+3 more: $15,000 · Animals+3 moreHomecrest Community Services Inc: $43,000 · Human ServicesHomecrest Commu…HEIGHTS & HILLS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHEIGHTS & HILLS…COVENANT HOUSE: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSEFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $30,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF TH…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERV…NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $5,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK REST…COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL ON TH…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalWORLD CENT…International Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 · InternationalInternatio…CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalCAMFED USA…FAMILY PROMISE INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PRO…HOUSE OF RUTH: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSE OF R…CARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCARPENTER'…NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON …YOUNG AT HEART CHORUS INC: $5,000 · OtherYOUNG AT HEART CH…SENTIENT CREATURES INC: $5,000 · OtherSENTIENT CREATURE…COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $5,000 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE…BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 · OtherPBS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherPBS FOUNDATIONNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 · OtherNEW YORK FOUNDATI…Feeding America: $5,000 · OtherFeeding AmericaCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $5,000 · OtherCITYMEALS-ON-WHEE…TEAM RUBICON INC: $5,000 · OtherTEAM RUBICON INCCOBBLE HILL HEALTH CENTER INC: $3,000 · Other+1 more: $2,000 · OtherCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $10,400 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMuddy Paws Rescue: $3,000 · Philanthropy
Animals$153,000Human Services$58,000Environment$50,000International$40,000Housing & Shelter$40,000Other$67,500Philanthropy$21,400

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 budgetBROOKLYN BRIDGE ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION: $50,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetKARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society: $50,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetHomecrest Community Services Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $10,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEIGHTS & HILLS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPets are Wonderful Support Inc dba PAWS: $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG AT HEART CHORUS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSUNSHINE DOG RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOBBLE HILL HEALTH CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuddy Paws Rescue: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Duffield Family F…American Express Foun…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY17.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · American Express Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Young at Heart Chorus Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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