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The Steel Partners Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$101k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Recreation & Sports$301kEducation$270kHealth$228kYouth Development$131kCrime & Legal$100kCivil Rights$50kHousing & Shelter$21kInternational$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$11,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$129
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPEN VALLEY AND SKIBOARD CLUB$60,000
MACABI USA$18,000
NANCY LIEBERMAN CHARITIES$11,500
THE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION$5,000
WORTHY OF LOVE$5,000
ASPEN JUNIOR HOCKEY$1,500
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 (FY20–25, $121k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $100k → 8%WORTHY OF LOVE: $10k → 14%WORTHY OF LOVE: $6k → 14%WORTHY OF LOVE: $5k → 14%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
PA
CT
CA
CO
NC
DC
LA
TX
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$476k · 8 repeat orgs$663k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
17

Total granted

$476k
$640k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+44%

Still filing today

75%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HF
    HILARITY FOR CHARITY INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $27k · revenue +249%
  • WO
    Worthy of Love
    3× · 2021–2025 · $21k · revenue +48%
  • AJ
    ASPEN JUNIOR HOCKEY INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $196k · revenue +44%
  • TM
    THE MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +149%
  • FL
    FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -35%
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
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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4
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
5
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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6
United States Anti-Doping Agency

Preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport, protect the rights of u.s. athletes

Recreation & Sports
7
Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

We steward $1.5 billion in charitable assets through donor-advised funds, endowments, and other giving vehicles. partnering with 1,400 individuals, families, and organizations, we build enduring legacies and multigenerational impact. in…

Philanthropy
8
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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9
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
10
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
11
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
12
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hilarity for Charity Inc; the most unlike its peers is Family Access Fighting for Childrens Rights. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASPEN VALLEY AND SKI BOARD CLUB: $282,500 · OtherASPEN VALLEY AND SKI BOARD CLUBSKECHERS PIER TO PIER FRIENSHIP WALK: $70,000 · OtherSKECHERS PIER TO PIER FRIENSHIP WALKFAMILY ACCESS FIGHTING FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $50,000 · OtherFAMILY ACCESS FIGHTING FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTSAIR FORCE ACADEMY: $22,000 · OtherUNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY: $22,000 · Other+10 more: $76,100 · Other+10 moreTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $196,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF T…POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $20,000 · EducationPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIA…NANCY LIEBERMAN CHARITIES: $13,000 · EducationNANCY LIEBERMAN CHARITI…ROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTHE MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE MARK WAH…Worthy of Love: $21,000 · Human ServicesWorthy of Lo…FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Crime & LegalFEDERAL L…PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE …HILARITY FOR CHARITY INC: $26,800 · HealthASPEN HOPE CENTER: $6,100 · HealthASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,300 · HealthMACCABI USA INC: $18,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$522,600Education$239,000Human Services$121,000Crime & Legal$100,000Philanthropy$100,000Health$38,200Recreation & Sports$18,000

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 budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $196,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARK WAHLBERG YOUTH FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetFEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY ACCESS FIGHTING FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $50,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetHILARITY FOR CHARITY INC: $26,800 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWorthy of Love: $21,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNANCY LIEBERMAN CHARITIES: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN JUNIOR HOCKEY INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASPEN HOPE CENTER: $6,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNeshama Center: $1,800 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Steel Partners Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Steel Partners Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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 Steel Partners Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Steel Partners 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 27 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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