· Private foundation
The Steele 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k31 grants · $140k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY | $20,000 |
| LOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC | $10,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA BARBARA | $10,000 |
| ENSEMBLE THEATRE | $10,000 |
| WORLD WOMEN WORK | $10,000 |
| BHUTAN FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| SUDDEN ARRHYTHMIA DEATH SYNDROMES | $10,000 |
| CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP | $5,000 |
| HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA | $5,000 |
| CULTIVATE CHARLOTTESVILLE | $5,000 |
| RAINFOREST TRUST | $5,000 |
| THE CECILIA FUND | $5,000 |
| FR VIRGIL CORDANO CENTER | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $311k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
117 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 82 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY4× · 2021–2024 · $115k · revenue +14%
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC8× · 2017–2024 · $61k · revenue +87%
- TBThe Bhutan Foundation8× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +141%
Funded once
- MUMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $10k
- CCCORVALLIS-BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYone grant, 2019 · $5k
- USUNITY SHOPPE INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +41%
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.
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.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…
Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.
To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.
Strengthening baltimore's communities through education, skills development and community service.
Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.
How this is measured
110 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 110 of the 181 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC ↗
- Who funds The Bhutan Foundation ↗
- Who funds Earth Sangha ↗
- Who funds FOOD & FRIENDS INC ↗
- Who funds HEAL THE OCEAN INC ↗
- Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLDWOMENWORK ↗
- Who funds BENTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR OTHERS INC ↗
- Who funds MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST ↗
- Who funds CAPITOL HILL ARTS WORKSHOP ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN ↗
- Who funds NBCC ↗
- Who funds Common Good City Farm ↗
- Who funds THE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MALAWI CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds WORDDANCETHEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC ↗
- Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
- Who funds CITY BLOSSOMS INC ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOMOS AMIGOS MEDICAL MISSIONS ↗
- Who funds AHEAD WITH HORSES INC ↗
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Santa Barbara Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Steele Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Steele Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Old Mill Center for Children and Families Inc: 38% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc: 16% of income from government
- Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
- Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
- Star Community Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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