North Carolina · Private foundation
The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom 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.
- $12k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 18
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $236k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $12k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $11k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $14k | 72% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $8,031 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,614 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southmountain Children and Family Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Bridgeport Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beads of Courage Inc Dba Center for Arts in Nursing | $258 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercyfund | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospitality House of Charlotte | $250 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $8,031 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,614 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southmountain Children and Family Services | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Bridgeport Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beads of Courage Inc Dba Center for Arts in Nursing | $258 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercyfund | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospitality House of Charlotte | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Anns Church Corp | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| National Park Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Isothermal Community College | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation
- How much does The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation give?
- The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $12,281 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 18 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), International (19%), Food & Nutrition (19%).
- Who are The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Manna Food Bank Inc ($8k), Samaritan's Purse ($5k), United States Fund for Unicef ($4k).
- Does The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation based?
- The Steven & Valerie Stafstrom Foundation is based in NC.
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