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The Stewart 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.

$619k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$105,654
Organizations funded a year
29 to 44
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Stewart Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving41$586k7%
FY202444$595k18%
FY202342$926k19%
FY202243$694k30%
FY202131$375k23%
FY202032$484k13%
FY201929$494k24%
FY201831$365k16%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.5MHealth$722kPhilanthropy$670kHuman Services$604kAnimals$316kArts & Culture$210kHousing & Shelter$181kYouth Development$145kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of The Stewart Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Logos Academy$356,50094%
York College of Pennsylvania$199,15840%
Leg Up Farm Inc$160,10091%
Cornerstone Youth Home$125,000423%
Susan P Byrnes Health Education Center Inc$110,20092%
Keystone Kidspace$100,00058%
Boys & Girls Club of Cecil County Inc$95,00072%
Children's Home of York$93,26790%
York Health Foundation$93,00041%
York County History Center$90,00011%
Creative York$72,50094%
Pappus House$66,12543%
Upmc Pinnacle Foundation$55,00031%
YMCA of the Roses$51,50030%
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc$42,50050%
York County Industrial Development Authority$37,5001n/a
Holy Trinity Catholic School$37,3894n/a
Accountability for Life$30,0002n/a
Main Street York Inc$30,00032%
York County Food Bank$26,54540%
York County Bar Foundation$26,00051%
Charlestown Fire Company Inc$25,00034%
Water Witch Fire Company Inc$20,00012%
Youth Empowerment Source Inc$15,00031%
Choices Healthcare$11,50040%
I Am Ministries Inc$11,1111n/a
Pasch Foundation$11,1111n/a
York County Bar Association$10,00021%
Miss Bobbis Place Inc$10,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of South Central Pa$10,00010%
York Day Nursery Inc$8,00070%
Pink Power$7,00071%
York County Literacy Council$6,20090%
The Arc of York County Inc$6,00090%
Steam Into History Inc$5,00010%
Servants Inc$5,00011%
York Opioid Collaborative$4,50031%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$4,00041%
Hanover Area YMCA$3,00020%
Keystone Human Services$2,50010%
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa$2,50010%
Catholic Womans Club of York$2,0002n/a
Tennis for Kids Inc$1,50031%
New Hope Ministries Inc$1,50030%
St Patrick School$1,0001n/a
Score$7501n/a
Olivia's House - a Grief and Loss Center for Children$72810%
Lancaster County Conservancy$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Stewart Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLogos Academy: $356,500 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetYork College of Pennsylvania: $199,158 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLeg Up Farm Inc: $160,100 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCornerstone Youth Home: $125,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetSusan P Byrnes Health Education Center Inc: $110,200 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetKeystone Kidspace: $100,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Cecil County Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetChildren's Home of York: $93,267 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetYork Health Foundation: $93,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetYork County History Center: $90,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCreative York: $72,500 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetPappus House: $66,125 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetUpmc Pinnacle Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetYMCA of the Roses: $51,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStrand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMain Street York Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetYork County Food Bank: $26,545 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYork County Bar Foundation: $26,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCharlestown Fire Company Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetWater Witch Fire Company Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetYouth Empowerment Source Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetChoices Healthcare: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYork County Bar Association: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJunior Achievement of South Central Pa: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYork Day Nursery Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPink Power: $7,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetYork County Literacy Council: $6,200 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Arc of York County Inc: $6,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSteam Into History Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetServants Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYork Opioid Collaborative: $4,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetHanover Area YMCA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKeystone Human Services: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts in the Heart of Pa: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTennis for Kids Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNew Hope Ministries Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOlivia's House - a Grief and Loss Center for Children: $728 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLancaster County Conservancy: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Powder Mill FoundationPA72.2× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Powder Mill Foundation · Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation · York County Community Foundation · The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation · Kinsley Foundation · The Graham Foundation · United Way of York County · White Rose Leadership Institute · The W Dale Brougher Foundation · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Rice Family Foundation · Russell E & Eleanor B Horn Foundati

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.

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How do I get to The Stewart Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Stewart 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.

About The Stewart Foundation

How much does The Stewart Foundation give?
The Stewart Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $618,975 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Stewart Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Health (14%), Philanthropy (13%).
Who are The Stewart Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Logos Academy ($357k), York College of Pennsylvania ($199k), Leg Up Farm Inc ($160k).
Does The Stewart Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Stewart 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 Stewart Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Powder Mill Foundation, Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation, York County Community Foundation.
Where is The Stewart Foundation based?
The Stewart Foundation is based in PA.

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 89 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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