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The Stiver Foundation at a glance

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The Stiver Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$51kFood & Nutrition$37kHealth$35kHuman Services$27kReligion$17kCrime & Legal$10kInternational$9kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$486k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$7,000
BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC RADIO$5,000
FROST VALLEY YMCA$5,000
MOUNTAIN CITY PUBLIC MONTESSORI$3,000
TIBETAN BUDDHIST LEARNING CTR$3,000
FOOD FOR FAIRVIEW INC$2,000
TENANTS TOGETHER$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 (FY19–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $5k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $5k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $4k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $4k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $3k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $3k → 16%FROST VALLEY YMCA: $3k → 16%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

MN
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
NC
AL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$162k · 8 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$162k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+38%

Still filing today

63%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionEducationCrime & LegalInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • FV
    FROST VALLEY YMCA
    7× · 2019–2025 · $27k · revenue +34%
  • MANNA FOOD BANK INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $27k · revenue +204%
  • DU
    DENISON UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $22k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • HL
    HARVARD LEGAL AID BUREAU
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue 0% · 42% of their budget
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10k
  • VC
    VERNER CTR FOR LEARNING
    6× · 2020–2025 · $9k
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
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Compassion International Incorporated

Compassion exists to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Compassion serves all children, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

International
4
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
5
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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6
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
7
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services

To deliver legal and social services to people and families who want to put down roots in the u.s. and cultivate welcoming communities that uphold our collective freedoms.

Civil Rights
8
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless

Housing & Shelter
9
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
10
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
11
The Management Center

We help leaders working for social change build and run more equitable, sustainable, and results-driven organizations.

Education
12
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is El Campito Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

19 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. 19 of the 22 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $42,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODTIBETAN BUDDHIST LEARNING CENTER INC: $20,000 · OtherTIBETAN BUDDHIST LEARNING CENTER INCACLU: $10,000 · OtherACLUMEALS ON WHEELS: $10,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELSVERNER CTR FOR LEARNING: $9,200 · OtherVERNER CTR FOR LEARNINGELIDA CHILHOOD DEV CTR: $8,000 · OtherELIDA CHILHOOD DEV CTRFAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $7,300 · OtherFAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $7,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $5,000 · OtherDENISON UNIVERSITY: $21,500 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSIT…Mountain City Public Montessori: $11,000 · EducationMountain City Pub…THE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationTHE AGNES IRWIN S…MANNA FOOD BANK INC: $26,500 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BAN…FOOD FOR FAIRVIEW INCORPORATED: $2,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FOR FAIRV…Tenants Together: $2,000 · Food & NutritionTenants Togeth…FROST VALLEY YMCA: $27,300 · Human ServicesFROST VALLEY…HARVARD LEGAL AID BUREAU: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,200 · Crime & LegalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 · InternationalWESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCharlies Angels Animal Rescue: $2,000 · Animals
Other$118,500Education$37,500Food & Nutrition$30,500Human Services$27,300Crime & Legal$13,200International$9,000Arts & Culture$5,000Animals$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFROST VALLEY YMCA: $27,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $26,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $21,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMountain City Public Montessori: $11,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHARVARD LEGAL AID BUREAU: $10,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA CASA DE AMISTAD INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR FAIRVIEW INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCharlies Angels Animal Rescue: $2,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTenants Together: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds FROST VALLEY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds DENISON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Mountain City Public Montessori ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD LEGAL AID BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LA CASA DE AMISTAD INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR FAIRVIEW INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Charlies Angels Animal Rescue ↗
  • Who funds Tenants Together ↗

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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC7.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Stiver Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stiver Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 22 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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