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W Paul Starkey Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2022
47
Grants FY2022
46
Organizations funded FY2022
9%
First-time grantees FY2022
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91% of W Paul Starkey Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 25 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year W Paul Starkey Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 31 organizations, $9k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

38
’17
40
’18
40
’19
36
’20
36
’21
31
’22
25
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2022
$100
Largest grant, FY2022
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
46 to 58
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
13
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 9% of the organizations W Paul Starkey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
EducationEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202246$9k9%
FY202152$9k6%
FY202054$10k6%
FY201957$10k0%
FY201857$10k9%
FY201758$9kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$102kEducation$23kPublic Benefit$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kHealth$6kEnvironment$6kArts & Culture$3kAnimals$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of W Paul Starkey Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Judicial Watch Inc$5,90060%
Kent School Inc$4,60070%
Washington College$3,50070%
The Heritage Foundation$3,45060%
Radcliffe Creek School Inc$3,00070%
Shorerivers Inc$2,50060%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,10070%
Cato Institute$2,00060%
Johns Hopkins University$2,00010%
St George's School$1,75070%
Peninsula Ambulance Corps$1,70070%
The Humane Society of Kent County Inc$1,50070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,47570%
Blue Hill Public Library$1,35070%
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc$1,30070%
Chester River Hospital Center Inc$1,20070%
Bonnell Cove Foundation$1,10070%
Whyy Inc$72760%
Holderness School$72570%
Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc$70070%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$60070%
The Usmma Sailing Foundation Inc$60050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$60020%
Cardigan Mountain School$55070%
Maine Maritime Museum$47560%
The American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training$40010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$40060%
George Stevens Academy$35070%
The Seeing Eye Inc$35070%
Mystic Seaport Museum Inc$32560%
Endicott College$30020%
Marlboro College$30030%
Roger Williams University$30020%
National Parks Conservation Association$26070%
St Paul's School$25050%
United Way of Kent County Inc$25050%
Maine Seacoast Mission$22560%
Ocean Conservancy$21040%
Chester River Association Inc$20010%
Citizens Against Government Waste$17540%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$14040%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$12550%
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc$12550%
The St Pauls Schools Inc$1001n/a
The Mainstay Inc$10010%
Baltimore Public Media Corporation$10010%
Hartnell College Foundation$7530%
Herreshoff Marine Museum$5010%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc$5010%
Media Research Center$4010%
Kids Wish Network Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W Paul Starkey Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $5,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKent School Inc: $4,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWashington College: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $3,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRadcliffe Creek School Inc: $3,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetShorerivers Inc: $2,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt George's School: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Ambulance Corps: $1,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Humane Society of Kent County Inc: $1,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,475 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Hill Public Library: $1,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc: $1,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChester River Hospital Center Inc: $1,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBonnell Cove Foundation: $1,100 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWhyy Inc: $727 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHolderness School: $725 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEcho Hill Outdoor School Inc: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Usmma Sailing Foundation Inc: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCardigan Mountain School: $550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Maritime Museum: $475 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Professional Training: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Stevens Academy: $350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMystic Seaport Museum Inc: $325 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEndicott College: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarlboro College: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRoger Williams University: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $260 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul's School: $250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Kent County Inc: $250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Seacoast Mission: $225 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $210 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChester River Association Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Against Government Waste: $175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $140 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $125 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc: $125 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mainstay Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaltimore Public Media Corporation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartnell College Foundation: $75 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHerreshoff Marine Museum: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoast Guard Foundation Inc: $50 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 50.

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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.

David a Bramble Foundation IncMD22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: David a Bramble Foundation Inc · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Fordi Family Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Lynn W and Timothy W Peters Family Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Gladwood Foundation · The Jana Fund · The Martin Foundation · Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation · Schumann Robert F Fdn-Main · Davis Family 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.

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About W Paul Starkey Foundation

How much does W Paul Starkey Foundation give?
W Paul Starkey Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $8,785 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does W Paul Starkey Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Education (14%), Public Benefit (7%).
Who are W Paul Starkey Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Judicial Watch Inc ($6k), Kent School Inc ($5k), Washington College ($4k).
Does W Paul Starkey Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does W Paul Starkey 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 W Paul Starkey Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include David a Bramble Foundation Inc, Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc, Fordi Family Foundation Inc.
Where is W Paul Starkey Foundation based?
W Paul Starkey Foundation is based in MD.

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 83 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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