Alabama · Nonprofit
MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION
MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $309,533 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($224,012). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $310k
- Net assets
- $-456248
What Mattie C Stewart Foundation does
Mission
Produce tools and resources for educators and community leaders to use to help address the dropout rate in schools.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The choice bus, launched in late 2008, has continued to forge tremendous success in schools and communities in the southeast, mid-western, and eastern states of the country. The demand for the choice has increased from schools and communities across the u.s. Currently, there are four choice buses. This experienced based learning tool travels to schools and communities giving young people a hands on experience of the benefits of an education, but also the likely consequences of choosing to drop out. The choice bus has been experienced by more than 2 million students in 26 states. The foundation received donated office space in 2024 in the amount of $6,618.
$14,231 spent99% of program spendingThe mattie c. Stewart foundation accomplished much in 2023 in its mission to reduce the dropout rate and increase the graduation rate in america. The insideout toolkit that includes a self-produced documentary portraying the stark consequences of not staying in school along with a companion teacher guide continued to gain traction across the united states. Currently it is being used in classrooms, churches, after-school programs and community organizations in 49 states and parts of canada. The mattie c. Stewart foundation estimates the insideout documentary has been experienced by more than 15 million people since its launch in late 2007; and the response from educators, community leaders, parents and students continues to be overwhelmingly positive. Although insideout impact was successful, it still has only reached a fraction of its target audience and therefore remains a relatively young tool in the mattie c. Stewart foundation toolbox.
$68 spent0% of program spendingLearn2earn is a financial literacy booklet that was created to educate students in grades 7 through 12 about the importance of financial literacy, savings and staying in school. Learn2earn contains lesson plans designed to present financial education material in a straightforward, easy-to-understand way. The more students hear and read facts about personal finance and the advantage gained by attending college and preparing for a career, the more they will be prepared to face the challenging economic environment. Learn2earn is adaptable and can be used in a classroom, after-school program, and club or camp setting. It is intended to be a discussion stimulator for teachers, mentors, and families to incorporate into their existing schedules. Its question/answer format requires minimal planning or preparation on their part.
$88 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $14,387.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $319k to $195k (−39%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
13% of MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sherri Stewart
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $16.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 77% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
72% of MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $86k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $224k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION's revenue fell 99% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION?
- MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $309,533 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($224,012). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $309,533 in grants to MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION?
- CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $224,012 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MATTIE C STEWART FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing