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THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL

THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,985 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($574,598). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$-6153
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$632k
Net assets
$2.2M
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 94%
01What it does

What The Sister Stella Foundation for St Paul the Apostle School does

Mission

The foundation was established to provide support and funding for projects, programs, equipment, materials, services, and other activities outside the regular annual school budget, and that directly impact the development of students at st. Paul the apostle school.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Cultural and educational programs: provide funds and support for field trips; music, art, and other enrichment programs; training programs; learning materials; and other costs to provide and enhance educational experiences for students.

    $56,796 spent
    52% of program spending
  2. Technology and equipment: provide books, musical instruments, robotic and other electronic equipment, software for school and classroom use; and technology training for teachers, staff, students and parents.

    $39,598 spent
    36% of program spending
  3. Facilities and capital improvements: provide for leasing, renovations, and improvements of buildings, athletic facilities, and other school property.

    $6,385 spent
    6% of program spending
  4. General support for educational programs and activities

    $6,794 spent
    6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $109,573.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($85k) Expenses 100 ($119k) Net assets 100 ($2.4M)2019 Revenue 178 ($151k) Expenses 113 ($134k) Net assets 105 ($2.5M)2020 Revenue 205 ($174k) Expenses 99 ($118k) Net assets 107 ($2.6M)2021 Revenue 231 ($196k) Expenses 225 ($267k) Net assets 104 ($2.5M)2022 Revenue 243 ($207k) Expenses 61 ($73k) Net assets 110 ($2.7M)2023 Revenue 287 ($244k) Expenses 134 ($159k) Net assets 113 ($2.7M)2024 Revenue -65 ($-55515) Expenses 283 ($336k) Net assets 97 ($2.4M)2025 Revenue -7 ($-6153) Expenses 103 ($122k) Net assets 92 ($2.2M)
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Revenue (-7)Expenses (103)Net assets (92)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.1M to $4.4M (+40%).

$3.2M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$3.0M
$3.1M
$3.1M
$4.4M
$4.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$34k
’17
$17k
’19
$57k
’20
−$71k
’21
$134k
’22
$84k
’23
−$391k
’24
−$129k
’25
16
months of
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.

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Listed1915141618141317
Joined··+3+4+4+2+0+8
No longer listed··422614
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $80k → $77k.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL’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

THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% 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 THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL.

91%
largest funder
97%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 94% · 2019 97% · 2020 94% · 2021 92% · 2022 88% · 2023 93% — 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

96% of THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL'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 $26k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from California funders.

CA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $606k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 6%Fundraising 4%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

50%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • St Paul's Community Properties I LLC · disregarded
  • St Paul's Community Properties II LLC · disregarded
  • St Paul's Community Properties III LLC · disregarded
  • St Paul the Apostle School · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL?
THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $631,985 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($574,598). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $631,985 in grants to THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $574,598 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE SISTER STELLA FOUNDATION FOR ST PAUL THE APOSTLE SCHOOL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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