Kentucky · Nonprofit
The Stella Effect Inc
The Stella Effect Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,254 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $28k
What The Stella Effect Inc does
Mission
To support and enhance the quality of life and care of children diagnosed with trisomy, inside or outside the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through compassionate and supportive activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Moving for Fair Care: To support the families of children with trisomy, inside or outside of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through assistance and supportive services for relocations to obtain care, assistance and supportive services for temporary housing to obtain care, other assistance and supportive services during periods of treatment, and supportive services to families of a deceased child.
$0 spentEducation & Awareness of Trisomy 13/18: To develop programs, inside or outside of Commonwealth of Kentucky, that educate parents and family members of children diagnosed with trisomy concerning treatment and other information regarding the condition so that they have current and accurate information and resources available to them for obtaining care. To raise awareness and promote and support inclusiveness, inside or outside of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through facilitating and supporting communication among medical professionals, creating and contributing materials literature, workshops, seminars and conferences, audio or video presentations to educate medical health professionals, family members, and the public about trisomy.
$0 spentCelebration of Milestones & Honoring loved ones in the Trisomy 13/18 Community: To participate in other programs or projects, including for the purpose of education and awareness, for and/or provide compassionate and supportive services to children in neonatal intensive care units ("NICU"), children with medically complex issues, or children with life-limiting diagnoses, and their families, including families of a deceased child, inside or outside of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
$0 spent
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $5k to $29k (+447%).
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.
100% of The Stella Effect Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Chelsea Spoelker
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $750 → $16k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 Stella Effect Inc’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 Stella Effect Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 Stella Effect Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 55% · 2023 64% — diversifying over time.
“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
85% of The Stella Effect Inc'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 $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Kentucky, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
The Stella Effect Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like The Stella Effect Inc
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 Kentucky
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.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Stella Effect Inc: 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 The Stella Effect Inc?
- The Stella Effect Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,254 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Stella Effect Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $48,254 in grants to The Stella Effect Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Stella Effect Inc?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Stella Effect Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 6 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