FundersNew York

Jonathan Starr Foundation Inc

Woodstock, NY · EIN 99-0343990. Reported 61 grants totalling $93,250 to 42 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$93,250granted, 2021-2024
42organizations funded
62%of grantees funded again the next year
$458,497assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Jonathan Starr Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
14 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
44 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Woodstock Byrdcliffe GuildWoodstock, NY$16,000442024
Hospice MauiWailuku, HI$7,500222022
Northern Dutchess Hospital FoundatiRhinebeck, NY$5,000112024
Kimokeo FoundationWailuku, HI$4,500222023
Anti Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$4,000222024
Wamc Northeast Public RadioAlbany, NY$4,000332024
Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL$3,000112023
Wkze Broadcasting CenterRed Hook, NY$3,000332024
Wmht Public BroadcastTroy, NY$3,000222024
Woodstock Rescue 5Woodstock, NY$3,000112024
Folk AlleySaranac Lake, NY$2,500332024
Planned Parenthood Hudson ValleyKingston, NY$2,500332024
Center for Reproductive RightsNew York, NY$2,000112021
Diaz Memorial Ambulance ServiceSaugerties, NY$2,000112024
Grace Institute of New YorkNew York, NY$2,000222024
Maui Arts & Cultural CtrKahului, HI$2,000112021
Maui Health FoundationWailuku, HI$2,000112021
Nisei Veterans Memorial CenterKahului, HI$2,000112021
Planned Parenthood USAWashington, DC$2,000112021
Surfing Cat Ranch SanctuaryHaiku, HI$2,000222024
Upstate Films LtdRhinebeck, NY$2,000212024
Wdst RadioWest Hurley, NY$2,000222024
Woodstock Fire Co 1Woodstock, NY$2,000112024
Ashokan CenterOlivebridge, NY$1,000112024
Family of Woodstock IncKingston, NY$1,000112024
Hawaii Public RadioHonolulu, HI$1,000112021
Kaupo Community AssociationKula, HI$1,000112021
Maverick CenterWoodstock, NY$1,000112024
Surfing Cat Ranch MauiHaiku, HI$1,000112022
Woodstock School of ArtWoodstock, NY$1,000112024
YMCA MauiKahului, HI$1,000112021
Abigal SturgesWoodstock, NY$500112023
Bird on a Cliff Theater CoWoodstock, NY$500112024
Civil BeatHonolulu, HI$500112021
Environment HawaiiHilo, HI$500112021
Jewish Congregation of MauiKihei, HI$500112021
Maui Academy of Performing ArtsWailuku, HI$500112021
Planned Parenthood of HawaiiKahului, HI$500112021
Waiv-Woodstock Appreciates Its VoluWoodstock, NY$500112024
Wdst Radio WoodstockWest Hurley, NY$500112022
Woodstock Theater Festival IncLake Hill, NY$500112024
Maui Economic DevelopmentWailuku, HI$250112021

12 of 42 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 21 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
6 grants
Civil Rights
3 grants
Employment
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
1 grant
Mental Health
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202117$23,250$1,000
20228$17,000$1,000
202313$21,500$1,000
202423$31,500$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 66% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$62K
Hawaii
$27K
Alabama
$3K
District of Columbia
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Jonathan Starr Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 959, Woodstock, NY, 12498. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 99-0343990 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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