Steele Family Foundation
Hobe Sound, FL · EIN 22-3431692. Reported 184 grants totalling $1,942,400 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Steele Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $12,000; the smallest was $2,100 and the largest $68,600. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Prep Stratgic Impact Fund | Santa Fe, NM | $128,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Banner Lake Community Fund | Hobe Sound, FL | $99,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ms Foundation for Women | Brooklyn, NY | $98,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canterbury School | New Milford, CT | $97,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Evans Scholars | Golf, IL | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fredonia College Foundation | Fredonia, NY | $87,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Prep | Santa Fe, NM | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Women of Color | Capshaw, AL | $76,150 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Jacksonville, FL | $73,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $62,525 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation | Jupiter, FL | $46,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jeremiah Program | Minneapolis, MN | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cara Program | Chicago, IL | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nantz National Alzheimer Center | Sugar Land, TX | $44,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dig Deep-Appalachia Water Project | Los Angeles, CA | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cubs Charities Community Fund | Chicago, IL | $41,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southhampton Fresh Air Home | Southampton, NY | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Empowerment Project | New Orleans, LA | $33,175 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $32,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sky Centernew Mexico Suicide Prevention | Santa Fe, NM | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | New York City, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Be Nola Incorporated | New Orleans, LA | $26,225 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Colorectal Cancer Alliance | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Goal | Brooklyn, NY | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Precious Blood Ministry | Chicago, NY | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Freedom Community Center - St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Society of the Sacred Heart | St Louis, MO | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uptown Group Inc | St Paul, MN | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Professional Children's School | New York, NY | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Transgender Research Center of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $17,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women Golfers Give Back | Plymouth Meeting, PA | $17,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| America's Vetdogs | Smithtown, NY | $16,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gerard's House | Santa Fe, NM | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dig Deep-Navajo Water Project | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | Owasso, OK | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Orleans Rowing Club | New Orleans, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Growing Up New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Palm Beach Golf Community Trust | Jupiter, FL | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Depot | Santa Fe, NM | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Elizabeth Shelter-CASA | Santa Fe, NM | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Covenant House New Orleans | New Orleans, LA | $10,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alcoholics Anonymous | New York, NY | $10,550 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Community Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mod Diaper Dollars | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Women | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partnership With Native Americans | Addison, TX | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Response Medicine | Marco Islane, FL | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough New York | New York, NY | $8,225 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Solace Sexual Assault Services | Santa Fe, NM | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Christopher Church | Tonawanda, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saafon | Santa Rosa, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Orleans Women and Children's Shelter | New Orleans, LA | $5,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Do for One | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Orleans Women & Children's Shelter Inc | New Orleans, LA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lifecamp | Jamaica, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation | Santa Fe, NM | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reading Quest | Santa Fe, NM | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
51 of 66 (77%) 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 90%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Cubs Charities Community Fund
CHILD/YOUTH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS - Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute
ASSIST FARMERS WITH PRODUCTION, PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 87 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $373,700 | $8,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $589,100 | $9,000 |
| 2023 | 49 | $492,100 | $7,000 |
| 2024 | 50 | $487,500 | $5,500 |
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. 22% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,250. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 Steele Family Foundation'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: 11450 Se Dixie Highway, Hobe Sound, FL, 33455. 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.
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