Grants awarded
Who does Lodestar Philanthropic Foundation fund?
Lodestar Philanthropic Foundation has awarded $7.4 million across 306 grants to 116 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $16,000, with most between $8,889 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $17,778 versus $14,900 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$7.4M
Typical grant
$16K
Grantees
116
Grants
306
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seachange Capital Partners INC
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$1.7M | 89 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$760K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| S Seachange Capital Partners INC | $502K | 34 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix | $480K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $225K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Arizona State University Foundation for a New Amer | $175K | 8 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Keep Our Republic Charitable Fund | $160K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Arizona Justice Project INC
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$155K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| C Core | $150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $125K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Barrow Neurological Foundation
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$108K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
Valley of the Sun United Way
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$100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
The Brookings Institution
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| S Social Venture Partners International | $100K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Niskanen Center INC
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$100K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| C Contina Impact | $95K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
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$92K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washingt | $75K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$75K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IN | |
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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$75K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| T Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Acumen Fund INC
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$75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$65K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| T The Philanthropy Workshop INC | $64K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | — |
| V Valley of the Sun Young Mens Christian Association | $61K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Calmatters
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$57K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| R Represent US Education Fund | $55K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for National Progress | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| V Valley of the Sun United Way | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Protect Democracy Project
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$50K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| C Cda Collaborative Learning Projects INC | $40K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| P Philadelphia Foundation | $40K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Arizona Community Foundation - Social Venture Part | $38K | 3 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Independent Sector
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$38K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $38K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Barrow Neurological Foundation | $36K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Philanthropy Forum | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Trustees of Princeton University | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
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$30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| G Giving Tuesday INC | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Thoreau Farm Trust INC | $26K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $26K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Arizona Community Foundation | $26K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Synergos Institute INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Forum 2000 INC | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Defending Democracy Together Institute
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| R Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
New Venture Fund
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| F Freedom House INC | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association INC | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$25K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| A Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits | $25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Central Arizona Shelter Services INC
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$22K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AZ | |
National Public Radio INC
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| T The Project on Government Oversight INC | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Arouet Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Renew Democracy Initiative INC
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Social Finance INC
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$18K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MA | |
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
K2 Adventures Foundation
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$15K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| T The Bottom Line INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Circle the City
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | AZ | |
| N Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Sandra Day Oconnor Institute
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$12K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
The San Diego Foundation
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$12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| B Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mollen Foundation for Childhood Obesity | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Kidney Foundation INC | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Historical League INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
Arizona Local News Foundation
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
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$10K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | AZ | |
| C Church of the Holy Apostles | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | VT | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
Global Washington
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | WA | |
| I Idealistorg INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project INC | $9K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Opportunity on Deck | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AZ | |
| S Social Good Fund INC | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Players Philanthropy Fund
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$8K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MD | |
Wikimedia Foundation INC
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$7K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
The Project on Government Oversight INC
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$6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| A Arizona Justice Project INC | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AZ | |
| C Center for the Future of Arizona | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
Harmony Project Phoenix
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| T The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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