Open Foundations · New Hampshire

Steele Foundation for Hope

Nashua, New Hampshire · EIN 873862042. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.6M across 5 grants in 2025, a median of $250K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2025
5
grants paid
$250K
median grant
4%
to first-time recipients
$422.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
STEELE FOUNDATION FOR HOPE
Address
99 PINE HILL RD, NASHUA, NH, 03062
Phone
6036612781
Form the request should take
LETTERS OF INQUIRY WITH REQUIRED MATERIALS ARE SUBMITTED VIA THE WEBSITE, HOW WE WORK PAGE, LETTER OF INQUIRY LINK.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
SEE WWW.STEELEFOUNDATIONFORHOPE.ORG, HOW WE WORK PAGE FOR AREAS OF FOCUS AND ELIGIBILITY.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202601889349101050. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

All 5 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Project Life InternationalMA$1,000,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
2Akirachixn/a$250,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
3Kickstart InternationalCA$250,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
4Zenysis Technologies IncCA$33,467PROGRAM SUPPORT
5Mafami Pty Ltd (vulva Medical)n/a$25,036PROGRAM SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202212$7.4M
20239$9.1M
20248$3.9M
2025 (partial year)5$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
??40%
California40%
Massachusetts20%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Art DesaulnierDIRECTOR · 2025
Chad GiffordDIRECTOR · 2025
Erinn SteeleDIRECTOR · 2025
Howard BrodskyDIRECTOR · 2025
Jamie SteeleDIRECTOR · 2025
Jane ExnerSECRETARY AND TREASURER · 2025
Joe ExnerCEO AND DIRECTOR · 2025
Joe SimoneDIRECTOR · 2025
Katie EmondDIRECTOR · 2025
Kevin CurranDIRECTOR · 2025
Mike EmondDIRECTOR · 2025
Stuart SteeleFOUNDING DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT · 2025
Suzanne SteeleFOUNDING DIRECTOR · 2025
Tom WarrenDIRECTOR · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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