About Steele Foundation for Hope
The Steele Foundation for Hope concentrates its capital on a small number of high-impact projects that advance global health, humanitarian relief, and community-level health interventions, while also supporting a substantial local hospice initiative. Grants are large and strategic—often multi-million-dollar awards—and sometimes repeated to the same organization, indicating an emphasis on scaling proven solutions rather than making many small awards. The foundation favors technology and programmatic approaches that improve healthcare delivery in low-resource settings as well as direct service and infrastructure projects addressing palliative care and basic health determinants.
Focus Areas
Biometric and health information technology for low-resource healthcare systems (e.g., SIMPRINT)Humanitarian and refugee services and emergency relief (e.g., Alight)Community nutrition and agricultural-health programs in East Africa (e.g., Gardens for Health, EarthEnable)Palliative care and local hospice infrastructure/building projects (e.g., Hospice House Project)
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: very few, large grants (multi-million-dollar scale), occasional repeat grants to the same grantee, strategic investments in scalable global health and humanitarian programs alongside major one-off local capital support.
Funding Style
About Steele Foundation for Hope
Steele Foundation for Hope directs large, program-support grants toward a small set of health and humanitarian initiatives, including a $3,059,415 award to Hospice House Project in Merrimack and a $2,914,718 grant to Simprint Technology Limited in Cambridge. That pattern points to a funder that backs scale-up efforts rather than broad, dispersed giving. Recent awards also show repeated support for the same organizations, such as Simprint Technology Limited and Gardens for Health International, suggesting sustained engagement with selected partners. The foundation’s work reaches across health-system technology, relief services, nutrition, water access, and palliative care, with grants often structured around specific projects or program support. It also uses program-related investments in addition to grants, which extends its capital to social enterprises working in healthcare, water, food, and education. While much of its giving is national in scope, the recent grant list also includes organizations in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and East Africa, reflecting both local and global priorities. Overall, the foundation’s profile is defined by concentrated, invitation-based support for organizations pursuing sustainable access to essential services.
What Steele Foundation for Hope Funds
In health technology, Steele Foundation for Hope gave $2,500,000 to Simprint Technology Limited in 2024 and $2,914,718 in 2023, showing repeated backing for biometric and health information tools. In nutrition and agricultural-health work, it awarded $528,000 and $496,340 to Gardens for Health International in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The foundation also funded water-access and infrastructure efforts, including $488,346 to Water Access Rwanda in Kigali and $450,000 to Building Tomorrow in Indianapolis. Humanitarian response is another clear thread: it provided $1,000,000 to Alight in Minneapolis and $500,000 to Community Organized Relief Effort in Los Angeles. Across these areas, the common feature is program support for organizations already operating in low-resource or crisis-affected settings.
How Steele Foundation for Hope Gives
Typical grants are large: the p25 is $250,000, the median is $488,346, and the p75 is $528,000. That distribution fits a foundation that makes a limited number of substantial, project-based awards rather than many small ones. The recent grants list also shows repeat funding to the same organizations across years, including Simprint Technology Limited, Gardens for Health International, Kickstart International, Project Life International, Building Tomorrow, and Village Hopecore International. The foundation is a regular funder and also makes program-related investments. Funding is proactive and invitation-only for grants, while PRIs are described as open to requests from for-profit social enterprises.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$9.1M
Total Assets
$243.3M
Total Revenue
$5M
Total Expenses
$10.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $250K and $528K, with a median of $488K.
25th Percentile
$250K
Median
$488K
75th Percentile
$528K
Geographic Reach
National6 states funded
About 19% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Steele Foundation for Hope Funds
Top 5 recipient countries by grant volume for Steele Foundation for Hope.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 23 | $87.9M | 69.7% |
| 2 | Kenya | 3 | $13.2M |
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