Star Mountain Charitable Foundation

What Star Mountain Charitable Foundation does

Star Mountain Charitable Foundation is a New York City-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded by Brett Hickey in 2010 and sponsored by Star Mountain Capital, an employee-owned specialized investment manager with approximately $3.5 billion in assets under management as of March 2023. The foundation concentrates its charitable activity on two pillars: (1) job creation and economic development, and (2) health and wellness, principally cancer research.

On the job-creation pillar, the foundation is developing custom-built technology to connect three specific talent pools — veterans, mothers, and former professional and Olympic athletes — with career pathways at the small and medium-sized businesses that account for roughly 90% of U.S. companies. These pathways include internships, fellowships, board placements, and full- and part-time positions, with access to the 200+ portfolio companies of its parent. On the health pillar, the foundation organizes and staffs fundraising events including the Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research in New York City (cumulative ~$150,000 raised), Cycle for Survival (cumulative ~$31.5 million for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), the Children's Cancer Center Gelatin Plunge (cumulative ~$800,000+ since 2013), Fashion for Charity events, gelatin plunges, and networking luncheons.

The foundation does not sell products or services; funding is sourced through donations, event proceeds, and parent-company sponsorship, channeled to nonprofit beneficiaries such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Children's Cancer Center, Indego Africa, and Student Partner Alliance. Its advisory bench — which includes Olympic athletes (Sasha Cohen, Hunter Kemper, Isaiah Kacyvenski), Navy leadership (LCDR Matthew Driskill), healthcare executives (Michelle Shuffett, MD), and brand strategists (Allison Meiresonne Hickey) — reflects a deliberate effort to align brand capital with its stated beneficiary demographics.

Name

Star Mountain Charitable Foundation

Legal name

Star Mountain Charitable Foundation

Website

https://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Star Mountain Charitable Foundation is a New York-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit sponsored by Star Mountain Capital that connects veterans, mothers, and former athletes with career opportunities at U.S. small businesses while raising funds for cancer research through community events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Foundation Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL), Disease-Specific Research & Support (e.g., Cancer, Diabetes, ALS) (BPAGACAA)

Keywords

• Charitable foundation services
• Job creation programs
• Talent placement services
• Cancer research fundraising
• Small business development

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable donations and fundraising: As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, Star Mountain Charitable Foundation raises funds through various events and donations to support job creation, economic development, and health & wellness including cancer research.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Star Mountain Charitable Foundation is a New York 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that helps bring great people together by connecting established small and medium-sized businesses with talented individuals seeking career opportunities through internships, fellowships, board positions, and part-time and full-time roles. Its priority demographics are veterans, mothers, and former professional and Olympic athletes, and the foundation is developing custom-built technology tools to support this matching. It also supports health and wellness causes, particularly rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, through events such as Terry Fox Run, Cycle for Survival, and the Children's Cancer Center Gelatin Plunge.

Product overview

Star Mountain Charitable Foundation is a New York 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization focused on job creation and economic development as well as health and wellness. The foundation connects established small businesses with talented individuals seeking career opportunities through internships, fellowships, board positions, part-time and full-time positions. Target demographics include veterans, mothers, and former professional and Olympic athletes. The organization is developing new tools to connect these groups with leading small businesses across America and supports health and wellness initiatives including cancer research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Talent Connection Program for Small Businesses Program connecting U.S. small and medium-sized businesses with talented individuals from priority demographics (veterans, mothers, former professional and Olympic athletes) for internships, fellowships, board positions, part-time, and full-time roles. The foundation is developing custom-built technology tools to support this matching.
• Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research Fundraising (New York) Annual Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research in New York City organized in partnership with the Terry Fox Foundation and the Canadian Association of New York. Star Mountain has raised approximately $150,000 for the Terry Fox Foundation over the years and has been a top fundraising team, including being named #1 fundraising team in 2016.
• Cycle for Survival (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) Annual indoor team cycling fundraiser in partnership with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center that has raised over $31.5 million for rare cancer research. 100% of funds raised go directly to MSK. Star Mountain participates annually.
• Children's Cancer Center Gelatin Plunge Annual Children's Cancer Center Gelatin Plunge in Tampa, FL, supporting pediatric cancer. The event has raised more than $800,000 since 2013. Star Mountain team participated in the 8th Annual Gelatin Plunge on June 17, 2023.
• Fashion for Charity (Trina Turk) Fashion-for-charity events hosted by the foundation, including a 2016 collaboration with fashion designer Trina Turk, to fundraise for charitable causes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $200,000 raised for charitable causes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• Children's Cancer CentermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2023Star Mountain Capital and Star Mountain Charitable Foundation participate in the annual Gelatin Plunge event. Started in 2013, the Gelatin Plunge has raised more than $800,000 for the Children's Cancer Center.
• Cycle for SurvivalmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2020Annual indoor team cycling event that has raised over $31.5 million for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 100% of funds raised go directly to MSK. Star Mountain team participates annually.
• Indego AfricamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2018Organization designed to empower Congolese refugees. Star Mountain sponsored An Evening to Support Refugees to fundraise for Indego Africa's Economic Inclusion for Refugees program at the Kigeme Refugee Camp in Rwanda.
• Student Partner AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2017Organization providing financial support and mentorship for inner-city youth in New Jersey to attend parochial high schools. Star Mountain Capital was a corporate sponsor of the annual golf outing which raised $40,000.
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary beneficiary of cancer research fundraising. All proceeds from Terry Fox Run events go directly to MSKCC for rare cancer research. Star Mountain has raised approximately $150,000 for MSKCC over the years.
• Terry Fox FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research in New York City organized by the Canadian Association of New York. Star Mountain has been a top fundraiser for multiple years, raising approximately $150,000 total.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Wounded Warrior Project: Major veterans' service organization providing programs, services, and advocacy to injured veterans. Comparable on the veteran demographic focus, but operates with a much broader service portfolio and a substantially larger donor base.
• Hire Heroes USA: Nonprofit focused on connecting U.S. military veterans with meaningful civilian employment through personalized career coaching. Comparable in the veteran-talent-placement vertical, but operates at significantly larger scale as a dedicated veteran-employment organization.
• Team Rubicon: Veteran-led nonprofit that deploys military veterans in disaster response and community service. Comparable through the veteran-engagement and post-service career-transition lens, though its primary mission is disaster response.
• USOPC Foundation: Fundraising arm of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, supporting Team USA athletes including post-career transitions. Comparable in supporting former professional and Olympic athletes in their post-competitive careers.

Regional players

• Tipping Point Community: Bay Area-based grantmaking and nonprofit-funder organization combatting poverty. Comparable as a regional grantmaking foundation with strong ties to the finance industry and a focus on economic mobility.
• Robin Hood Foundation: Large New York City-based poverty-fighting foundation that funds and partners with high-performing nonprofits. Comparable as a NYC-headquartered, PE-and-finance-connected grantmaker, though it operates at much larger scale and with a broader anti-poverty mandate.

Direct peers

• Blackstone Charitable Foundation: The philanthropic arm of Blackstone, focused on workforce development and entrepreneurship. Highly comparable as another PE-sponsored foundation operating in the talent/economic-development space, often through employer partnerships.
• The Carlyle Group Foundation: Philanthropic arm of Carlyle, supporting education, economic opportunity, and community programs. Directly comparable as a PE firm's corporate foundation with overlapping workforce and community-development focus.
• KKR Foundation: Corporate charitable foundation of KKR, a global private equity firm. Directly comparable as a PE-sponsored 501(c)(3) that channels firm resources, employee engagement, and portfolio networks into community impact programs.
• Goldman Sachs Gives: Corporate donor-advised fund affiliated with Goldman Sachs, matching employee and senior-partner giving to nonprofits. Comparable structure of a financial-services corporate foundation with a focus on workforce and community initiatives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StarMountainCF
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/star-mountain-charitable-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/star.mountain.charity

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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