Illinois · Private foundation
Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 168
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,273,695
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,273,695
- Organizations funded a year
- 51 to 196
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $192k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
ReligionPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 168 | $934k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 196 | $1.4M | 59% |
| FY2021 | 187 | $924k | 99% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $453k | n/a |
74% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Religion$1.5MPublic Benefit$1.3MPhilanthropy$717kEducation$481kHuman Services$326kHealth$147kArts & Culture$65kCrime & Legal$42kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MD
GA
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School | $325,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Just One Chesed Inc | $309,760 | 3 | 6% |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $263,790 | 3 | 1% |
| Congregation or Torah | $177,729 | 3 | n/a |
| Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign | $144,775 | 3 | 3% |
| Kehilat Chovevei Tzion | $112,220 | 3 | n/a |
| Midwest Refuah Health Center | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $98,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Hebrew Theological College | $77,260 | 3 | n/a |
| Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 188 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School | $325,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Just One Chesed Inc | $309,760 | 3 | 6% |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $263,790 | 3 | 1% |
| Congregation or Torah | $177,729 | 3 | n/a |
| Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign | $144,775 | 3 | 3% |
| Kehilat Chovevei Tzion | $112,220 | 3 | n/a |
| Midwest Refuah Health Center | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $98,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Hebrew Theological College | $77,260 | 3 | n/a |
| Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ateres Ayala Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $48,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Netzach Foundation | $46,000 | 3 | 87% |
| American Friends of House of Hope Inc | $46,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Illinois Center for Jewish Studies | $38,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Central Fund of Israel | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago Inc | $24,400 | 3 | 1% |
| The Hinda Institute | $21,072 | 2 | 2% |
| American Friends of Yeshivas Eitz Chaim Kletzk Inc | $20,180 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Center Chabad Ofroseville Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helphopelive Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Lake County Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago | $19,360 | 2 | n/a |
| Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago | $18,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Project 613 Nfp | $15,950 | 3 | 1% |
| Meorot Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Our Place in Ny Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Libenu | $14,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Heritage Congregation Inc 70 E Elm St | $14,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Chicago Community Kollel Inc | $12,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Hatzalah Chicago | $12,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Yeshiva of Greater Washington Inc | $12,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie | $12,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Kehillah Jewish Education Fund | $11,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Agudath Israel of Illinois | $11,800 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hamaayan Foundation of Jewish Culture Institute Inc | $10,400 | 1 | 3% |
| Bitton Family Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jet - Jewish Education Team Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Keshet | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Keren Hatzedaka Inc | $6,780 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Neveh Zion | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Dmir Inc | $5,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Jehudah | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzener Cheder Inc | $5,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Moisdos Sanz-Stropkov C/O Abraham Weinberger | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| TorahAnytimeCom Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keren Avrohom Vsoroh Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Navi Journey Corp | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Keren Hashviis Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme | $4,366 | 3 | 0% |
| Mosdot Botoshan Inc | $4,212 | 3 | n/a |
| Ohr Hatorah | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tzur Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tomchei Tzedaka Corp | $3,830 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Liozna | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kesher Connection Inc | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Kollel Toras Chesed | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Beis Medrash Mikor Hachaim | $3,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Torah Images Inc | $3,600 | 2 | 2% |
| Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago | $3,420 | 3 | n/a |
| Chabad of Glencoe | $3,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Congregation Chasadim Tovim Inc | $3,168 | 3 | n/a |
| The American Friends of Justifi Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| J-Life Outreach Inc | $2,600 | 1 | 1% |
| Playthinks | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshivas Kesser Yonah | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshivas Derech Hamelech INC | $1,980 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad Israeli Center Inc | $1,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Elementary Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Chasdei Meshilam | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Adas Bnei Yisroel Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kolel Tiferes Yisroel | $1,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Agudath Israel | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Selfhelp Home Inc | $1,540 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Kollel Nachlas | $1,540 | 3 | 1% |
| Chabad Serving Northwestern | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Gedolah of South Monsey | $1,260 | 3 | n/a |
| Kollel Ohel Torah an Illinois Not for Profit Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zichron Noach Zev Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ma'Aynei Hayeshua Trust | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Kollel Bais Yechiel Esformes | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mesivta Shaarei Adirim | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Agudah Camps Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Refuah V Simcha Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kedusha Inc | $720 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Tiferes Yaakov | $720 | 2 | n/a |
| Friendship Circle International Inc | $720 | 1 | 0% |
| Yad Malka Inc | $640 | 3 | n/a |
| Yeshivas Chsan Sofer Inc | $640 | 3 | n/a |
| Matan B'Seter Bambiinc | $610 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Neve College for Women Inc | $540 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $540 | 1 | 0% |
| Mosdos Nesivas Shalom Inc | $540 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohel Avraham Inc | $540 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Noam Eliezer Inc | $540 | 3 | 0% |
| Rav Chesed | $540 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kesher Nafshi Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Talmedai Yeshivas Mir Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Bnei Yehuda a Nj Nonprofit Corporation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lahav | $460 | 3 | 1% |
| Zichron Shmuel | $430 | 2 | n/a |
| Chesed L Yisroel | $396 | 2 | n/a |
| American Friends of Keren Achim | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Pe Er Bais Yaakov | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Chasdei Meir Inc | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Nageela Midwest Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Kollel Ohr Yose | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Kollel Halacha Vhoraah Inc | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Chasdei Bentzion Inc | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Orlando Torah Academy Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Heichal Mordechai Inc | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Lavreichim Metzuyanim Inc | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Keren Ezras Shabbos Inc | $360 | 1 | n/a |
| Mifal Chesed Foundation Inc | $360 | 2 | 0% |
| Cong Zichron Avos | $360 | 2 | n/a |
| Ner Israel Rabbinical College Inc | $360 | 2 | n/a |
| Tzedakah VChesed Charitable Foundation | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Etz Chaim Inc | $280 | 2 | n/a |
| Chizuk Hatorah Inc | $260 | 1 | n/a |
| Merkaz Habrith for Russian Jewry | $260 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Gan Israel | $260 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Torah Institutions in Israel Inc | $254 | 2 | n/a |
| Jerusalem Center for Research | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ohel Avrohom Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Keren Orah | $234 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Yeshivas Rashi Inc | $234 | 2 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Bais Yisroel | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosdos Chernobel Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosdos Shomrei Emunim Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Adas Yeshurun Anshe Kanesses Israel | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Shalhevet Hatorah Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Zaka | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Chasdei Eliyahu | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Lenefesh Tidreshenu Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Netivot Horaah | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Yad Ezra | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Beer Hachaim Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohr Yosef Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Kollel Ohr Hatorah | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Chaverim Israel Family Services Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Ahavas Achim | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Shaarei Chaim | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ezras Yisroel | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Zera Yitzchok | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Mosdos Hakerem Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Keren Shlomo | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Kins of West Rogers Park | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Bnei Torah | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Kollel Toras Chaim | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Yeshiva Aliyois | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Ahavas Tzedokos Corp | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Tzedakas Halev Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Zion B'rina Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Merkaz Mordechai Meir Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Minchas Eluzar | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Yad Lamyuchad Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Sar Shalom Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Beis Midrash of Queens | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Cong Magen Shoul | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Harim Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Yeshivat Tifrach | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Oseh Chesed | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Nefesh Hachaim Mentoring Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Time Out for Values Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Aish Kodesh | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Chaim Shel Tikvah | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosdos Radoshitz | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Chonen Vnosen | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Ahavas Torah Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Meir Panim | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation & Gmach Zichron Shlomo | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Tomchei Tshuva | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Mishpachtainu Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Yehuda Moshe | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Shaarei Shmuos Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Torah and Tefilah Ramat Eshkol Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Inc | $108 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Torah Btzfat Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Mosdos Beth Yosef Zvi | $54 | 1 | 0% |
| Mishkan Yitzchok Corporation | $36 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshivath Beth Moshe-The Milton Eisner Yeshiva High School Of | $36 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshivas Beis Dovid Inc | $36 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 237 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 101 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 101.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family FoundationIL110.2× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Zichron Yechiel Mechel Foundation · The Ojc Fund · Zichron Chaim Charity Fund · Marbeh Shalom Foundation Inc · The Jmg Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Alyad Foundation Inc · Lev Zahav NFP
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation
- How much does Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation give?
- Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,273,695 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 196 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Public Benefit (18%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Arie Crown Hebrew Day School ($325k), Just One Chesed Inc ($310k), Chicago Chesed Fund ($264k).
- Does Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation, Bitton Family Foundation Inc, Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation based?
- Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation is based in IL.
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