New York · Private foundation
Bernice and Milton Stern 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.
- $6.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,488,642
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,501,142
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $6.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $860k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $595k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $541k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $586k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $676k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Robert Stern Family Foundation | $2,188,642 | 4 | 62% |
| The Big Wood Foundation | $2,088,641 | 4 | 38% |
| The Pensky Family Foundation | $1,901,142 | 4 | 55% |
| The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation | $1,538,642 | 2 | 64% |
| Stern Center for Language and Learning | $1,260,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Inc | $316,500 | 6 | 1% |
| NYC Salt Inc | $240,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Friends Without a Border | $200,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Excellence Community Schools Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Robert Stern Family Foundation | $2,188,642 | 4 | 62% |
| The Big Wood Foundation | $2,088,641 | 4 | 38% |
| The Pensky Family Foundation | $1,901,142 | 4 | 55% |
| The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation | $1,538,642 | 2 | 64% |
| Stern Center for Language and Learning | $1,260,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Inc | $316,500 | 6 | 1% |
| NYC Salt Inc | $240,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Friends Without a Border | $200,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $195,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Excellence Community Schools Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Children's Aid Society | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Big Wood Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation with peer funders
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About Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation
- How much does Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation give?
- Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $5,977,067 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Education (21%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Robert Stern Family Foundation ($2.2M), The Big Wood Foundation ($2.1M), The Pensky Family Foundation ($1.9M).
- Does Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernice and Milton Stern 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 Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Big Wood Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation based?
- Bernice and Milton Stern Foundation is based in NY.
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