Ohio · Private foundation
Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $522k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 37
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $232k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 36 | $522k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $464k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $407k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $409k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $316k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dona Ana County Humane Society Inc | $82,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Action Program for Animals | $80,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Animal Protection New Mexico | $72,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Humane Society of Huron Valley | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary Inc | $67,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Spay & Neuter Action Program | $60,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Raptor Education Group Inc | $47,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Dharmahorse Incorporated | $45,000 | 3 | 16% |
Show all 74 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($325k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Petco Love · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · Carroll Petrie Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · Greater Good Charities · Healthy Paws Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Synchrony Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc
How this is measured
Compare Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation
- How much does Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation give?
- Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $521,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 37 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (74%), Environment (3%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Dona Ana County Humane Society Inc ($82k), Action Program for Animals ($80k), Animal Protection New Mexico ($72k).
- Does Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Candis J Stern Charitable 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 Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petco Love, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, The Summerlee Foundation.
- Where is Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation based?
- Candis J Stern Charitable Foundation is based in OH.
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