New Jersey · Private foundation
Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern 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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $174k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $30k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $40k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $36k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $39k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $23k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $30k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Carter Center Inc | $57,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Institute for Musical Arts Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Branford Food Pantry | $11,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Community Dining Room Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 1% |
| New Reach Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ball & Socket Arts Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Branford Early Learning Center Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Carter Center Inc | $57,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Institute for Musical Arts Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Branford Food Pantry | $11,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Community Dining Room Inc | $10,500 | 3 | 1% |
| New Reach Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ball & Socket Arts Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Branford Early Learning Center Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship Place Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jj's Toys for Friends Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 48% |
| Branford Land Trust Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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.
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How this is measured
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About Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation
- How much does Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation give?
- Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $5,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (24%), Arts & Culture (23%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Carter Center Inc ($57k), The Institute for Musical Arts Inc ($35k), Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc ($22k).
- Does Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Claudia Hearn & Edward 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 Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jms Foundation Inc, Seedlings Foundation, Newalliance Foundation Inc.
- Where is Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation based?
- Claudia Hearn & Edward Stern Foundation is based in NJ.
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