Illinois · Private foundation
David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc
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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 28
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $23k
- 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 David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 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 | 18 | $7k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $8k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $8k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $10k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $9k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Zoological Society | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $4,600 | 6 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Carmelite Sistershome for Girls | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $2,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $2,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Garden Mission | $1,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $750 | 4 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Zoological Society | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $4,600 | 6 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Carmelite Sistershome for Girls | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $2,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $2,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $1,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Pacific Garden Mission | $1,100 | 6 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $750 | 4 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $600 | 6 | 0% |
| The American Legion | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Admiral Nimitz Foundation | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Fort Ticonderoga Association | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $350 | 6 | n/a |
| Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| American Cornerstone Institute Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Society of the Divine Savior | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc
- How much does David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc give?
- David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $7,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Religion (22%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Chicago Zoological Society ($6k), The Salvation Army ($5k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($3k).
- Does David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc 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 David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc based?
- David and Mary Sterling Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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