Delaware · Private foundation
David Ian 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.
- $561k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $520,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- 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 David Ian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $561k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $113k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $55k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $55k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Reach Foundation | $730,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Food Finders Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Decriminalize Sex Work | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shelterbox USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Amanda Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Fire Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Maureens Haven Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cedr Digital Corps | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Reach Foundation | $730,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Food Finders Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Decriminalize Sex Work | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shelterbox USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Amanda Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Fire Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Maureens Haven Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cedr Digital Corps | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom 4 U | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hearts Respond | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Just Tryan It Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David Ian Stern Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to David Ian Stern Foundation?
Find your warmest path to David Ian Stern Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About David Ian Stern Foundation
- How much does David Ian Stern Foundation give?
- David Ian Stern Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $561,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does David Ian Stern Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (87%), Food & Nutrition (5%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are David Ian Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Family Reach Foundation ($730k), Food Finders Inc ($41k), Decriminalize Sex Work ($40k).
- Does David Ian Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David Ian 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 David Ian Stern Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is David Ian Stern Foundation based?
- David Ian Stern Foundation is based in DE.
Play a game based on David Ian Stern’s filings →