· Private foundation
Janet Upjohn Stearns Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THORNCROFT EQUESTRIAN CENTER | $10,000 |
| APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL | $8,000 |
| PBS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| GREATER ARIZONA BICYCLING ASSOCIATION | $4,000 |
| ST ELIZABETH SHELTER | $4,000 |
| PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN | $3,500 |
| BUXTON SCHOOL | $3,500 |
| THE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD | $3,000 |
| NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO | $2,500 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation - WGBY | $2,500 |
| TLC OF SOUTH JERSEY | $2,000 |
| HEARTS OF SURFING | $1,500 |
| PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH | $1,500 |
| MARLTON RECREATION COUNCIL | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TRTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC2× · 2017–2018 · $18k · revenue +6%
- TFTHE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +10%
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- RLROBIN LEY MUNN GRANTone grant, 2022 · $540k
- AHAmerican Heart Association Incgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +33%
THE FOOD DEPOTgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +84%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Fern seeks to make the food system more sustainable and equitable through powerful journalism and storytelling.
The nber conducts unbiased, non-partisan economic research and communicates the findings of that research to academic researchers, policy-makers, and business professionals. (continued on schedule o)
THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
Presbyterian exists to ensure all of the patients, members and communities we serve can achieve their best health.
Mpha promotes a healthy massachusetts through advocacy, education, community organizing and coalition building. we are leaders in the movement to create health equity by addressing the root causes of health and wellness. we promote…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING INC ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
- Who funds THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT ELIZABETH SHELTER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds BETHESDA PROJECT ↗
- Who funds SUNDAY BREAKFAST RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds PBS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds HEARTS OF SURFING ↗
- Who funds WGBH Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD DEPOT ↗
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: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Janet Upjohn Stearns Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Janet Upjohn Stearns Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
- Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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