· Private foundation
Lawrence Z & Jacqueline a Stern Fdn
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.
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 $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $68k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC | $25,000 |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND INC | $15,000 |
| EL RIO HEALTH CENTRE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | $12,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| JAMES MADISON HS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 65% of grant dollars ($442k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 35% that went abroad ($242k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 35% of all-years giving ($242k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 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, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $185k · revenue +127%
- VVisionGift7× · 2017–2023 · $55k · revenue +80%
University of Arizona Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +109%
Funded once
- MDMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2017 · $39k
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +22%- JMJAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +369%
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.
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
The ama foundation brings together physicians and communities to improve our nation's health.
To develop and provide financial support for optometric research and education.
To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.
Cultivate lifelong connections, strengthen commitment to the university and inspire advocacy, engagement and giving.
The university of montana foundation inspires philanthropic support to enhance excellence and opportunity at the university of montana.
Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.
Advance the university through fostering relationships, inspiring investment and stewardship.
Create powerful engagements and partnerships that lead to increased philanthropy, investment, innovation, and support for the university of new mexico.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 17 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 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
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- Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
- Who funds EL RIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Catching the Dream ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lawrence Z & Jacqueline a Stern Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence Z & Jacqueline a Stern Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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