· Private foundation
Leonard and Shirley Sterling Char Fd Fb203
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $101k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Brandeis University | $14,493 |
| American Heart Association | $14,493 |
| Our Lady Of The Lake Univ Endow Fd | $14,493 |
| University Of The Incarnate Word | $14,493 |
| American Diabetes Assoc Inc | $14,493 |
| St Marys University | $14,493 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | $14,493 |
| SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY FDN | $7,246 |
| National Jewish Health | $7,246 |
| American Cancer Society INC | $7,246 |
| UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | $7,246 |
| Jewish Federation Of San Antonio | $7,246 |
| American Lung Association | $7,246 |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $7,246 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% 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
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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSt Mary's University6× · 2020–2025 · $134k · revenue +26%
- UOUniversity of the Incarnate Word6× · 2020–2025 · $134k · revenue +10%
American Diabetes Association6× · 2020–2025 · $134k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2024 · $16k · revenue 0%
- ALAmerican Lung Assoc Of The Swone grant, 2020 · $13k
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.
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.
Mission statement: advancing evidence-based lifestyle medicine to treat, reverse and prevent non-communicable, chronic disease. vision statement: a nation and world wherein lifestyle medicine is the foundation of health and all healthcare.…
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).
2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
The mission of the american college of physicians (acp), www. acponline.org, is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. acp was founded in 1915 to…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 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 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds St Mary's University ↗
- Who funds University of the Incarnate Word ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
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: San Antonio Area Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Leonard and Shirley Sterling Char Fd Fb203 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leonard and Shirley Sterling Char Fd Fb203. Bigger dots raise more.
- Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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