California · Private foundation
Pauline and Edgar 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.
- $86k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $921k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 | 3 | $86k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $181k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longue Vue House & Gardens | $157,752 | 3 | 3% |
| The Bloedel Reserve | $124,729 | 4 | 1% |
| Housing Resources Bainbridge | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary Bridge Children's Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Works | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ciesla Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Food Lifeline | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hyla Middle School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longue Vue House & Gardens | $157,752 | 3 | 3% |
| The Bloedel Reserve | $124,729 | 4 | 1% |
| Housing Resources Bainbridge | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary Bridge Children's Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Works | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Ciesla Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Food Lifeline | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hyla Middle School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bainbridge Performing Arts | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Island School | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: One Call for All · Seattle Foundation · Kitsap Community Foundation · Bainbridge Community Foundation · Crabby Beach Foundation · Archarios Foundation · Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation with peer funders
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About Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation
- How much does Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation give?
- Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $86,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Environment (22%), Health (11%).
- Who are Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Longue Vue House & Gardens ($158k), The Bloedel Reserve ($125k), Housing Resources Bainbridge ($50k).
- Does Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pauline and Edgar 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 Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include One Call for All, Seattle Foundation, Kitsap Community Foundation.
- Where is Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation based?
- Pauline and Edgar Stern Foundation is based in CA.
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