Wisconsin · Private foundation
Sbk Stearns Family 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.
- $307k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Sbk Stearns Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 13 | $307k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $310k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $255k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $262k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $338k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $302k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne Farms | $290,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Therapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Tucson Girls Chorus Association Inc | $130,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $130,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Geneva Lake Conservancy Inc | $120,250 | 4 | 3% |
| Feeding America | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Geneva Fresh Air Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Geneva Lake Museum Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 30% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne Farms | $290,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Therapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Tucson Girls Chorus Association Inc | $130,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $130,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Geneva Lake Conservancy Inc | $120,250 | 4 | 3% |
| Feeding America | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Geneva Fresh Air Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Geneva Lake Museum Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 30% |
| The Contributor Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lakewood WWV Camp Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Open Arms Free Clinic Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Geneva Food Pantry | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| HowardCenter Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| North Country Animal League Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Walworth County Food Pantry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Kishwauketoe | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Patronato San Xavier | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Toledo Keeping the Faith Charity Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Geneva Lake Association Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($348k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sbk Stearns Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · A G Cox Charity Trust Xxxxx9001 · The Anna Emery Hanson Charitable Foundation 1 · Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation · Tom & Donna Neshek Family Foundation · Otzen Family Foundation Incorporated · Keefe Foundation Inc · The Griffith Family Foundation · The Tenzer Family Foundation · The John a Miller Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sbk Stearns Family Foundation
- How much does Sbk Stearns Family Foundation give?
- Sbk Stearns Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $306,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Sbk Stearns Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Food & Nutrition (24%), Environment (14%).
- Who are Sbk Stearns Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Shelburne Farms ($290k), Therapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc ($250k), Tucson Girls Chorus Association Inc ($130k).
- Does Sbk Stearns Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sbk Stearns Family 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 Sbk Stearns Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation, John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Sbk Stearns Family Foundation based?
- Sbk Stearns Family Foundation is based in WI.
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