· Private foundation
Sidney Stern Memorial Fund Tr
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, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $59k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASPCA | $10,000 |
| JEWISH ORPHANS HOME | $8,000 |
| MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION | $7,000 |
| BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA | $6,000 |
| BREATHE CALIFORNIA OF LA | $5,000 |
| MARCH OF DIMES | $5,000 |
| CITY OF HOPE | $4,000 |
| NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL | $4,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC | $4,000 |
| WAGS & WALKS | $4,000 |
| HEARTS & BONES ANIMAL RESCUE | $3,000 |
| UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE | $3,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES | $3,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CANCER CTR FUND | $3,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BIBRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC8× · 2018–2025 · $36k · revenue +146%
- MSMY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $33k · revenue +78%
- TATHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS5× · 2021–2025 · $31k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $5k
- HSHUMANE SOCIETY DISASTER FUNDone grant, 2018 · $500
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.
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
Protection of animal rights
To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.
At Hope for China Dogs, we are committed to combating the cruel and inhumane practice of the dog meat trade in China. We believe that every dog deserves to live a life free from pain and suffering, and we are dedicated to rescuing and…
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…
To end the #1 cause of suffering and death for dogs and cats globally, by developing food that will spay and neuter them, without surgery and end the overpopulation problem without killing.
Create a more humane world by inspiring compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 20 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 BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds HEARTS & BONES ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Wags and Walks ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sidney Stern Memorial Fund Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sidney Stern Memorial Fund Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
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