Texas · Private foundation
Stearns Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $65k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,420
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Stearns Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $65k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $232k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $36k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $85k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $22k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $37k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $546k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $278k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Children's Hospital | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gig Harbor Now | $40,000 | 2 | 13% |
| People for Animal Care and Kindness | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rescue Mission | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pierce County Library Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charles Wright Academy | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Life | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nw Furniture Bank | $750 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Children's Hospital | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gig Harbor Now | $40,000 | 2 | 13% |
| People for Animal Care and Kindness | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rescue Mission | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pierce County Library Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Charles Wright Academy | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Life | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nw Furniture Bank | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Rebuilding Together South Sound | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harbor Wildwatch | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Rebuilding Together Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($487k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stearns Family Foundation Inc 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: Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · The Russell Family Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · The Bamford Foundation · The Dimmer Family Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Meacham Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation-Cari · LT Murray Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation
How this is measured
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About Stearns Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Stearns Family Foundation Inc give?
- Stearns Family Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $65,420 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Stearns Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (62%), Human Services (14%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Stearns Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Texas Children's Hospital ($750k), Gig Harbor Now ($40k), People for Animal Care and Kindness ($10k).
- Does Stearns Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stearns Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Stearns Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc, The Russell Family Foundation.
- Where is Stearns Family Foundation Inc based?
- Stearns Family Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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