California · Public charity
Stem Advantage
Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level the playing field by empowering talented students with access to networks, employment, and economic…
- $313k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $39,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $67,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Stem Advantage funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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 | 8 | $313k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $484k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $443k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $326k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $266k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $233k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $161k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $175k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California State University Los Angeles Foundation | $181,245 | 2 | 1% |
| California State University Northridge Foundation | $131,250 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
About Stem Advantage
- How much does Stem Advantage give?
- Stem Advantage reported 8 grants totaling $313,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Stem Advantage fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Stem Advantage's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California State University Los Angeles Foundation ($181k), California State University Northridge Foundation ($131k).
- Does Stem Advantage fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Stem Advantage based?
- Stem Advantage is based in CA.
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