Illinois · Public charity
Sterling Schools Foundation
To promote excellence by finding creative and innovative projects for the staff and students of sterling's schools. Foundation monies allow the sterling school system to initiate, continue, or expand educational projects otherwise left without adequate money to proceed because of budgetary constraints or compelling priorities. The…
- $620k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $511k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $510,502
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $510,502
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Sterling Schools Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $875k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $511k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $875k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $383k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $511k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $795k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $856k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $914k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $810k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Schools Cusd No 5 | $5,376,395 | 7 | n/a |
| Sterling Schools Cusd No 5 | $1,385,016 | 2 | n/a |
About Sterling Schools Foundation
- How much does Sterling Schools Foundation give?
- Sterling Schools Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $510,502, out of $619,852 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sterling Schools Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (74%), Arts & Culture (26%).
- Who are Sterling Schools Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sterling Schools Cusd No 5 ($5.4M), Sterling Schools Cusd No 5 ($1.4M).
- Does Sterling Schools Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Sterling Schools Foundation based?
- Sterling Schools Foundation is based in IL.
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