Virginia · Private foundation
Stern Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Stern Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to Richmond Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2025, the last year Stern Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $47k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 38
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $588k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Stern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $47k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $52k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $52k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
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, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pga Tour Charities Inc | $43,950 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc | $22,844 | 6 | n/a |
| Advancing Native Missions | $16,333 | 6 | 0% |
| Jews for Jesus | $14,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Valentine Museum | $13,548 | 6 | 0% |
| Barns of Rose Hill | $11,128 | 6 | 0% |
| The Glass-Glen Burnie Museum Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Wildlife Center | $6,092 | 6 | 0% |
| The Piedmont Environmental Council | $5,564 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stern Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Bank of Clarke County Foundation · Andrew U Ferrari Foundation · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Tj Guarriello Jr Family Foundation · Buckley Family Endowment Inc · The Guide Foundation · Wise Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Stern Foundation
- How much does Stern Foundation give?
- Stern Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $47,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 38 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Stern Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Religion (13%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Pga Tour Charities Inc ($44k), Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc ($23k), Advancing Native Missions ($16k).
- Does Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stern 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 Stern Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of Clarke County Foundation, Andrew U Ferrari Foundation, American Woodmark Foundation Inc.
- Where is Stern Foundation based?
- Stern Foundation is based in VA.
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