California · Private foundation
Stern Leichter Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $203k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Stern Leichter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k 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 | 13 | $203k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $414k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $248k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $504k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $250k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $216k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $208k | 78% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $97k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Solel of Northern San Diego County Inc | $541,667 | 7 | n/a |
| Hillel of San Diego | $161,800 | 5 | 2% |
| Impact Cubed | $145,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Coastal Roots Farm | $145,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Sunbird Initiative | $122,500 | 7 | 5% |
| Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pro Kids Golf Academy Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Resource Center | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Century Club of San Diego | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($383k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stern Leichter Foundation 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: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · Melvin Garb Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Isakow Foundation · Jewish Federation of San Diego County · Spielman Family Foundation · The Cushman Foundation
How this is measured
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About Stern Leichter Foundation
- How much does Stern Leichter Foundation give?
- Stern Leichter Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $203,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Stern Leichter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Stern Leichter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Temple Solel of Northern San Diego County Inc ($542k), Hillel of San Diego ($162k), Impact Cubed ($145k).
- Does Stern Leichter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stern Leichter 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 Leichter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, Leichtag Foundation.
- Where is Stern Leichter Foundation based?
- Stern Leichter Foundation is based in CA.
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