· Private foundation
Sterns Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRANT COUNTY FAIR BOARD | $20,000 |
| CUSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| CRANE RIVER THEATER | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING | $2,000 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| EASTERN WYOMING COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNTHE NEBRASKA LAND TRUST INC2× · 2021–2023 · $17k · revenue +43%
- AHAEOLA H BRENNEMANN LIBRARY FOUNDATION2× · 2022–2023 · $17k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - KEARNEY4× · 2020–2023 · $8k
Funded once
- FBFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLANDgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +29%
- BCBUFFALO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +141%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Preserve south dakota history
The mission of the hastings museum is to bring to life the natural and cultural history of hastings, adams county and the great plains of nebraska through the use of educational programs, exhibits and films.
To collect, preserve and interpret the history of carver county. to preserve and interpret the andrew peterson farm through the lens of minnesota's rich immigrant and agricultural history.
To promote the conservation of natural resources in the state of north dakota
Preservation of union county iowa hisorical information and artifacts.
Operation of Historical Museum for the collection, preparation and display of artifacts from Dawson County Nebraska and disseminate and educate the public about Dawson County and it's historical treasures.
Preserve artifacts and information regarding the history of saunders county nebraska and educate citizens about the social, economic, cultural and political history of saunders county
Services include providing public with educational resources including research, maps, photos, and historical news of adams county, nebraska.
The museum of nebraska art (mona) celebrates the history of nebraska's visual art for diverse audiences. mona collects, preserves, researches, exhibits, and interprets the work of artists who were born, lived, trained, or worked in…
Protect nebraska's natural legacy by educating the public, supporting communities, and increasing civic engagement.
To promote corn and corn products
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE NEBRASKA LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds PRAIRIE PIONEER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CUSTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOOKER CTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONINC ↗
- Who funds CRANE RIVER THEATER COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds SDSM&T CENTER FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS & ADVANCEMENT ↗
- Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sterns Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sterns Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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