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The Allison Maher Stern Foundation at a glance

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The Allison Maher Stern Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$94k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$130kAnimals$100kPublic Benefit$37kReligion$31kHealth$29kCrime & Legal$22kEmployment$20kEducation$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$3,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DMF YOUTH INC$20,000
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE$10,000
WCS(LA MATTINA WILDLIFE CENTER)$10,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$10,000
SILVER SHIELD FOUNDATION$6,500
AMERICAN SOCIETY PREVENTION CRUELTY ANIMALS(ASPCA)$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$5,000
WORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS$5,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$3,500
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME OF THE UNITED STATES$3,500
AMC SCHWARZMAN ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER$3,000
LAKE AGAWAM CONSERVANCY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC$2,000
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS: $5k → 11%ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $5k → 7%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%AMERICAN SOCIETY PREVENTION CRUELTY ANIMALS(ASPCA): $5k → 17%ANIMAL ADVOCATES: $5k → 21%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $8k → 9%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $4k → 14%50 WAYS FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 6%SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME OF THE UNITED STATES: $14k → 11%ST CLAIRE FOUNDATION: $4k → 21%WORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS: $5k → 11%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%AMERICAN SOCIETY PREVENTION CRUELTY ANIMALS(ASPCA): $5k → 17%WCS(LA MATTINA WILDLIFE CENTER): $10k → 28%ANIMAL ADVOCATES FRIENDS FOR LIFE: $5k → 21%ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME OF THE UNITED STATES: $4k → 11%WORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS: $5k → 11%TUNNEL TO TOWERS: $4k → 11%WILDILFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $5k → 28%SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME OF THE UNITED STATES: $4k → 11%WORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS: $5k → 11%WILDILFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $5k → 28%SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME: $4k → 11%CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY: $10k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $5k → 28%SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME OF THE UNITED STATES: $4k → 11%SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME: $4k → 11%DMF YOUTH INC: $23k → 17%DMF YOUTH INC: $23k → 17%DMF YOUTH INC: $20k → 17%DMF YOUTH INC: $8k → 17%DMF YOUTH INC: $8k → 17%DMF YOUTH INC: $5k → 17%AMC SCHWARZMAN ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $3k → 17%SAVE OUR CITY: $10k → 17%MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: $8k → 17%NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $8k → 17%SILVER SHIELD FOUNDATION: $7k → 17%NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: $5k → 17%MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: $5k → 17%NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%MANHATTAN INSTITUTE: $3k → 17%DMF YOUTH INC: $20k → 17%DMF YOUTH INC: $17k → 17%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
UT
KY
SC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$379k · 25 repeat orgs$73k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
15

Total granted

$379k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
-1%

Still filing today

68%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentPublic BenefitCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DY
    DMF YOUTH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $122k · revenue +176%
  • MI
    MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $37k · revenue +38%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +39%
  • BF
    BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
2
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
3
New York City Bird Alliance Inc

Nyc bird alliance is a grassroots community that protects wild birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving the quality of life for all new yorkers.

Environment
4
Thompson Park Conservancy Inc

Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
6
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
7
Peace Islands Institute New York Inc
Religion
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
10
Randall's Island Park Alliance Inc

The randall's island park alliance, inc. (ripa) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works with the city of new york and local communities to provide an innovative and exciting destination through a wide range of sports venues,…

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11
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
12
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Restoration Project; the most unlike its peers is Embracing All Creatures Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 46 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DMF YOUTH INC: $122,000 · Arts & CultureDMF YOUTH INC50 WAYS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSISTERS OF NOTRE DAME OF THE UNITED STATES: $24,000 · OtherSISTERS OF NOTRE DAME OF THE UNITED STATESAMERICAN SOCIETY PREVENTION CRUELTY ANIMALS(ASPCA): $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY PREVENTION CRUELTY ANIMALS(A…WCS(LA MATTINA WILDLIFE CENTER): $10,000 · OtherWCS(LA MATTINA WILDLIFE CENTER)Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SILVER SHIELD FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · OtherSISTERS OF NOTRE DAME: $7,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $9,000 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $13,500 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INCSOUTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 · OtherCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $7,500 · Other+23 more: $68,500 · Other+23 moreWildlife Conservation Society: $15,000 · AnimalsWildlife Con…ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $14,500 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCU…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,500 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS…Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $7,000 · AnimalsEvelyn Alexa…THE ANIMAL ADVOCATES: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE ANIMAL A…THE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · AnimalsMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $36,500 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN…NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $21,500 · Crime & LegalWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $20,000 · EmploymentSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $13,500 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$127,000Other$181,500Animals$51,000Public Benefit$36,500Crime & Legal$21,500Employment$20,000Education$15,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDMF YOUTH INC: $122,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $36,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $21,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SILVER SHIELD FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHAMPTON ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget50 WAYS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE ANIMAL ADVOCATES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON ANIMAL SHELTER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMBRACING ALL CREATURES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Pfizer Foundation…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY9.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Allison Maher Stern Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Allison Maher Stern Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Allison Maher Stern Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Allison Maher Stern Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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