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The Dianne & David Stern Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Dianne & David 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.

$607k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$8.5MEducation$2.1MArts & Culture$571kAnimals$271kPhilanthropy$231kHuman Services$108kHealth$95kScience & Tech$91kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$275,000
ECOJUSTICE CANADA SOCIETY$70,000
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER$65,000
UJA FEDERATION OF NEW YORK$30,000
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY$25,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$20,000
WNETTHIRTEEN$15,000
FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS$15,000
ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER CTY$10,000
SCENIC HUDSON$10,000
PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA$7,000
FEEDING WESTCHESTER$7,000
PETS ALIVE$6,000
FARM SANCTUARY$6,000
WORLD SCIENCE FOUNDATION$6,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SCARSDALE EDGEMONT FAMILY COUNSELING: $2k → 9%SCARSDALE EDGEMONT FAMILY COUNSELING: $2k → 9%SCARSDALE EDGEMONT FAMILY COUNSELING: $1k → 9%COMMUNITY IMPACT: $3k → 17%COMMUNITY IMPACT: $3k → 17%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER: $4k → 9%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER: $4k → 9%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $1k → 17%GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT: $1k → 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

NH
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
GA
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 56 repeat orgs$427k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
37

Total granted

$10M
$389k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+17%

Still filing today

75%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EARTHJUSTICE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $8.0M · revenue +82%
  • TM
    Thurgood Marshall College Fund
    3× · 2018–2021 · $430k · revenue +251%
  • JA
    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $265k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +58%
  • NM
    NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +4%
  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $45k · revenue -14%
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
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Oliver Scholars Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cat Assistance 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

64 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. 64 of the 103 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/64
Grantees still filing
42/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTHJUSTICE: $7,950,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE+5 more: $168,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,372,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF CO…Thurgood Marshall College Fund: $430,000 · EducationThurgood Marshall …UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Education+6 more: $122,500 · Education+6 moreECOJUSTICE CANADA SOCIETY: $220,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS: $150,000 · OtherAMERICAN COMM FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $75,000 · OtherGREENPEACE INC: $45,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $90,000 · OtherLEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $35,000 · Other+59 more: $328,245 · OtherJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $265,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $187,000 · Arts & CultureNAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWNET: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $18,000 · Arts & CulturePEACE RIVER REFUGE & RANCH INC: $125,000 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY INC: $39,000 · AnimalsPETS ALIVE INC: $24,000 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $19,000 · AnimalsAlley Cat Allies Inc: $16,000 · Animals+3 more: $15,500 · AnimalsUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $210,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT INC: $12,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyLITTLE STAR FOUNDATION INC: $86,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $8,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY IMPACT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSCARSDALEEDGEMONT FAM COUNSELING: $4,250 · Human Services+2 more: $4,000 · Human Services
Environment$8,118,500Education$2,024,500Other$943,245Arts & Culture$565,000Animals$238,500Philanthropy$223,500Human Services$107,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $7,950,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,372,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $430,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $265,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $210,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $187,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPEACE RIVER REFUGE & RANCH INC: $125,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE STAR FOUNDATION INC: $86,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWNET: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY INC: $39,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetLEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $35,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SCARSDALE LIBRARY INC: $26,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE CENTER FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPRINGBOARD 2000 ENTERPRISES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD SCIENCE FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for Animals Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB BURNS FILM CENTER INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT INC: $12,500 over 1y, 28% of budgetLEGAL SERVICES OF THE HUDSON VALLEY: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCARSDALE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGLOBAL KIDS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERKEEPER INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLSEN INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUINE RESCUE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY IMPACT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HEIGHTS YOUTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…American Express Foun…Plm Foundation Philip…The Adelaar FoundationThe V & L Marx Founda…Pinkerton FoundationBrooklyn Community Fo…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Robin Hood FoundationThe Ford FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…
Jewish Communal FundNY18.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · American Express Foundation · Plm Foundation Philip L Milstein Trustee · The Adelaar Foundation · The V & L Marx Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Dianne & David Stern Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dianne & David Stern Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey: 18% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 103 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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