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The George and Sara Stern Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$94k
Granted FY2023
23
Itemized grants FY2023
21
Organizations funded FY2023
90%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$75k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$21,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 29
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
9
Total assets, FY2023
$1.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 90% of the organizations The George and Sara Stern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalCommunity ImprovementYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202321$69k90%
FY202229$45k52%
FY202125$47kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$56kHuman Services$33kHealth$15kArts & Culture$15kReligion$14kEducation$12kRecreation & Sports$7kAnimals$5kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of The George and Sara Stern Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United South End Settlements$19,00030%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$11,30010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$10,25020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$8,00030%
Shepherd Center Foundation Inc$6,00024%
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc$5,00020%
University of St Thomas$3,00020%
Daniel D Cantor Senior Center Inc$2,50010%
Florida Justice Association Research & Education Foundation Inc$2,50011%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$2,20010%
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc$2,02020%
St Thomas University Inc$2,00010%
Embracing Smiles Inc$2,0001n/a
Ukrainian Project, Inc.$2,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00020%
Our Rescue$1,50010%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$1,25020%
K9s ON THE FRONT LINE$1,03010%
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University$1,00010%
Champion for Africa Inc$1,00012%
Pace Youth Development Corporation$1,0001n/a
More Than Words Inc$1,00010%
Y2y Network Inc$1,00010%
Project Place Gatehouse Inc$1,00010%
International March of the Living I$1,00010%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$1,00010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00010%
College of Charleston Foundation$1,00010%
Israel Special Kids Fund$50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
Florida Justice Association$50010%
Old Dogs New Digs$50010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$25010%
Prager University Foundation$25010%
Save the Chimps Inc$15510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The George and Sara Stern Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited South End Settlements: $19,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $11,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $10,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShepherd Center Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDaniel D Cantor Senior Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFlorida Justice Association Research & Education Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc: $2,020 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Thomas University Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOur Rescue: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9s ON THE FRONT LINE: $1,030 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Bar-Ilan University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChampion for Africa Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMore Than Words Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetY2y Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Place Gatehouse Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInternational March of the Living I: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Music Center of Boston Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Charleston Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Special Kids Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Justice Association: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Dogs New Digs: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Chimps Inc: $155 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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.

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About The George and Sara Stern Foundation

How much does The George and Sara Stern Foundation give?
The George and Sara Stern Foundation reported 23 itemized grants totaling $75,200, out of $93,700 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 29 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does The George and Sara Stern Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are International (9%), Human Services (5%), Health (2%).
Who are The George and Sara Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: United South End Settlements ($19k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($11k), American Friends of Magen David Adom ($10k).
Does The George and Sara Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 90% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The George and Sara Stern Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The George and Sara Stern Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is The George and Sara Stern Foundation based?
The George and Sara Stern Foundation is based in MA.

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 62 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $89k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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