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The George and Sara Stern Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The George and Sara Stern Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$94k
Granted FY2023
23
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% 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
02FY2023 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $75,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $93,700 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k21 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Friends of Magden David Adom$21,000
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$11,300
United South End Settlements$5,500
Shepherds Center$5,000
PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Inc.$3,545
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$3,500
Daniel D. Cantor Senior Center$2,500
Florida Justice Association Research & Education Foundation$2,500
The Jewish Federations of North America, Inc.$2,500
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, Inc.$2,200
Embracing Smiles, Inc.$2,000
St. Thomas University$2,000
Ukrainian Project, Inc.$2,000
Chabad Cenral Maine, Inc.$1,500
Project Place Gatehouse, Inc.$1,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$78k · 14 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 12 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
26

Total granted

$78k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+19%

Still filing today

64%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +117%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    3× · 2021–2023 · $8k · revenue +13%
  • JA
    Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $5k · revenue +387%

Funded once

  • UC
    US Committee Sports for Isreal Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • OR
    OUR RESCUE
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -16%
  • KO
    K9s ON THE FRONT LINEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +117%
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.

03Its 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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
2
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.

—
3
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
4
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
5
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
6
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
7
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
8
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc

Support the hebrew univ. of jerusalem, israel's foremost center of higher edu. & research.

International
9
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
10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherd Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is K9s On the Front Line. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 62 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American Friends of Magden David Adom: $21,000 · OtherAmerican Friends of Magden David AdomFriends of the Isreal Defense Forces: $8,858 · OtherFriends of the Isreal Defense ForcesUS Committee Sports for Isreal Inc: $6,000 · OtherUS Committee Sports for Isreal IncShepherds Center: $5,000 · OtherShepherds CenterFriends of Isreal Disabled Veterans: $4,800 · OtherFriends of Isreal Disabled VeteransJCC Association: $3,500 · Other+32 more: $34,131 · Other+32 moreUNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $19,000 · Human ServicesUNITED SOUTH END S…Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesJewish Adoption an…DANIEL D CANTOR SENIOR CENTER INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesDANIEL D CANTOR SE…CHAMPION FOR AFRICA INC: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $750 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $11,300 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE I…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,250 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS…AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $3,500 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY…SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $3,545 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $8,000 · Arts & CultureOUR RESCUE: $1,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF BOSTON INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureUniversity of St Thomas: $3,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,200 · EducationAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationINTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING I: $1,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 · HealthK9s ON THE FRONT LINE: $1,030 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Health
Other$83,289Human Services$28,250International$25,050Philanthropy$12,045Arts & Culture$10,500Education$8,450Health$3,530

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

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 budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $3,545 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Boston Foundation IncThe Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

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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