California · Private foundation
The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable 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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2019
- 9
- Grants FY2019
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $66k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $35,395
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Total assets, FY2019
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 22% of the organizations The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 9 | $66k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $148k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedictine Fathers of the Priory | $125,070 | 3 | n/a |
| Williams College | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rocketship Education | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lifemoves | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Womens Sports Initiative | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe & Sound | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Compass Family Services | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Olympic Club Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Society of Young Inklings Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedictine Fathers of the Priory | $125,070 | 3 | n/a |
| Williams College | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rocketship Education | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lifemoves | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Womens Sports Initiative | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe & Sound | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Compass Family Services | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Olympic Club Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Society of Young Inklings Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coachartorg | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fit Kids Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation give?
- The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $65,895 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (48%), Philanthropy (36%), Environment (10%).
- Who are The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Benedictine Fathers of the Priory ($125k), Williams College ($80k), Yosemite Foundation ($50k).
- Does The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The Sobrato Family Foundation.
- Where is The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation based?
- The Greg and Lisa Stanger Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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