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The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$65k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 33
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$654k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2025still arriving29$65k28%
FY202431$61k32%
FY202330$60k60%
FY202233$59k52%
FY202125$52k36%
FY202027$53kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$79kHealth$60kCivil Rights$47kReligion$44kFood & Nutrition$40kArts & Culture$19kHuman Services$17kCrime & Legal$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kilung Foundation$32,0006n/a
Feeding America$17,50050%
Africa Schools of Kenya$15,75065%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$12,00060%
Save The Children Federation Inc$11,00050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$8,00030%
Kqed Inc$8,00030%
Mother Miracle$8,00031%
Mediators Foundation Inc$7,00020%
Glide Foundation$6,00030%
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All grantees of The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kilung Foundation$32,0006n/a
Feeding America$17,50050%
Africa Schools of Kenya$15,75065%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$12,00060%
Save The Children Federation Inc$11,00050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$8,00030%
Kqed Inc$8,00030%
Mother Miracle$8,00031%
Mediators Foundation Inc$7,00020%
Glide Foundation$6,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00030%
Partners for Progressive Israel$5,00013%
Insightla Inc$5,0003n/a
Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc$5,00030%
Oasis Legal Services$5,00040%
Direct Relief$5,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$5,00010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$4,00020%
Seva Foundation$4,00020%
Eglobal Family$4,00031%
Women for Women International$4,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$4,00020%
Project Open Hand$3,00020%
Project Angel Food$3,00010%
Lifechronicles Inc$3,00041%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,00030%
Maitri Compassionate Care$2,50020%
Climate Ride Inc$2,00010%
Dignity Period$2,00010%
The Hope Alliance$2,00020%
Yellowhammer Fund$2,00010%
House of Ruth$2,00010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Joyful Heart Foundation$2,00010%
Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement Inc$2,00010%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$2,00010%
Children & Nature Network$2,0001n/a
Human Rights Campaign Inc$2,00010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$2,00010%
Young Chances Foundations$2,000113%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$2,00020%
Oakland Elizabeth House$1,50010%
Giffords$1,0001n/a
EmergencyRV Inc$1,0001n/a
Yoga Gives Back$1,00011%
First Place for Youth$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%
Swim Across America Inc$1,00010%
Eugene Zitwer Foundation Inc$1,00014%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,00010%
Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank$1,00010%
Upward Scholars$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFeeding America: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAfrica Schools of Kenya: $15,750 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMother Miracle: $8,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMediators Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGlide Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPartners for Progressive Israel: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHospice of Santa Barbara Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOasis Legal Services: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeva Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEglobal Family: $4,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWomen for Women International: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Open Hand: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Angel Food: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifechronicles Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaitri Compassionate Care: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetClimate Ride Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDignity Period: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Hope Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYellowhammer Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJoyful Heart Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDavid Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Chances Foundations: $2,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Elizabeth House: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoga Gives Back: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFirst Place for Youth: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEugene Zitwer Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUpward Scholars: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $500 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 48.

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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.

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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 Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc

How much does The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc give?
The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (22%), Health (17%), Civil Rights (13%).
Who are The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Kilung Foundation ($32k), Feeding America ($18k), Africa Schools of Kenya ($16k).
Does The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
Where is The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc based?
The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc is based in CA.

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 91 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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