· Private foundation
The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $5,000 |
| KILUNG FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| KQED INC | $4,000 |
| AFRICAN SCHOOLS OF KENYA | $4,000 |
| ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $3,000 |
| PROJECT ANGEL FOOD | $3,000 |
| BERKELEY FOOD PANTRY | $3,000 |
| US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM | $3,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $3,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $2,500 |
| UNICEF | $2,000 |
| SEVA FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA | $2,000 |
| MIU FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Feeding America5× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +40%- ASAFRICA SCHOOLS OF KENYA6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +12%
- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- PFPARTNERS FOR PROGRESSIVE ISRAELgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +56%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $5k
- IRInternational Rescue Committee INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -2%
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.
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.
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…
In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…
To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…
How this is measured
53 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. 53 of the 91 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds AFRICA SCHOOLS OF KENYA ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
- Who funds Mother Miracle ↗
- Who funds MEDIATORS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GLIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS FOR PROGRESSIVE ISRAEL ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds Oasis Legal Services ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EGLOBAL FAMILY ↗
- Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds Project Open Hand ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
- Who funds LIFECHRONICLES INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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