Delaware · Private foundation
The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger 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.
- $575k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $575k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $434k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $479k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $446k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $465k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $775k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $410k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $340k | 25% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $1,265,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian | $483,742 | 5 | 21% |
| The Valleys Planning Council Inc | $203,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation | $187,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Walters Art Museum Foundation Inc | $169,000 | 4 | 50% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $140,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited | $82,190 | 5 | n/a |
| Hopewell Cancer Support | $72,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Community Crisis Center Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 10% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $1,265,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian | $483,742 | 5 | 21% |
| The Valleys Planning Council Inc | $203,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation | $187,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Walters Art Museum Foundation Inc | $169,000 | 4 | 50% |
| Museum of New Mexico Foundation | $140,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited | $82,190 | 5 | n/a |
| Hopewell Cancer Support | $72,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Community Crisis Center Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 10% |
| The Chestnut Ridge Vol Fire Company | $50,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Art With a Heart Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Informed Experiences Inc | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Digdeep Right to Water Project | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baltimore Area Council #220 Boy Scouts of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Believe in Music Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation give?
- The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $575,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Arts & Culture (26%), Environment (7%).
- Who are The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($1.3M), The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian ($484k), The Valleys Planning Council Inc ($203k).
- Does The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger 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 Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, The John J Leidy Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation based?
- The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable Foundation is based in DE.
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