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The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$227k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$95,044
Organizations funded a year
5 to 46
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$5.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsReligionOther
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
FY2024still arriving14$227k43%
FY202324$1.7M46%
FY20225$35k60%
FY202117$864k29%
FY202020$1.1M30%
FY20197$21k57%
FY20186$20k50%
FY201746$644kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.2MArts & Culture$1.8MInternational$147kReligion$136kSocial Science$100kHealth$79kAnimals$71kCivil Rights$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$522,32030%
Brentwood School$466,83611%
Rowan University Foundation Inc$403,84140%
The Colburn School$302,01530%
Music Associates of Aspen Inc$190,27931%
Dickinson College$179,09940%
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools$155,0001n/a
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation$151,98912%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$124,69110%
Trickle Up Program Inc$110,42831%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$100,19820%
Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue$98,4382n/a
Vanderbilt University$95,04410%
Camerata Pacifica$79,72013%
Martin Luther King Jr Community Health Foundation$55,00020%
American Idea Foundation Inc$50,48813%
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles$48,42010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$25,00010%
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association$24,27510%
Institute for Young Dramatic Voices Inc$18,000210%
Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc$15,00012%
Opera America Inc$13,50030%
Big Green$11,50010%
The Farm Collaborative$11,00021%
True Colors United Inc$10,00011%
Reform Temple of Laguna Woods$10,00016%
Startcare Inc F/K/N Start Treatment and Recovery Cente$10,00010%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$10,00010%
Trustees of Tufts College$10,00010%
Sacramento LGBT Community Center$10,00020%
Angel City Alliance$9,0001n/a
The Unlimited Fitness Foundation (Tuff)$6,0001n/a
Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation$5,20013%
Edward Charles Foundation$5,00010%
Collateral Repair Project$5,00020%
The Channel Islands Park Foundation$5,00015%
Project Angel Food$5,00010%
University of Illinois Foundation$5,00010%
Trevor Project Inc$5,00010%
NAMI National$3,00010%
The Opera Buffs Inc Co Mona Lands$2,50012%
National Archives Foundation$2,50010%
Alzheimers Greater Los Angeles$2,00010%
Direct Relief$2,0001n/a
Beat the Streets - Los Angeles Inc$1,00010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $522,320 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBrentwood School: $466,836 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRowan University Foundation Inc: $403,841 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Colburn School: $302,015 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMusic Associates of Aspen Inc: $190,279 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDickinson College: $179,099 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation: $151,989 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $124,691 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrickle Up Program Inc: $110,428 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $100,198 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $95,044 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamerata Pacifica: $79,720 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMartin Luther King Jr Community Health Foundation: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Idea Foundation Inc: $50,488 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCenter Theatre Group of Los Angeles: $48,420 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Philharmonic Association: $24,275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Young Dramatic Voices Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetGet Lit - Words Ignite Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOpera America Inc: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBig Green: $11,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Farm Collaborative: $11,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTrue Colors United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetReform Temple of Laguna Woods: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetStartcare Inc F/K/N Start Treatment and Recovery Cente: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Library Foundation of Los Angeles: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSacramento LGBT Community Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLos Angeles Sports Council Foundation: $5,200 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollateral Repair Project: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Channel Islands Park Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetProject Angel Food: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI National: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Opera Buffs Inc Co Mona Lands: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNational Archives Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimers Greater Los Angeles: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeat the Streets - Los Angeles Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge 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 41.

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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.

The Annenberg FoundationPA20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Annenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · Wm Keck Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The California Endowment · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Shell USA Company 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.

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About The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation

How much does The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation give?
The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $226,544 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Arts & Culture (37%), International (3%).
Who are The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ($522k), Brentwood School ($467k), Rowan University Foundation Inc ($404k).
Does The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Annenberg Foundation, California Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation based?
The Marc & Eva Stern Foundation 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 87 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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