· Private foundation
The Mary Peace Sterling 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $2k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $170k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PEACE CENTER | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI | $50,000 |
| ABUNDANCE CAPITAL | $45,000 |
| BREAD FOR THE WORLD | $30,000 |
| CENTER FOR COMM SELF | $25,000 |
| UPCOUNTRY | $25,000 |
| YMCA | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| MIAMI CITY BALLET | $10,000 |
| EXCHANGE FOR CHANGE | $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 (FY22–23, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 3 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, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FUFURMAN UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +26%
- PCPEACE CENTER FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $450k · revenue +79%
- UOUniversity of Miami3× · 2020–2025 · $125k · revenue +66%
Funded once
- LLLEUKEMIA LYMPHOMAone grant, 2024 · $50k
- TBTHE BILL HILLARY AND CHELSone grant, 2024 · $50k
- SFSt Francis Foundationone grant, 2017 · $45k
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.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
Research and education of United Nations activities
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…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The auschwitz institute for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities is dedicated to building a world that prevents genocide. we aim to see every state effectively integrate within government the domestically developed function of…
Inspired by Jewish values and ideals, MAZON is a national advocacy organization working to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds in the United States and Israel. See Schedule O for more details.
The american center for freedom will educate the public on critical violations of american sovereignty and illustrate that our laws are being compromised by international agreements and binding resolutions. with a focus on american…
The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 44 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 FURMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC ↗
- Who funds University of Miami ↗
- Who funds Bread For The World Inc ↗
- Who funds THE FAVOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FAVOR INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds MIAMI CITY BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds ABUNDANCE CAPITAL ↗
- Who funds AMERICA GIVES INC ↗
- Who funds Bread for the World Institute ↗
- Who funds UPCOUNTRY HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Exchange for Change Inc ↗
- Who funds TROPICAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds HOMELANDS RESEARCH GROUP ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Dog Ranch Rescue 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.
Open a dossier: The Jolley Foundation · Yeargin Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · Hollingsworth Funds Inc · The Maddrey Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · John I Smith Charities Inc · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mary Peace Sterling Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mary Peace Sterling Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Favor Inc: 100% of income from government
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
- Guitars Over Guns Organization Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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