New York · Private foundation
The Stringer Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2026
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $312,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 7% of the organizations The Stringer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 16 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2025 | 15 | $1.2M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $1,200,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Bronx Letters Foundation | $541,075 | 6 | 30% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $290,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Read Ahead Inc | $250,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | $250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $215,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Public Media Group of Southern California | $130,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Haven Hills Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $1,200,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Bronx Letters Foundation | $541,075 | 6 | 30% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $290,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Read Ahead Inc | $250,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Jumpstart for Young Children Inc | $250,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $215,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Public Media Group of Southern California | $130,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Haven Hills Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mercy Haven Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Stringer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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.
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How this is measured
About The Stringer Foundation
- How much does The Stringer Foundation give?
- The Stringer Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,232,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The Stringer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (57%), Education (17%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are The Stringer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: National Brain Tumor Society Inc ($1.2M), Bronx Letters Foundation ($541k), Reach Out and Read Inc ($290k).
- Does The Stringer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Stringer 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 Stringer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Stringer Foundation based?
- The Stringer Foundation is based in NY.
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