· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $230k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $685k
- $250k+1 grant · $313k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $312,500 |
| FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH | $200,000 |
| NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY | $200,000 |
| YOUTH ABOUT BUSINESS | $95,000 |
| BRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION | $90,000 |
| REACH OUT AND READ | $50,000 |
| READ AHEAD | $50,000 |
| JUMP START FOR YOUNG CHILDREN | $45,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $45,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $30,000 |
| PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | $25,000 |
| MERCY HAVEN | $25,000 |
| SPCALA | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | $20,000 |
| HAVEN HILLS | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 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
Backed again, and grew
- NBNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC6× · 2021–2026 · $1.2M · revenue +12%
REACH OUT AND READ INC6× · 2021–2026 · $290k · revenue +71%- RAREAD AHEAD INC6× · 2021–2026 · $250k · revenue +2%
Funded once
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.
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The alliance leads new york citys mission to end sexual violence through education, prevention programming, research, and policy change. until we end sexual violence in all forms, we will be here for all survivors and the organizations…
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How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 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 NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BRONX LETTERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REACH OUT AND READ INC ↗
- Who funds READ AHEAD INC ↗
- Who funds JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds Haven Hills Inc ↗
- Who funds GREATER LOS ANGELES ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Mercy Haven Inc ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Stringer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stringer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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