Funding search · EIN 300286949 · Chicago, IL

The Stairway Fund

Name: The Stairway Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

192
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Washington University3 grants · $250,000
Theatre for a New Audience (Tfana)5 grants · $195,000
Theatre for a New Audience Inc (Tfana)3 grants · $190,000
Trinity College Trustees4 grants · $102,500
Union Square Partnership4 grants · $75,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy5 grants · $59,776
Share Our Strength5 grants · $54,800
Colorado College2 grants · $50,000
Steep Rock Association2 grants · $44,531
Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$682,681

2022

$647,026

2023

$591,800

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 192 grants.

$150,000
Theatre for a New Audience Inc (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$100,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$100,000
Theatre for a New Audience (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$100,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$50,000
Trinity College Trustees · Hartford, CT · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$50,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$40,000
Theatre for a New Audience (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$35,000
Theatre for a New Audience (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$30,000
Theatre for a New Audience Inc (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$28,750
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Museum of Modern Art - New York · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Steep Rock Association · Washington, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Union Square Partnership · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Colorado College · Colorado, CO · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Steep Rock Association · Washington Dt, CT · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Union Square Partnership · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Colorado College · Colorado, CO · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$25,000
Trinity College Trustees · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$23,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy (Mspc) · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$20,000
Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$20,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$20,000
Union Square Partnership · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$20,000
Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$19,531
Steep Rock Association · Washington Dt, CT · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$17,500
Trinity College Trustees · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Target Als Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Target Als Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Type Media Center (Fka the Nation Institute) · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Hudson Valley Writing Program Research Foundation for Suny As Fiscal Spons · Albany, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Lemontree Foods · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Studio in a School Association · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$15,000
Theatre for a New Audience (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$12,500
Jacques Pepin Foundation · Barrington, RI · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Edible Schoolyard Nyc · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Gramercy Park Block Association · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Hudson Valley Writing Project Via Research Foundation for Suny (Fs) · Albany, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy (Mspc) · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Washington Ambulance Association · Washington, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Gramercy Park Block Association · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Gramercy Park Block Association · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Museum of Modern Art - New York · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Theatre for a New Audience Inc (Tfana) · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$10,000
Trinity College Trustees · Hartford, CT · 2022
General operating support/annual gift
$9,800
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$7,500
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$6,126
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
City Harvest · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Culinary Institute of America · Hyde Park, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation (Nuvance) · Danbury, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Food Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Frederick Gunn School · Washington, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Grownyc · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Hot Bread Kitchen · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
How Institute for Society · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Lake Waramaug Friends · Washington, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Lake Waramaug Task Force · Warren, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Pujols Family Foundation · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Spring Hill Arts Gathering · Hoboken, NJ · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Steep Rock Association · Washington, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
The Gohan Society · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Chicken and Egg Pictures · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Culinary Institute of America · Hyde Park, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation (Nuvance) · Danbury, CT · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
How Institute for Society · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Hudson Valley Writing Project Research Foundation for Suny As Fiscal Sponso · Albany, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Jacques Pepin Foundation · Barrington, RI · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Lake Waramaug Task Force · Warren, CT · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Nyu Langone Health - Vulnerable Brain Research Project (William R Slater Md · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Public Art Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Rethink Food Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Spring Hill Arts Gathering · Hoboken, NJ · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Studio in a School Association · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support/annual gift
$5,000
Washington Ambulance Association · Washington Dt, CT · 2023
General operating support/annual gift

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