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Funding search · EIN 364112278 · Hinsdale, IL

David and Mary Sterling Foundation

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

94
grants reported: $33,650
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $200
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational religious

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Notre Dame Church4 grants · $7,100
Salvation Army4 grants · $3,200
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls4 grants · $2,600
Chicago Zoological Society3 grants · $2,500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital4 grants · $2,000
St Joseph'S Carmelite Home3 grants · $1,800
Catholic Charities4 grants · $1,600
Notre Dame Church Food Pantry2 grants · $1,500
Boy'S Town3 grants · $1,500
Tunnels To Towers Foundation3 grants · $1,300

Giving over time

$9,900

2022

$8,200

2023

$8,150

2024

$7,400

2025

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$2,000
Notre Dame Church · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2025
Religious
$2,000
Notre Dame Church · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2024
Religious
$1,600
Notre Dame Church · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2022
Religious
$1,500
Notre Dame Church · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2023
Religious
$1,500
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Notre Dame Church Food Pantry · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2022
Charitable
$900
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$800
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$800
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$800
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$800
Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$700
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$600
St Joseph'S Carmelite Home · East Chicago, IN · 2024
Religious
$600
St Joseph'S Carmelite Home · East Chicago, IN · 2023
Charitable
$600
St Joseph'S Carmelite Home · East Chicago, IN · 2022
Charitable
$500
Boys Town · Boys Town, NE · 2025
Charitable
$500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable
$500
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Charitable
$500
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Charitable
$500
Boy'S Town · Boys Town, NE · 2024
Charitable
$500
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2024
Educational
$500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
$500
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Charitable
$500
Boy'S Town · Boys Town, NE · 2023
Charitable
$500
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2023
Educational
$500
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$500
Notre Dame Church Food Pantry · Clarendon Hills, IL · 2023
Charitable
$500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable
$500
Boy'S Town · Boys Town, NE · 2022
Charitable
$500
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$500
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
$400
Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$400
Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$400
Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$400
Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$400
Disabled American Veterans · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Charitable
$300
Tunnels To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$200
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$200
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$200
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$200
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$200
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$200
Disabled American Veterans · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Charitable
$200
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$200
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$200
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable
$200
Admiral Nimitz Foundation · Fredericksburg, TX · 2022
Educational
$200
Fort Ticonderoga Association · Ticonderoga, NY · 2022
Educational
$200
Harry S Truman Library Institute · Merrifield, VA · 2022
Educational
$200
Misericordia · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$200
Pacific Garden Mission · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$200
Pontifical Mission Societies · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$150
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable
$100
American Legion · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Charitable
$100
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2025
Educational
$100
Harry S Truman Library Institute · Merrifield, VA · 2025
Educational
$100
Society of the Divine Savior · New Holstein, WI · 2025
Religious
$100
St Josephs Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2025
Charitable
$100
Uso · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$100
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$100
American Cornerstone Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100
American Legion · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Charitable
$100
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Educational
$100
Companions of St Anthony · Ellicott City, MD · 2024
Religious
$100
Friends of Notre Dame De Paris · Etna, NH · 2024
Religious
$100
George Washington'S Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon, VA · 2024
Educational
$100
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Educational
$100
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$100
Uso · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$100
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$100
Admiral Nimitz Foundation · Fredericksburg, TX · 2023
Educational
$100
American Legion · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Charitable
$100
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
Educational
$100
Companions of St Anthony · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
Religious
$100
Fort Ticonderoga Association · Ticonderoga, NY · 2023
Educational
$100
George Washington'S Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon, VA · 2023
Educational
$100
Harry S Truman Library Institute · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Educational
$100
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
Educational
$100
Paralyzed Veterans of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Educational
$100
Uso · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$100
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Educational
$100
Companions of St Anthony · Ellicott City, MD · 2022
Religious
$100
George Washington'S Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon, VA · 2022
Educational
$100
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$100
Thomas Jefferson Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Educational
$100
Uso · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$100
Veterans of Foreign Wars · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$50
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2024
Charitable
$50
Franciscan Mission Associates · Mount Vernon, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2023
Charitable
$50
St Joseph'S Indian School · Chamberlain, SD · 2022
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.