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Janet Upjohn Stearns Charitable Trust

Name: Janet Upjohn Stearns Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
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.

67
grants reported: $753,200
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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

discretionary bike kids repair

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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.

Robin Ley Munn Grant1 grant · $540,000
Alsac2 grants · $37,400
Thorncroft Equestrian Center4 grants · $33,400
Apollo Middle School4 grants · $23,000
Prince of Peace Lutheran4 grants · $15,000
Buxton School4 grants · $14,700
St Elizabeth Shelter3 grants · $11,000
New Mexico Museum of Natural History &1 grant · $10,000
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod4 grants · $9,800
Planned Parenthood Federation3 grants · $6,500

Giving over time

$597,000

2022

$60,200

2023

$44,000

2024

$52,000

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$540,000
Robin Ley Munn Grant · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General
$19,000
Alsac · Memphis, TN · 2022
Discretionary uses of the
$18,400
Alsac · Memphis, TN · 2023
Discretionary uses of the
$10,000
Thorncroft Equestrian Center · Malvern, PA · 2025
General
$10,000
Thorncroft Equestrian Center · Malvern, PA · 2024
General
$10,000
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General
$8,400
Thorncroft Equestrian Center · Malvern, PA · 2023
General
$8,000
Apollo Middle School · Tucson, AZ · 2025
General
$7,000
Apollo Middle School · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General
$6,200
Buxton School · Williamstown, MT · 2023
General
$5,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Prince of Peace Lutheran · Burnsville, MN · 2024
General
$5,000
St Elizabeth Shelter · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Apollo Middle School · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General
$5,000
Thorncroft Equestrian Center · Malvern, PA · 2022
General
$4,500
Prince of Peace Lutheran · Burnsville, MN · 2023
General
$4,000
Greater Arizona Bicycling Association · Tucson, AZ · 2025
Kids bike repair fund
$4,000
St Elizabeth Shelter · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General operating
$4,000
Gordonsville United Methodist Church · Gordonsville, VA · 2022
General
$3,500
Buxton School · Williamstown, MT · 2025
General
$3,500
Prince of Peace Lutheran · Burnsville, MN · 2025
General
$3,500
Buxton School · Williamstown, MT · 2024
General
$3,000
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2025
General
$3,000
Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General
$3,000
Apollo Middle School · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General
$2,800
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2024
General
$2,500
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$2,500
Wgbh Educational Foundation - Wgby · Boston, MA · 2025
General
$2,500
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2024
General
$2,000
Tlc of South Jersey · Marlton, NJ · 2025
General support
$2,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,000
St Elizabeth Shelter · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General operating
$2,000
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2023
General
$2,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2022
General
$2,000
Prince of Peace Lutheran · Burnsville, MN · 2022
General
$2,000
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod · Harwich, MA · 2022
General
$1,500
Hearts of Surfing · Egg Hbr Twp, NJ · 2025
General operating
$1,500
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church · Marlton, NJ · 2025
General support
$1,500
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,500
Hearts of Surfing · Egg Hbr Twp, NJ · 2024
General operating
$1,500
Marlton Recreation Council · Marlton, NJ · 2023
General operating
$1,500
Buxton School · Williamstown, MT · 2022
General
$1,200
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,200
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Marlton Recreation Council · Marlton, NJ · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General
$1,000
Living Faith United Methodist Church · Putnam, CT · 2024
General
$1,000
Marlton Recreation Council · Marlton, NJ · 2024
General operating
$1,000
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General
$1,000
Hearts of Surfing · Egg Hbr Twp, NJ · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Hope Lutheran Church · West Des Moines, IA · 2023
General
$1,000
Living Faith United Methodist Church · Putnam, CT · 2023
General
$1,000
Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General
$1,000
Hope Lutheran Church · West Des Moines, IA · 2022
General
$1,000
Living Faith United Methodist Church · Putnam, CT · 2022
General
$1,000
Recreation Council of Evesham · Marlton, NJ · 2022
General
$1,000
Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General
$500
Friends of the Clark Sterling& Francine · Williamstown, MA · 2024
General
$500
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2024
General
$500
Friends of the Clark Sterling& Francine · Williamstown, MA · 2023
General
$500
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2023
General
$500
Boston Symphony Oschestra · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$500
Friends of the Clark Sterling& Francine · Williamstown, MA · 2022
General
$500
Smith College · Northhampton, MA · 2022
General

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