Funding search · EIN 954852744 · Berkeley, CA
The Jean and Alvin Sternlieb
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 124
- grants reported
- $247,250
- 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.
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Top recipients
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- Kilung Foundation4 grants · $18,000
- Planned Parenthood4 grants · $11,000
- Save the Children3 grants · $9,000
- Feeding America3 grants · $7,500
- Southern Poverty Law Center4 grants · $7,000
- Mediators Foundation2 grants · $7,000
- Sb Organic Soup Kitchen4 grants · $7,000
- African Schools of Kenya2 grants · $7,000
- Unicef4 grants · $7,000
- Kqed2 grants · $6,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 124 grants.
- $5,000
Kilung Foundation · Langley, WA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $5,000
Save the Children · Washington, DC · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $5,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $5,000
Kilung Foundation · Langley, WA · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $5,000
Partners for Progressive Israel · New York, NY · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $5,000
Kilung Foundation · Langley, WA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $4,000
African Schools of Kenya · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $4,000
Kqed · City of Industry, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $4,000
Mediators Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $4,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
Berkeley Food Pantry · Berkeley, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Annapolis Junction, MD · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
African Schools of Kenya · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
Kilung Foundation · Langley, WA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
Mother Miracle Schools · Dublin, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
African Schhols of Kenya · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $3,000
Mediators Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,500
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,500
Sb Organic Soup Kitchen · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,500
Sb Organic Soup Kitchen · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,500
Alameda County Community Fund Bank · Oakland, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
American Parkinson Disease Association · Alberta Lea, MN · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Children & Nature Network · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Glide · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Hospice of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Miu Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Oasis Legal Services · Berkeley, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Seva Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Topeka, KS · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Spirit Rock Meditation · Woodacre, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Aclu · Washington, DC · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
American Parkinson Disease Association · Merrifield, VA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Glide · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Hospice of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
House of Ruth · Washington, DC · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Maharashtra Village School Transformation Foundation · Fairfield, IA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Seva Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Topeka, KS · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
St Judes Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Unicef · Washington, DC · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Annapolis Junction, MD · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Women for Women International · Central Islip, NY · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Yellow Hammer Fund · Birmingham, AL · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Adl · New York, NY · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
American Jewish World Services · Etna, NH · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Climate Ride · Missoula, MT · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
David Lynch Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
E Global Family · Honolulu, HI · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Joyful Heat Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Mother Miracle Schools · San Rafael, CA · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Naacp · Baltimore, CA · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Parkinsons Foundation · Albert Led, MN · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Project Open Hand · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Aclu · Washington, DC · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement · Berkeley, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Glide Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Kids in Need · New York, NY · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Moshe House - Ukraine Fund · Encinitas, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Mother Miracle · San Rafael, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Seva · Berkeley, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Spirit Rock Center · Woodacre, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
US Holocaust Museum · Merrifield, VA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $2,000
Young Chances Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,750
African Schhols of Kenya · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,500
Oakland Elizabeth House · Berkely, CA · 2023
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,500
Sb Hospice · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Anti Defamation League · Washington, DC · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Barack Obama Foundation · Topeka, KS · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Eglobal Family · Honolulu, HI · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Giffords · Washington, DC · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Life Chronicles · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Meals On Wheels · Oakland, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Sb Organic Soup Kitchen · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Anti Defamation League · Washington, DC · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Direct Relief · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Insight La · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Washington, DC · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
- $1,000
Life Chronicles · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
For the use by the donee organization
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