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 20222025. 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

$59,250
2022
$60,000
2023
$63,000
2024
$65,000
2025

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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