Funding search · EIN 471644269 · Wilmington, DE

The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable

Name: The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable grants, 2022–2025
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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.

46
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Johns Hopkins University5 grants · $820,000
Living Classrooms Foundation8 grants · $540,000
Girls for a Change5 grants · $120,000
Valleys Planning Council4 grants · $100,000
Walters Art Museum Foundation3 grants · $99,000
Trout Unlimited4 grants · $58,050
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation3 grants · $50,000
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian1 grant · $46,900
Hopewell Cancer Support3 grants · $32,500
Art With a Heart3 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$446,400

2022

$478,550

2023

$434,000

2024

$575,000

2025

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2025
The Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health Willow Fund
$200,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health - The Willow Fund
$200,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health - the Willow Fund
$170,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health
$90,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Shipboard STEM
$90,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Shipboard STEM
$90,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Shipboard STEM
$80,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Shipboard STEM
$54,000
Walters Art Museum Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Support for re-imagined School Communities Program and Bus Subsidies
$50,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health - VaxUp Program
$50,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2025
The Crossroads School Program
$50,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
The Crossroads School Program
$50,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
The Crossroads School Program
$46,900
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
2022 support for interns and collections manager
$40,000
Walters Art Museum Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To promote educational connection using the museum's collections through support of the Gallery Experience Associates
$40,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
The Crossroads School Program
$30,000
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Tuition for native american students
$28,500
Trout Unlimited · Manchester, MD · 2025
Patapsco Valley Trout Unlimited - Big Pipe Project
$25,000
Girls for a Change · N Chesterfld, VA · 2025
Girl Ambassador Program
$25,000
Valleys Planning Council · Towson, MD · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Girls for a Change · N Chesterfld, VA · 2024
Girl Ambassador Program
$25,000
Valleys Planning Council · Towson, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Girls for a Change · N Chesterfld, VA · 2023
Girl Ambassador Program
$25,000
Valleys Planning Council · Towson, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Girls for a Change · N Chesterfld, VA · 2022
Girl Ambassador Program
$25,000
Valleys Planning Council · Towson, MD · 2022
General Fund
$20,000
Girls for a Change · N Chesterfld, VA · 2023
to cover Expenses associated with travel to Utah
$15,000
Hopewell Cancer Support · Lutherville, MD · 2025
Charitable Event
$14,500
Trout Unlimited · Manchester, MD · 2022
mitigation program- Little Fishing cREEK
$10,000
Art With a Heart · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Charitable Event
$10,000
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Art With a Heart · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Hopewell Cancer Support · Lutherville, MD · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,000
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
the General Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Boy Scouts of America · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Conservation Center Project
$9,000
Trout Unlimited · Manchester, MD · 2024
Brook Trout Protection and Recovery
$7,500
Informed Experiences · Incline Vlg, NV · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Hopewell Cancer Support · Brooklandvl, MD · 2023
Charitable Event
$6,050
Trout Unlimited · Manchester, MD · 2023
Comprehensive Survey of Wild Trout Streams in the Patapsco River Drainage
$5,000
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company · Owings Mills, MD · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Walters Art Museum Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Teen Programs
$5,000
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company · Owings Mills, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Art With a Heart · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company · Owings Mills, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Community Crisis Center · Reisterstown, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company · Owings Mills, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted

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