Funding search · EIN 851238954 · Los Angeles, CA
The Max Stenbeck Charitable Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 42
- grants reported
- $9.9M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $120,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Shed Nyc2 grants · $2.5M
- New York University3 grants · $1.5M
- Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation3 grants · $1.3M
- Thorn2 grants · $666,666
- Friends of Challenging Heights2 grants · $658,924
- World Childhood Foundation1 grant · $500,000
- Sonia Nabeta Foundation2 grants · $300,000
- Ridgefield Academy1 grant · $250,000
- Washington International Horse Show1 grant · $250,000
- Friends of Hih International1 grant · $250,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 42 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.3M
Shed Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $1.3M
Shed Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $500,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $500,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $500,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $500,000
World Childhood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $456,512
Friends of Challenging Heights · Davidson, NC · 2023
General support
- $425,000
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation · Wallingford, CT · 2024
General support
- $425,000
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation · Wallingford, CT · 2023
General support
- $425,000
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation · Wallingford, CT · 2022
General support
- $333,333
Thorn · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2023
General support
- $333,333
Thorn · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Friends of Hih International · Newton, MA · 2024
To fight poverty through job creation in Eastern Africa.
- $250,000
Ridgefield Academy · Ridgefield, CT · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Washington International Horse Show · Annapolis, MD · 2024
General support
- $202,412
Friends of Challenging Heights · Davidson, NC · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Sonia Nabeta Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Sonia Nabeta Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $150,000
Hand in Hand · 2022
To support next step, empower young generation, and bee- for honey and money programs
- $130,000
Policy Link · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
- $120,000
Ashoka Innovator for the Public · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
- $120,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $115,000
Globalgiving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $115,000
Internet Archive · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Hand in Hand · 2023
To support next step, empower young generation, and bloom buzz and business.
- $100,000
Vineyard Preservation Trust · Edgartown, MA · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $100,000
Globalgiving Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $100,000
National Conference On Citizenship · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Upwell Turtles · Monterey, CA · 2024
General support
- $50,000
American Friends of the Swedish University · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
The Good People Fund · Milburn, NJ · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Amplifier Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Digital Public Library of America · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Heartland Forward · Bentonville, AR · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Pave Academy Charter School · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Radicalxchange Foundation Ltd · Moraga, CA · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
- $25,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $21,000
Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Harlem Stage · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $10,000
The Markup News · New York, CA · 2022
General support
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