Funding search · EIN 050544633 · Wilmington, DE

The Michael and Karen Stone Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

111
grants reported
$7.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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  • Duke University19 grants · $4.4M
  • Wilderness Safaris Wildlife Trust2 grants · $550,000
  • Bishops School6 grants · $412,500
  • Rady Childrens Hospital - San Diego3 grants · $375,000
  • Harvard Business School3 grants · $322,500
  • Regents of the University of Michigan5 grants · $300,000
  • San Diego Museum of Art2 grants · $250,250
  • Voices for Children3 grants · $145,500
  • Shelburne Farms3 grants · $143,000
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County3 grants · $136,800

Giving over time

$2.5M
2022
$2.5M
2023
$2.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 111 grants.

  • $1.1M

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $953,333

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Stone Family scholarship fund, FUQUA School of Business annual fund, Lily Renovation Reserve fund, Stone-Ubben professorship fund, and Climate Literacy fund

  • $583,334

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Stone-Ubben Professorship (2024 contribution)

  • $583,333

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Stone-Ubben Professorship Fund #6117414

  • $300,000

    Wilderness Safaris Wildlife Trust · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Bishops School · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Capital Campaign

  • $250,000

    San Diego Museum of Art · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Wilderness Safaris Wildlife Trust · 2024

    Drought relief food program

  • $250,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    President's Priorities Fund #3970011

  • $250,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022

    35th Reunion Gift - Designation TBD - HBS Holding Fund Acct# 430-360043

  • $250,000

    Rady Childrens Hospital - San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022

    To be used at the discretion of the CEO Patrick Frias, MD

  • $200,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Lily Renovation Reserve Fund (2024 contribution)

  • $200,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Lily Renovation Reserve Fund (2023 contribution)

  • $150,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    Maize & Blue Cupboard Fund

  • $125,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Climate Literacy (2024 contribution)

  • $125,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Climate Literacy Gift Fund #391000152

  • $100,000

    Rady Childrens Hospital - San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

    The President's Fund

  • $100,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    To support Scripps Institution of Oceanography and to be used at the discretion of the SIO Director (Fund E1654).

  • $62,500

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024

    HBS Fund

  • $51,500

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $51,500

    Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $51,500

    Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Bishops School · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Annual Fund

  • $50,000

    Camp Southern Ground · Fayetteville, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Lemur Center Operations and Lemur Madagascar Programs

  • $50,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Bishops School · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Annual Fund

  • $50,000

    Dakshana Foundation · Irvine, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Indiana, PA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $48,500

    Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $46,000

    Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $45,500

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $45,500

    Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $45,500

    Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $45,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    Fuqua Annual Fund and Fuqua Scholarship Fund

  • $39,800

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Friends Fund: GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance

  • $25,000

    Lake Champlain Committee · Burlington, VT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Maize & Blue Cupboard Fund

  • $25,000

    Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024

    Emergency Fund

  • $25,000

    University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024

    Special Collections Fund

  • $25,000

    University of Vermont · Burlington, VT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Bishops School · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    U C San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Scripps Ocean Acidification Monitoring Program Fund

  • $25,000

    Bishops School · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Camp Southern Ground · Fayetteville, GA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Stone Family Scholarship Fund #6187107

  • $25,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Duke Nicholas School of the Environment (NSOE) Annual Fund

  • $25,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Duke Lemur Center

  • $25,000

    Library of Congress · Washington, DC · 2022

    James Madison Council

  • $25,000

    Rady Childrens Hospital - San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Stanford University - Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Hoover Council Leadership Circle

  • $20,000

    Climate Vault · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Duke Libraries Annual Fund

  • $20,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Fuqua School of Business Annual Fund #1131006

  • $15,000

    Climate Vault · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    U C San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    To support Scripps Institution of Oceanography and to be used at the discretion of the SIO Director

  • $13,500

    Neurolab 360 · Encinitas, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $12,500

    Bishops School · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    The Bishops School 2024 Gala

  • $12,500

    Govern for California Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Dakshana Foundation · West Lake Hills, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Shelburne Museum Incorporated · Shelburne, VT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Nature Conservancy Georgia Chapter · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Coastal Conservation fund

  • $10,000

    The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024

    La Jolla Country Club Employee Scholarship Fund

  • $10,000

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Duke Libraries annual fund

  • $10,000

    Climate Vault · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Norwalk Stamford Grassroots Tennis & Education · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Project Concern International · San Diego, CA · 2022

    Ukraine humanitarian response fund

  • $10,000

    Rady Childrens Hospital Foundation- San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Shelburne Museum Incorporated · Shelburne, VT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Skidmore College · Saratoga Spgs, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Got Questions Ministries · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    The Gillispie School · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2024

    Giving Day 2018

  • $5,000

    Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2024

    The Hotchkiss Fund/Parents Fund

  • $5,000

    Skidmore College · Saratoga Spgs, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Gillispie School · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2023

    The Hotchkiss Fund effort

  • $5,000

    Delta Gamma Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Scholarships benefiting Alpha Nu Delta Gamma collegians at USC

  • $5,000

    Giving Circle Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Histiocytosis Association · Pitman, NJ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Boys To Men Mentoring Network · Spring Valley, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Honorary Deputy Sheriffs Association of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Neurolab 360 · Encinitas, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    The Gillispie School · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Curebound · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022

    Fuqua School of Business

  • $2,500

    Open Arms Home for Children · Litchfield Pk, AZ · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    The Gillispie School · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    ONEGillispie Annual Giving

  • $2,500

    University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022

    Daniel Rahill Family Scholarship Fund

  • $2,500

    University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    USC Annenberg Student Success Fund Support Another Organization via Selected Charity

  • $2,000

    Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2023

    LFJCC - Shabbat San Diego

  • $2,000

    Life Science Cares · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Boys To Men Mentoring Network · Spring Valley, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.