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 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
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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
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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