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The Robert Stern Family Foundation

Name: The Robert Stern Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

93
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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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.

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania4 grants · $600,524
The Syv Family School4 grants · $90,000
Pleiades Network for Fork in the Road3 grants · $75,000
Santa Barbara County Firefighters Benevolent Foundation4 grants · $63,000
Nyc Salt4 grants · $30,000
Santa Barbara Zoo3 grants · $22,500
Global Health Works Foundation4 grants · $22,000
Resilient Democracy2 grants · $20,000
Friends of the Los Alamos Public Library4 grants · $18,500
Lee Pesky Learning Center4 grants · $16,500

Giving over time

$259,255

2022

$323,500

2023

$260,506

2024

$220,018

2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

$150,506
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable
$150,018
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charitable
$150,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Charitable
$150,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
The Syv Family School · Los Olivos, CA · 2025
Charitable
$30,000
Pleiades Network for Fork in the Road · Germantown, NY · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Pleiades Network for Fork in the Road · Germantown, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Pleiades Network for Fork in the Road · Germantown, NY · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
The Syv Family School · Los Olivos, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
The Syv Family School · Los Olivos, CA · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
The Syv Family School · Los Olivos, CA · 2022
Charitable
$16,500
Santa Barbara County Firefighters Benevolent Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Charitable
$16,500
Santa Barbara County Firefighters Benevolent Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable
$16,500
Santa Barbara County Firefighters Benevolent Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Nyc Salt · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Resilient Democracy · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$13,500
Santa Barbara County Firefighters Benevolent Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Santa Barbara Zoo · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Friends of the Los Alamos Public Library · Los Alamos, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Global Health Works Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Santa Barbara Zoo · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
The Elwyn Foundation · Elwyn, PA · 2022
Charitable
$9,000
Transplant Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2024
Charitable
$5,005
Musical Masterworks · Old Lyme, CT · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Nyc Salt · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Global Health Works Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Musical Masterworks · Old Lyme, CT · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Nyc Salt · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Resilient Democracy · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Himalayan Health Care · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Musical Masterworks · Old Lyme, CT · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Polk Education Foundation · Bartow, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Stephens College Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
The Hun School of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Friends of the Los Alamos Public Library · Los Alamos, CA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Global Health Works Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Nyc Salt · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
The Hun School of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Arts Outreach · Los Olivos, CA · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Santa Barbara Zoo · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Friends of the Los Alamos Public Library · Los Alamos, CA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Polk Education Foundation · Bartow, FL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Transplant Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Global Health Works Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Himalayan Health Care · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Junior Milers · Hinesburg, VT · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Rainbow House · Cranston, RI · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Transplant Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Los Alamos Fire Station 24 · Los Alamos, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Friends of the Los Alamos Public Library · Los Alamos, CA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Himalayan Health Care · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Junior Milers · Hinesburg, VT · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Lyme Ambulance Association · Hadlyme, CT · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Lyme Fire Department · Lyme, CT · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Polk Education Foundation · Bartow, FL · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries · Essex, CT · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Arts Outreach · Los Olivos, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Junior Milers · Hinesburg, VT · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Lyme Ambulance Association · Hadlyme, CT · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Lyme Fire Department · Lyme, CT · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
The Hun School of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
City Seed · New Haven, CT · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Client Earth · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Lyme Ambulance Association · Hadlyme, CT · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Lyme Fire Department · Lyme, CT · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries · Essex, CT · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Stephens College Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$500
Client Earth · Calabasas, CA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2025
Charitable
$500
Stephens College Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2025
Charitable
$500
Client Earth · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries · Essex, CT · 2024
Charitable
$500
Stephens College Stern Center for Language & Learning · Williston, VT · 2024
Charitable
$500
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$500
City Seed · New Haven, CT · 2022
Charitable
$500
Client Earth · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Himalayan Health Care · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$500
Lyme Ambulance Association · Hadlyme, CT · 2022
Charitable
$500
Lyme Fire Department · Lyme, CT · 2022
Charitable
$500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$500
Polk Education Foundation · Bartow, FL · 2022
Charitable
$500
Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries · Essex, CT · 2022
Charitable
$250
Isla Vista Youth Project · Goleta, CA · 2022
Charitable

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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.