Funding search · EIN 046026648 · Boston, MA

The Stare 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.

180
grants reported
$2.3M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$6,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association3 grants · $353,411
  • Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association1 grant · $168,779
  • Santa Rosa Symphony Association3 grants · $102,000
  • Northwestern University3 grants · $100,000
  • Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras3 grants · $100,000
  • Global Partners for Development3 grants · $87,000
  • Health Horizons International Foundation3 grants · $84,000
  • Health Horizons International Foundation1 grant · $60,000
  • Jewish Family Service of Metrowest3 grants · $58,000
  • Roosevelt University3 grants · $57,909

Giving over time

$626,337
2021
$568,361
2022
$536,728
2023
$585,141
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 180 grants.

  • $168,779

    Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association · Chicago, IL · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $139,454

    Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association · Skokie, IL · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $108,910

    Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association · Skokie, IL · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $105,047

    Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association · Skokie, IL · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $60,000

    Health Horizons International Foundation · Oakville, CT · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $42,500

    Santa Rosa Symphony Association · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $40,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $40,000

    Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2021

    General purposes of the institution

  • $37,000

    Health Horizons International Foundation · Bloomfield, CT · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $35,047

    Aclu · New York, NY · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $35,000

    Global Partners for Development · Petaluma, CA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $35,000

    Health Horizons International Foundation · Bloomfield, CT · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $35,000

    Global Partners for Development · Rohnert Park, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $30,500

    Santa Rosa Symphony Association · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $30,000

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Jazz Scholarship

  • $30,000

    Global Partners for Development · Petaluma, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $30,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $30,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $29,000

    Santa Rosa Symphony Association · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $25,000

    Jewish Family Service of Metrowest · Florham Park, NJ · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $25,000

    Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra Association · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $24,000

    Lsu Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $24,000

    Lsu Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021

    General purposes of the foundation

  • $23,909

    Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $22,000

    Global Partners for Development · Petaluma, CA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $20,000

    Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $20,000

    Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $20,000

    Catholica Charities · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021

    General purposes of the foundation

  • $20,000

    Nortwestern University · Enavston, IL · 2021

    General purpose of the foundation

  • $18,000

    Jewish Family Service of Metrowest · Florham Park, NJ · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $16,000

    Friend Memorial Public Library · Brooklin, ME · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $15,279

    Hearthstone Village · Ukiah, CA · 2021

    Family services

  • $15,000

    Hearthstone Village · Ukiah, CA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Lsu Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    St Vincent De Paul Place · Middletown, CT · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Career Technical Education Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Hearthstone Village · Ukiah, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Lsu Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $15,000

    Jewish Family Service of Metrowest · Florham Park, NJ · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $15,000

    Career Technical Education Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021

    General purposes of the foundation

  • $15,000

    Jewish Family Service of Metrowest · Florham Park, NJ · 2021

    Provide social services to enhance the independence and well-being of individuals and familites.

  • $15,000

    Malta House of Care Foundation · Hartford, CT · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2021

    Collegiate recovery center

  • $14,000

    Roosevelt University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $14,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $13,000

    Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $13,000

    Natick Service Council · Natick, MA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $12,500

    Healdsburg Jazz Fest · Healdsburg, CA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $12,000

    Friend Memorial Public Library · Brooklin, ME · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $12,000

    Health Horizons International Foundation · Bloomfield, CT · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $12,000

    St Vincent De Paul Place · Middletown, CT · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $12,000

    Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $12,000

    Malta House of Care · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $12,000

    St Vincent De Paul Place · Middletown, CT · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $12,000

    St Vincent De Paul Place · Middletown, CT · 2021

    Amazing food pantry

  • $11,000

    Malta House of Care · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $11,000

    Hearthstone Village · Ukiah, CA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $10,453

    Natick Service Council · Natick, MA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Career Technical Education Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School · Conway, NH · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Rural California Broadcasting Corporation · Rohnert Park, CA · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Healdsburg Jazz Fest · Healdsburg, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Rural California Broadcasting Corporation · Rohnert Park, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Sonoma County Public Library Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Career Technical Education Foundation · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Catholic Charities Santa Rosa · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Krcb Public Radio · Rohnert Park, CA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $10,000

    American Cancer Society · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2021

    Offer education to students pursuing carrer-based paths

  • $10,000

    Krcb Public Radio · Rohnert Park, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2021

    Multiple sclerosis research projects

  • $10,000

    New Engalnd Grassroots Environment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2021

    Help to create healthy and sustainable communities throughout new england.

  • $8,000

    Maine Mobile Health Program · Augusta, ME · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $8,000

    Natick Service Council · Natick, MA · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $8,000

    New England Grassroots Environment Fund · Newmarket, NH · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $7,779

    Natick Service Council · Natick, MA · 2021

    General purposes of the foundation

  • $7,000

    Blue Hill Society for Aid To Children · Blue Hill, ME · 2021

    Nichols development fund

  • $6,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School · Conway, NH · 2023

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Blue Hill Society for Aid To Children · Blue Hill, ME · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Friend Memorial Public Library · Brooklin, ME · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Kismet Rock Foundation · North Conway, NH · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Maine Community Foundation · Ellsworth, ME · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Winn Parish Library · Winnfield, LA · 2022

    General Purpose

  • $6,000

    Durham Public Library · Durham, CT · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Friend Memorial Public Library · Brooklin, ME · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2021

    Conserves and stewards maine's coastal lands and islands.

  • $6,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2021

    Dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for vulnerable members of our society

  • $6,000

    Winn Parish Library · Winnfield, LA · 2021

    Joyce love allen stare children's room

  • $5,000

    American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $5,000

    Blue Hill Society for Aid To Children · Blue Hill, ME · 2024

    General Purpose

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities Santa Rosa · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General Purpose

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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.