Funding search · EIN 046036697 · Philadelphia, PA

Stearns Charitable Trust

Name: Stearns Charitable Trust 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.

165
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance4 grants · $142,889
Seekonk Land Conservation Trust4 grants · $98,995
Woodmere Art Museum4 grants · $90,000
Wheaton College4 grants · $79,333
Stanford University4 grants · $75,500
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc (Dba Bric)4 grants · $75,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation (Uscf Foundation)4 grants · $60,000
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society2 grants · $59,000
Compass Family Services4 grants · $57,500
Saint Ignatius School4 grants · $52,500

Giving over time

$329,000

2022

$409,331

2023

$396,657

2024

$450,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 165 grants.

$55,000
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society · Alexandria, VA · 2025
Program support
$47,440
Seekonk Land Conservation Trust · Seekonk, MA · 2024
Program support
$45,555
Seekonk Land Conservation Trust · Seekonk, MA · 2023
Program support
$40,000
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Program support
$39,889
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Program support
$38,000
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Program support
$30,000
Woodmere Art Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$30,000
Woodmere Art Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
Program support
$20,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation (Uscf Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc (Dba Bric) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc (Dba Bric) · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Woodmere Art Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc (Dba Bric) · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Farm Fresh Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2022
Program support
$19,333
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2024
Program support
$17,500
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program support
$16,000
The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Program support
$15,555
The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Program support
$15,500
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc (Dba Bric) · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Saint Ignatius School · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Saint Ignatius School · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$15,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation (Uscf Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Marin Primary & Middle School · Larkspur, CA · 2023
Program support
$15,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation (Uscf Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance · North Bend, WA · 2022
Program support
$15,000
National Park Service (Point Reyes National Seashore) · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2022
Program support
$14,440
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$12,500
Saint Ignatius School · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
$12,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Boston, MA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation · Birmingham, MI · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Grace Science Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Keystone Care · Wyndmoor, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Love Lives in Seekonk · Seekonk, MA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Make a Wish Foundation · West Springfield, MA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Marin County Bicycle Coalition · Fairfax, CA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Marin General Hospital Foundation Dba Marinhealth Foundation · Greenbrae, CA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
National Park Service (Old Slater Mill Association) · Pawtucket, RI · 2025
Program support
$10,000
National Park Service (Point Reyes National Seashore) · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Boston, MA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Sea Education Association · Falmouth, MA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation · Birmingham, MI · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Grace Science Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Marin Primary & Middle School · Larkspur, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
National Park Service (Point Reyes National Seashore) · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation · Birmingham, MI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Grace Science Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
National Park Service (Point Reyes National Seashore) · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Sea Education Association · Falmouth, MA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Compass Family Services · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Concord Art Association · Concord, MA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation · Birmingham, MI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Grace Science Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Marin Primary & Middle School · Larkspur, CA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
National Park Service (Old Slater Mill Association) · Pawtucket, RI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Saint Ignatius School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation (Uscf Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Woodmere Art Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Program support
$8,888
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Marin County Bicycle Coalition · Fairfax, CA · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Climate Ride · Missoula, MT · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Program support
$6,000
National Park Service (Old Slater Mill Association) · Pawtucket, RI · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Make a Wish Foundation · West Springfield, MA · 2023
Program support
$6,000
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$5,889
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc (Dba Doctors Without Borders USA Inc) · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Berkshire Immigrant Center · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Program support
$5,000
North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Seekonk Land Conservation Trust · Seekonk, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Seekonk Library Trust · Seekonk, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Sojourner House · Providence, RI · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Westport River Watershed Alliance · Westport, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Berkshire Music School · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Brain Health Bootcamp · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Make a Wish Foundation · West Springfield, MA · 2024
Program support

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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.