Funding search · EIN 066057010 · Chicago, IL

Sterling Fund and Fellowship Foundation

Name: Sterling Fund and Fellowship Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

75
grants reported: $66,169
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $800
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Olana Partnership4 grants · $7,250
Fair Field Productions2 grants · $6,752
Operation Unite New York4 grants · $5,824
Fisher House Foundation3 grants · $4,517
American Friends Service Committee4 grants · $3,667
Lakes Region Food Pantry4 grants · $3,474
The Naraya Cultural Preservation3 grants · $3,295
American Red Cross1 grant · $3,027
Unitarian Universalist Association4 grants · $2,500
Alaska Wildness League3 grants · $2,300

Giving over time

$17,585

2021

$16,675

2022

$15,435

2023

$16,474

2024

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$3,517
Fair Field Productions · Fairfield, IA · 2021
General
$3,235
Fair Field Productions · Fairfield, IA · 2022
General
$3,027
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
General
$2,517
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2021
General
$2,000
Olana Partnership · Hudson, NY · 2022
General
$2,000
Olana Partnership · Hudson, NY · 2021
General
$1,795
Operation Unite New York · Hudson, NY · 2024
General
$1,750
Olana Partnership · Hudson, NY · 2023
General
$1,517
Operation Unite New York · Hudson, NY · 2021
General
$1,500
Olana Partnership · Hudson, NY · 2024
General
$1,295
The Naraya Cultural Preservation · Pocatello, ID · 2024
General
$1,277
Operation Unite New York · Hudson, NY · 2023
General
$1,235
Operation Unite New York · Hudson, NY · 2022
General
$1,235
Stephen Siller Tunnel · Staten Island, NY · 2022
General
$1,098
Fairfield Cares · Fairfield, IA · 2024
General
$1,098
Patient Access Network Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$1,098
Sustainable Iowa Land Trust · West Branch, IA · 2024
General
$1,095
Lakes Region Food Pantry · Moultonborough, NH · 2024
General
$1,027
Beyond Pesticides · Washington, WA · 2023
General
$1,000
Alaska Wildness League · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$1,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
$1,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024
General
$1,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel · Staten Island, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$1,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023
General
$1,000
Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors · Fairfield, IA · 2023
General
$1,000
Sustainable Iowa Land Trust · West Branch, IA · 2023
General
$1,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2022
General
$1,000
The Naraya Cultural Preservation · Pocatello, ID · 2022
General
$1,000
Unitarian Universalist Association · Boston, MA · 2022
General
$1,000
The Naraya Cultural Preservation · Pocatello, ID · 2021
General
$867
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General
$850
Bard College · Annadaleonhudson, NY · 2021
General
$827
Lakes Region Food Pantry · Moultonborough, NH · 2023
General
$817
Lakes Region Food Pantry · Moultonborough, NH · 2021
General
$800
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York City, NY · 2024
General
$800
Alaska Wildness League · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$800
American Friends Service Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$800
Bard College · Annadaleonhudson, NY · 2022
General
$735
Lakes Region Food Pantry · Moultonborough, NH · 2022
General
$700
The Community Foundation of Western Nort · Asheville, NC · 2023
General
$500
Friends of Moultonborough Public · Center Harbor, NH · 2024
General
$500
Unitarian Universalist Association · Boston, MA · 2024
General
$500
Friends of Moultonborough Public · Center Harbor, NH · 2023
General
$500
Unitarian Universalist Association · Boston, MA · 2023
General
$500
Friends of Moultonborough Public · Center Harbor, NH · 2022
General
$500
The Mountain School of Milton Academy · Vershire, VT · 2022
General
$500
Alaska Wildness League · Washington, DC · 2021
General
$500
Friends of Moultonborough Public · Center Harbor, NH · 2021
General
$500
The Mountain School of Milton Academy · Vershire, VT · 2021
General
$500
Unitarian Universalist Association · Boston, MA · 2021
General
$495
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$400
Children Unlimited · Conway, NH · 2021
General
$400
Lwala Community Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2021
General
$400
Resist · Boston, MA · 2021
General
$400
Starting Point · Jersey City, NJ · 2021
General
$335
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
General
$327
Bikes Not Bombs · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
General
$300
Children Unlimited · Conway, NH · 2024
General
$300
Loon Preservation Committee · Moultonborough, NH · 2024
General
$300
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback · Lincoln, MA · 2024
General
$300
Starting Point · Jersey City, NJ · 2024
General
$300
Children Unlimited · Conway, NH · 2023
General
$300
Childrens Trust Fund · Hartford, CT · 2023
General
$300
Loon Preservation Committee · Moultonborough, NH · 2023
General
$300
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback · Lincoln, MA · 2023
General
$300
Starting Point · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
General
$300
Children Unlimited · Conway, NH · 2022
General
$300
Childrens Trust Fund · Hartford, CT · 2022
General
$300
Loon Preservation Committee · Moultonborough, NH · 2022
General
$300
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback · Lincoln, MA · 2022
General
$300
Starting Point · Jersey City, NJ · 2022
General
$300
Childrens Trust Fund · Hartford, CT · 2021
General
$300
Loon Preservation Committee · Moultonborough, NH · 2021
General
$300
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback · Lincoln, MA · 2021
General

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