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The Stare Fund Grants

Private foundation · EIN 04-6026648 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$1.1M
Grants reported
95
Median grant
$5K
Future commitments
None reported

Giving by tax year

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202446$585.1K
202349$536.7K

Where The Stare Fund gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.

RecipientLocationPurposeTax yearAmount
Chicago Jazz Orchestra AssociationSkokie, ILGeneral Purpose2023$108.9K
Chicago Jazz Orchestra AssociationSkokie, ILGeneral Purpose2024$105K
Chicago Youth Symphony OrchestrasChicago, ILGeneral Purpose2024$50K
Santa Rosa Symphony AssociationSanta Rosa, CAGeneral Purpose2024$42.5K
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, ILGeneral Purpose2024$40K
Health Horizons International FoundationBloomfield, CTGeneral Purpose2023$37K
ACLUNew York, NYGeneral Purpose2024$35K
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, ILGeneral Purpose2023$30K
Global Partners for DevelopmentPetaluma, CAGeneral Purpose2023$30K
Chicago Youth Symphony OrchestrasChicago, ILJazz Scholarship2023$30K
Santa Rosa Symphony AssociationSanta Rosa, CAGeneral Purpose2023$29K
Jewish Family Service of MetrowestFlorham Park, NJGeneral Purpose2024$25K
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, ILGeneral Purpose2023$23.9K
Global Partners for DevelopmentPetaluma, CAGeneral Purpose2024$22K
Jewish Family Service of MetrowestFlorham Park, NJGeneral Purpose2023$18K
Friend Memorial Public LibraryBrooklin, MEGeneral Purpose2023$16K
LSU FoundationBaton Rouge, LAScholarship2023$15K
St Vincent de Paul PlaceMiddletown, CTGeneral Purpose2024$15K
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MAGeneral Purpose2023$15K
Hearthstone VillageUkiah, CAGeneral Purpose2023$15K
LSU FoundationBaton Rouge, LAGeneral Purpose2024$15K
Career Technical Education FoundationSanta Rosa, CAGeneral Purpose2023$15K
Hearthstone VillageUkiah, CAGeneral Purpose2024$15K
Roosevelt UniversityChicago, ILGeneral Purpose2024$14K
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, MAGeneral Purpose2024$13K

How to apply

This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.

About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Stare Fund's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.

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