Private foundation · EIN 83-0616659 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Reported organization name: THE STIRLING FOUNDATION
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | $3.7M |
| 2024 | 26 | $2.6M |
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
AMMAN, JORDAN
$657.9KTax year 2024
To fund the measurement, diagnosis, assessment and treatment of orphaned children in social institutions in jordan; to fund a program to train women in vocational skills; to fund the purchase of solar-powered street-lights to improve community safety.
MENSHEYA, KHARTOUM
$513KTax year 2025
To facilitiate humanitarian and development work in sudan including operational costs and expenses associated with the development and implementation of emergency response, economic development and self-reliance projects.
KURDISTAN, KURDISTAN REGION
$458KTax year 2024
To fund slaries for teachers in camps for internally displaced persons in the kurdistan region of iraq; to renovate public schools, to fund emergency relief for earthquake victims in morocco.
KIGALI
$347.7KTax year 2024
To build a correctional facility that will serve as a reintegration center to help female inmates reintegrate into society.
AMMAN
$330KTax year 2025
To fund the measurement, diagnosis, assessment and treatment of orphaned children in social institutions in jordan; to fund a program to train women in vocational skills; to fund the purchase of solar-powered street-lights to improve community safety.
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (70 reported in all).
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Create free accountFigures are aggregated from The Stirling Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). 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 filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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