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Who does The Sterling Donor Advised Fund fund?

The Sterling Donor Advised Fund has awarded $8.4 million across 113 grants to 77 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $37,500. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$8.4M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
77
Grants
113
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

77 of 77 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
F Friends of Faces C/O Sterling Foundation Management LLC $2.5M32020–20222022VA
B Brigham Young University-Hawaii $1.6M22020–20212021HI
Roots of Humanity Foundation INC $877K32022–20242024UT
A Ampelis Foundation $300K120232023UT
Great Life Mentoring $280K120232023OR
American Endowment Foundation $255K120212021OH
The Chehalis Foundation $200K22023–20242024WA
Young Americas Foundation $170K120242024VA
S Stanford Jewish Center INC $150K32021–20242024CA
Indiana University Foundation $105K120232023IN
Best Buddies International INC $100K22023–20242024FL
S St John the Evangelist $100K120242024— —
Discover Childrens Museum $100K120242024WA
Smithsonian Institution $100K120232023DC
Central Fund of Israel $100K22023–20242024NY
The Junior State of America Foundation $80K22023–20242024CA
San Francisco Ballet Association $75K32022–20242024CA
Young Mens Christian Association Booth Bay Region $75K22022–20232023ME
F Folger Shakespeare Library $75K22023–20242024MA —
D Diocese of Metuchen $70K120242024NJ
San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation $65K32022–20242024CA
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation $60K32022–20242024CA
Incline Village Community Hospital Foundation $50K22021–20242024NV
Renown Health Foundation $50K22021–20242024NV
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation $50K22023–20242024WA
Institute for Justice $40K22023–20242024VA
Merola Opera Program $33K22022–20242024CA
Boothbay Region Community Resource Council $32K32020–20232023ME
K Kehillat Ma Arav-The Westside Congregation $30K120242024CA
L Live Like Chasen Petcovic Foundation $28K120232023VA
New Immigrant Community Empowerment $28K32020–20232023NY
U S Institute Against Human Trafficking INC $27K120202020FL
United Way of Mid Coast Maine INC $26K32020–20232023ME
Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne INC $25K120242024VA
Rebuilding Together-Lincoln County $25K120232023ME
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences $25K120232023ME
C Chabad of Northern Nevada INC $24K22021–20242024NV
Wheaton College $22K22022–20242024MA
C City of Redding $20K120202020— —
Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation $20K120202020ME
P Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration $20K220242024OH —
P E F Israel Endowment Funds INC $20K120232023NY
E Emory Jewish Student Center INC $19K120212021GA
Capital Area Food Bank INC $18K22020–20222022DC
Destination Tomorrow INC $18K22020–20222022NY
Transitional Housing Corporation $18K22020–20222022DC
O Order of the Holy Cross INC $15K120242024OH
T Temple Knesset Israel $15K120242024— —
Ave Maria University INC $15K120242024FL
Oar of Fairfax County INC $12K120202020VA
The Ellington Fund $12K120202020DC
J John Buz Gorman Charitable Trust $11K120242024VA
Crimsonrise INC $10K120242024NY
Bishop Museum $10K120232023HI
Roland Park Community Foundation INC $10K120232023MD
Ashoka $10K120242024VA
Island Institute $10K120232023ME
Kansas State University Foundation $10K120242024KS
P Panebianco Family Foundation $10K120222022VA
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $10K120212021CA
M Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Bvm $10K120242024MA
A Alzheimer's Music Project INC $10K120242024MA
Boothbay Region Housing Trust $10K120232023ME
Assoc of Knights & Ladies of Equest Order of Holy Sepulchre-Jerusalem $10K120242024NY
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces $10K120232023NY
Maryland Food Bank INC $10K120202020MD
Larkin Street Youth Services $10K120222022CA
Emory University $10K120212021GA
S Schooling for Life $10K120242024VA
Laymen's Retreat League $10K120242024PA
Society for Science and the Public $10K120242024DC
Manhattan-Ogden Public Schools Foundation $10K120242024KS
C Chesapeake Climate Action Network $8K120232023MD
One22 INC $8K120232023WY
Banner Health Foundation $8K120232023AZ
Providence Health & Services Foundation $5K120212021CA
University of California San Francisco Foundation $5K120212021CA

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