Private foundation · Boston, MA

The Stare Fund

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Typical grant size
$4K $5K $12K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
58
Repeat grantees
46
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Mary S Wilkinson
Trustee
David S Stare
Trustee
Maria Stare
Trustee
Fredrick a Stare
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
4.2%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
492
Total grants awarded
$6.1M
Total amount
$12K
Average grant
$169K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$585K
46 grants
2023
$537K
49 grants
2022
$568K
44 grants
2021
$626K
41 grants
2020
$531K
42 grants
2019
$499K
44 grants
2018
$487K
41 grants
2017
$480K
38 grants
2016
$480K
36 grants
2015
$474K
40 grants
2014
$402K
36 grants
2013
$476K
35 grants

Top recipients

12 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$1.3M
12 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$428K
12 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$411K
Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation Inc
5 grants · MA
$355K
Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra Association
9 grants · CA
$262K
12 grants · CT · ≈ likely match
$183K
12 grants · CO · ✓ Exact match
$168K
Harvard School of Public Health Dept of Nutrition
6 grants · MA
$165K
12 grants · CT · ✓ Exact match
$130K
3 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$102K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association
General Purpose
IL · TY 2024
$105K
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
General Purpose
IL · TY 2024
$50K
Santa Rosa Symphony Association
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$43K
Northwestern University
General Purpose
IL · TY 2024
$40K
ACLU
General Purpose
NY · TY 2024
$35K
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest
General Purpose
NJ · TY 2024
$25K
Global Partners for Development
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$22K
St Vincent de Paul Place
General Purpose
CT · TY 2024
$15K
Lsu Foundation
General Purpose
LA · TY 2024
$15K
Hearthstone Village
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$15K
Roosevelt University
General Purpose
IL · TY 2024
$14K
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
General Purpose
MA · TY 2024
$13K
Natick Service Council
General Purpose
MA · TY 2024
$13K
Healdsburg Jazz Fest
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$13K
Friend Memorial Public Library
General Purpose
ME · TY 2024
$12K
Health Horizons International Foundation
General Purpose
CT · TY 2024
$12K
Malta House of Care
General Purpose
CT · TY 2024
$11K
Southern Poverty Law Center
General Purpose
AL · TY 2024
$10K
Career Technical Education Foundation
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Rural California Broadcasting Corporation
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School
General Purpose
NH · TY 2024
$10K
University of Colorado Foundation
General Purpose
CO · TY 2024
$10K
Maine Mobile Health Program
General Purpose
ME · TY 2024
$8K
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
General Purpose
ME · TY 2024
$6K
Catholic Charities Santa Rosa
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
General Purpose
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Blue Hill Society for Aid to Children
General Purpose
ME · TY 2024
$5K
American Cancer Society
General Purpose
MD · TY 2024
$5K
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
General Purpose
MA · TY 2024
$5K
Sonoma State University
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Kismet Rock Foundation
General Purpose
NH · TY 2024
$5K
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
General Purpose
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Trad Jass
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$4K
Needham Community Council Inc
General Purpose
MA · TY 2024
$3K
Durham Public Library
General Purpose
CT · TY 2024
$3K
Russian Riverkeeper
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$3K
Reach for Home
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$3K
National Association of Railroad Passengers
General Purpose
DC · TY 2024
$2K
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
General Purpose
IL · TY 2024
$2K
Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$2K
Stop Poverty Foundation
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$2K
National Alliance on Mental Illness
General Purpose
VA · TY 2024
$2K
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$1K
Santa Rosa Players
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$1K
Healdsburg Center for the Arts
General Purpose
CA · TY 2024
$1K
Nature Conservancy
General Purpose
VA · TY 2024
$1K
Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association
General Purpose
IL · TY 2023
$109K
Health Horizons International Foundation
General Purpose
CT · TY 2023
$37K
Northwestern University
General Purpose
IL · TY 2023
$30K
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Jazz Scholarship
IL · TY 2023
$30K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.