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Dola Hamilton Stemberg Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Fort Lauderdale, Florida · EIN 205672504

Dola Hamilton Stemberg Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In tax year 2024 it gave $460,500 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $7,500 and the largest $225,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $438,101 the year before.

6% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$502,00016$9.1 million
2023$438,10116$9.7 million
2024$460,50016$10.1 million

How to apply

ContactDola Hamilton Stemberg
2200 South Ocean Lane Apt 2701, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
Phone or email(617) 227-5540
What to submitThe application must be on the charitable organization's stationery with information about the organization and how the gift will be used.
RestrictionsAll charitable organizations serving Massachusetts

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Dola Hamilton Stemberg Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts10$309,500
Pennsylvania1$50,000
Florida1$25,000
Maryland1$25,000
New York1$25,000
Oklahoma1$25,000
New Jersey1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Old Dartmouth Historical Society (The New Bedford Whaling Museum)
New Bedford, MA
Educate and interest all public in the hisotircal interaction worldwide of humans and whales$225,000
Dexter School
Brookline, MA
Provides scholarships for education$60,000
The Baldwin School
Bryn Mawr, PA
Provide women with college preparatory education$50,000
Folds of Honor Foundation
Owasso, OK
To provide educational scholarships for qualifying spouses and/or dependent children of military service men and women and first responders killed or disabled while serving and defending our great nation.$25,000
Old Bohemia Historical Society Inc
Warwick, MD
Provides historical preservation$25,000
Tunnel Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
Honor military and first responders$25,000
Wounded Warrior Project Inc
Jacksonville, FL
To honor and empower wounded warriors$25,000
MGH - Pact Program Fund
Boston, MA
Provides educational support$10,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Princeton, MA
Provides support for the arts$5,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank
Boston, MA
Provides hunger relief to food insecure population$5,000
Groton School
Groton, MA
Provides scholarships for education$1,500
Harvard Business School
Boston, MA
Support education programs and research$1,500
The Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville, NJ
Guiding young people to lead lives of learning, integrity, and high purpose$1,000
Hands Together
Chicopee, MA
The assistance of needy individuals$500
Harvard College Fund
Boston, MA
Support education programs and research$500
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Dola Hamilton Stemberg Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Dola Hamilton Stemberg Charitable Foundation give?

$460,500 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $7,500.

Who runs Dola Hamilton Stemberg Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Dona Hamilton Stemberg (Trustee), William D Stemberg (Trustee) and Rylan M Hamilton (Trustee).

What does Dola Hamilton Stemberg Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and veterans.

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