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Sterling Fund and Fellowship Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 066057010

Sterling Fund and Fellowship Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $16,474 in 19 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $1,795. 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 $15,435 the year before.

42% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$16,67519$362,638
2023$15,43518$408,481
2024$16,47419$432,235

How to apply

ContactJP Morgan Chase Bank N A
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL 60603
Phone or email(800) 496-2583
What to submitwww.jpmorgan.com/onlinegrants
RestrictionsLimited to organizations that are public charities described by irc section 501 c 3 no grants are made to individuals.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York4$5,095
District of Columbia3$2,593
Iowa2$2,196
New Hampshire4$2,195
Idaho1$1,295
Maryland1$1,000
Pennsylvania1$1,000
Massachusetts2$800
New Jersey1$300

Grants paid in 2024

All 19 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Operation Unite New York Inc
Hudson, NY
General$1,795
Olana Partnership
Hudson, NY
General$1,500
The Naraya Cultural Preservation Council Inc
Pocatello, ID
General$1,295
Fairfield Cares Inc
Fairfield, IA
General$1,098
Patient Access Network Foundation
Washington, DC
General$1,098
Sustainable Iowa Land Trust
West Branch, IA
General$1,098
Lakes Region Food Pantry
Moultonborough, NH
General$1,095
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
General$1,000
Alaska Wildness League
Washington, DC
General$1,000
Fisher House Foundation Inc
Rockville, MD
General$1,000
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia, PA
General$1,000
Doctors Without Borders USA Inc
New York City, NY
General$800
Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston, MA
General$500
Friends of Moultonborough Public Library
Center Harbor, NH
General$500
World Central Kitchen Inc
Washington, DC
General$495
Loon Preservation Committee
Moultonborough, NH
General$300
Children Unlimited
Conway, NH
General$300
Starting Point Charitable Contribution
Jersey City, NJ
General$300
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc
Lincoln, MA
General$300

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Sterling Fund and Fellowship Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Sterling Fund and Fellowship Foundation give?

$16,474 in tax year 2024, across 19 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Sterling Fund and Fellowship Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Trustee), Blythe Sterling (Co-Trustee), Katharine Parks Sterling (Co-Trustee) and R Dutcher Sterling II (Co-Trustee) among 6 officers and trustees.

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