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The Stern Family Foundation

Accepts applications Cranbury, New Jersey · EIN 222495169

The Stern Family Foundation is a private foundation in Cranbury, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $530,615 in 50 grants; the typical grant was $1,375 and the largest $172,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was down from $669,540 the year before.

54% 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
2023$669,54046$26,574
2024$530,61550$7,901

How to apply

ContactA Joseph Stern
4A Cedarbrook Drive, Cranbury, NJ 08512-3507
Phone or email(609) 655-5400
What to submitIn writing detailing the accomplishments of the organization

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Stern Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to New Jersey. It also paid $5,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey13$271,450
New York26$190,524
Florida6$39,141
Arizona1$18,000
Maryland1$5,000
Pennsylvania1$1,000
Illinois1$500

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 50 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Highland Park Community Kollel
Highland Park, NJ
Support organization's mission$172,500
Yeshiva Netzach Yisroel
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$61,000
Kollel Zichron Eliyahu
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$60,000
Cranbury Kollel
Cranbury, NJ
Support organization's mission$40,000
Hollywood Torah Center
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Support organization's mission$25,000
Lehachzikum Ulehachyoism
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$25,000
Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic
Passaic, NJ
Support organization's mission$25,000
Morasha Olami
Lakewood, NJ
Support organization's mission$20,000
Scottsdale Torah Centerahavas Torah
Scottsdale, AZ
Support organization's mission$18,000
Gateways Organizations
Monsey, NY
Support organization's mission$12,000
Imrei Chaim
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$10,000
Talmudic Univeristy of Florida
Miami Beach, FL
Support organization's mission$10,000
American Friends of Yad Eliezer B'ezri
Jackson, NJ
Support organization's mission$5,000
Congregation Tiferes Tzvi
Monsey, NY
Support organization's mission$5,000
OmtiSupport organization's mission$5,000
Tiferet Yisroel
Baltimore, MD
Support organization's mission$5,000
American Friends of Yad Yemin
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$3,000
Khal Chassidim of Highland Park
Highland Park, NJ
Support organization's mission$3,000
A Time
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$2,000
Binyamin Yerusalyim
Cranbury, NJ
Support organization's mission$2,000
Miami Beach Kollel
Miami Beach, FL
Support organization's mission$2,000
Yehsiva Ohr Naftoli
New Windsor, NY
Support organization's mission$2,000
Hachnossos Kallah of Miami
Miami Beach, FL
Support organization's mission$1,800
Join Israel
Lakewood, NY
Support organization's mission$1,500
Lev Berel
Lakewood, NJ
Support organization's mission$1,500
Rpry
Edison, NJ
Support organization's mission$1,250
Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$1,200
Shuvu
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$1,200
Congregation Ohr Torah
Monroe, NY
Support organization's mision$1,180
Bensalem Kollel & Outreach Center
Bensalem, PA
Support organization's mission$1,000
Ohel Avrohom Yehoshua
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$1,000
Yeshiva Darchei Torah
Far Rockaway, NY
Support organization's mission$1,000
Yeshiva of the Telshe Alumni
Bronx, NY
Support organization's mission$1,000
Bobbie's Place
Brooklyn, NY
Support organization's mission$720
Enter Kollel
Livingston, NJ
Support organization's mission$500
Od Yosef Chai
Airmont, NY
Support organization's mission$500
Tomchei Tzedakah
Chicago, IL
Support organization's mission$500
American Friends of Ramat Bet Shemesh
Lakewood, NJ
Support organization's mission$250
Irgun Tomchei Torah Kollel Ramot
Lakewood, NJ
Support organization's mission$250
Isreal Purim Fund
Long Beach, NY
Support organization's mission$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Stern Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Stern Family Foundation give?

$530,615 in tax year 2024, across 50 grants, with a typical grant of $1,375.

Who runs The Stern Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists A Joseph Stern (Trustee) and Rochelle Stern (Trustee).

What does The Stern Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and environment and conservation.

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