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The Sterling Foundation

Accepts applications Great Neck, New York · EIN 112590105

The Sterling Foundation is a private foundation in Great Neck, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $97,374 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $97,374 and the largest $97,374. 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 $70,811 the year before.

0% 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
2023$70,8111$1.7 million
2024$97,3741$1.9 million

How to apply

ContactRobert Sterling
60 Cuttermill Road, Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone or email(516) 487-1700
What to submitNormal soliciation materials
DeadlinesPrefer material by 11/15 of each year
RestrictionsNo restrictions on legally constituted charities. Amounts are limited because this is a small foundation and it provides small amounts to over 150 charities, most receiving between 25 - 100. Other charities, that themselves distribute their income to still other charities, receive larger amounts.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York1$97,374

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
See Attached Schedule
Great Neck, NY
Charitable$97,374

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Sterling Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Prefer material by 11/15 of each year.

How much does The Sterling Foundation give?

$97,374 in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $97,374.

Who runs The Sterling Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Robert Sterling (Trustee) and Faith Sterling (Trustee).

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