Stare Fund
Private foundation · Boston, MA · EIN 04-6026648 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Stare Fund
139grants reported
$6,000median award
$3,000lower quartile
$954smallest grant
$1.7Mtotal paid
14states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 9 of its 139 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $87K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 961
Boston, MA 02130-0009
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association | Skokie, IL | $139,454 |
| Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association | Skokie, IL | $108,910 |
| Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association | Skokie, IL | $105,047 |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Santa Rosa Symphony Association | Santa Rosa, CA | $42,500 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $40,000 |
| Health Horizons International Foundation | Bloomfield, CT | $37,000 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $35,047 |
| Global Partners for Development | Petaluma, CA | $35,000 |
| Health Horizons International Foundation | Bloomfield, CT | $35,000 |
| Santa Rosa Symphony Association | Santa Rosa, CA | $30,500 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $30,000 |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Jazz Scholarship | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| Global Partners for Development | Petaluma, CA | $30,000 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $30,000 |
| Santa Rosa Symphony Association | Santa Rosa, CA | $29,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest | Florham Park, NJ | $25,000 |
| Lsu Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $24,000 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago, IL | $23,909 |
| Global Partners for Development | Petaluma, CA | $22,000 |
| Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago, IL | $20,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest | Florham Park, NJ | $18,000 |
| Friend Memorial Public Library | Brooklin, ME | $16,000 |
| Hearthstone Village | Ukiah, CA | $15,000 |
| Lsu Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 |
| St Vincent de Paul Place | Middletown, CT | $15,000 |
| Jewish Family Service of Metrowest | Florham Park, NJ | $15,000 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | $15,000 |
| Career Technical Education Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $15,000 |
| Hearthstone Village | Ukiah, CA | $15,000 |
| Lsu Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $15,000 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago, IL | $14,000 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $14,000 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | $13,000 |
| Natick Service Council | Natick, MA | $13,000 |
| Healdsburg Jazz Fest | Healdsburg, CA | $12,500 |
| Friend Memorial Public Library | Brooklin, ME | $12,000 |
| Health Horizons International Foundation | Bloomfield, CT | $12,000 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | $12,000 |
| Malta House of Care | Hartford, CT | $12,000 |
| St Vincent de Paul Place | Middletown, CT | $12,000 |
| St Vincent de Paul Place | Middletown, CT | $12,000 |
| Malta House of Care | Hartford, CT | $11,000 |
| Hearthstone Village | Ukiah, CA | $11,000 |
| Natick Service Council | Natick, MA | $10,453 |
| Career Technical Education Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 |
| Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School | Conway, NH | $10,000 |
| Rural California Broadcasting Corporation | Rohnert Park, CA | $10,000 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $10,000 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $10,000 |
| Career Technical Education Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 |
| Catholic Charities Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 |
| Krcb Public Radio | Rohnert Park, CA | $10,000 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Healdsburg Jazz Fest | Healdsburg, CA | $10,000 |
| Rural California Broadcasting Corporation | Rohnert Park, CA | $10,000 |
| Sonoma County Public Library Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $10,000 |
| Maine Mobile Health Program | Augusta, ME | $8,000 |
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