The Stainman Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so an organisation without an invitation should not send it an application.
- Its grants are described as spanning services, advocacy, culture and conservation, with no more particular purpose recorded, so fit depends on whether your work falls within those broad areas.
- No geographic focus is stated, although the grants are mainly to organisations in New York and District of Columbia, and that pattern is not a rule about who may apply.
- About 8 in 10 of its 262 grants to organisations fall between $2,000 and $75,000, with a median of $10,000, so that is the realistic size of request, though its largest grant was $225,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat support is strong: 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so an existing connection is likely to matter a great deal.
Overview
The Stainman Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings record grants to a broad mix of charitable organisations rather than naming a single field of work. Recipients include international aid and humanitarian organisations, human-rights and civil-liberties groups, health and reproductive-health charities, community and social-service providers, arts and cultural institutions, and environmental organisations. The listed grants therefore span services, advocacy, culture and conservation, but the filing does not specify a more particular purpose: every recorded grant is classified as general. New York organisations receive the largest share of recorded grant dollars, with further giving to organisations in the District of Columbia and Georgia. The record also shows support to recipients in other states.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and District of Columbia.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 262 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 7% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 98% of grant dollars went to organisations The Stainman Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 82 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $14,250 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- International Rescue Committee · General$205,0002024 tax year
- Doctors Without Borders · General$150,0002024 tax year
- Amnesty International · General$135,0002024 tax year
- CARE · General$125,0002024 tax year
- Dndi North America · General$100,0002024 tax year
- People for the American Way · General$100,0002024 tax year
- NARAL Foundation · General$100,0002024 tax year
- Xavier Mission · General$84,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Susan Stainman — V. President
- Evan Stainman — Secretary
- Lois Stainman — V. President
- Arthur J Stainman — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $2,316,862 | $2,166,850 | $25,337,213 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,270,633 | $2,221,350 | $28,366,898 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,567,431 | $2,461,100 | $29,003,866 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- New York, NY