The Barry S Sternlicht Foundation

• This foundation gives by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity without an existing connection should not approach it cold.
• Its grant record is broad, spanning Jewish community and Israel-related organisations, anti-discrimination bodies, poverty-relief and food charities, schools and universities, medical institutions, environmental organisations, museums and other cultural groups, youth services, and sports organisations, so there is no single field focus to match against.
• Most grants to organisations fall between $1,800 and $150,000, with a median of $25,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant recorded was $2,500,000.
• No geographic focus is stated, though grants are concentrated in New York, with further giving in Florida, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
• The pattern of giving is strongly relationship-led rather than competitive in the usual sense: 86% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two prior filings, suggesting that it tends to renew existing relationships rather than respond to new applications.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• American Jewish Committee · FACTS FOR PEACE (STERNLICHT Israel project)
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Robin Hood Foundation · Annual Campaign
  $900,0002024 tax year
• Eagles Wings International · To scale and elevate the narrative and character of CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Robin Hood Foundation · For robin hood's annual year-end giving campaign,
  $500,0002024 tax year
• National Philanthropic Trust · The Sternlicht Family Foundation Fund
  $430,0002024 tax year
• Greater Miami Jewish Federation · Annual Campaign
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Natural Resources Defense Council · the Sternlicht Sustainability Fund FOR PROGRAMMING OPERATIONS OF THE 1 HOTELS FELLOWSHIP AND THE E2 EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation · General & Unrestricted
  $200,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.