Stupski Foundation

• Stupski Foundation funds organisations in Hawai‘i and the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and six more California counties, with Alameda and San Francisco also named specifically), concentrating on early brain development, serious illness care, food justice and postsecondary success, so fit with one of these places and themes matters before approaching.
• It operates by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a grant writer should not send a cold proposal; instead, enquire about funding priorities or opportunities by contacting staff by email or LinkedIn via their staff pages.
• Most grants to organisations are modest: about eight in ten of its 759 grants fall between $15,000 and $500,000, with a median grant of $125,000, so a request in that range is realistic, even though some grants have reached as much as $4,000,000.
• The pattern of giving looks relationship-led rather than open to newcomers each round, since 80% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded, so building an ongoing relationship with staff is likely to matter more than a single application.
• Given the invitation-only process, the practical first step is to make contact and introduce the organisation's work rather than to prepare a full unsolicited proposal.

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

• San Francisco State University · To support advising transformation at San Francisco State University.
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Cal State East Bay Educational Foundation · To support a more visible, accessible, and equitable advising system that enhances student engagement and success through space modernization, technology integration, continuous professional development, wellness initiatives, and comprehensive evaluation, with a focus on increasing retention and graduation rates, particularly among underrepresented students.
  $2,480,0002024 tax year
• Freedom Community Clinic · To provide general operating support.
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Kalihi Palama Health Center · To provide general operating support.
  $1,500,0002024 tax year
• Hawaii Land Trust · To provide general operating support.
  $1,500,0002024 tax year
• Alameda Health System Foundation · To support the expansion of palliative care services.
  $1,400,0002024 tax year
• Hawaii Good Food Alliance · To provide general operating support.
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Hawaii Public Health Institute · To provide general operating and support the Hawaii Community Health Workers Association program and the implementation of payment models for Community Health Workers' sustainability and support the Transforming Hawaii Food Systems Together statewide initiative.
  $940,0002024 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.