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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 11-6036966

Salomon Stern Foundation

A private foundation in Montvale, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 38 grants and $1.2 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,245,701

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $23,888,270

  • Tax year 2024

    $791,054

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $16,672,597

  • Tax year 2023

    $489,602

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $14,723,348

  • Tax year 2022

    $285,655

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $14,590,396

  • Tax year 2021

    $198,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $14,786,750

  • Tax year 2020

    $175,850

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $7,754,535

  • Tax year 2019

    $95,360

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $3,051,909

  • Tax year 2018

    $20,860

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,546,465

Grants paid in 2025

38 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Chabad Lubavitch of HawaiiHonolulu, HI

    Education

    $100,000
  2. Individual

    Education

    $77,520
  3. Individual

    Education

    $75,000
  4. Congregation Shar HashamayimBrooklyn, NY

    Education

    $66,200
  5. Freehold Kollel IncLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $65,700
  6. Individual

    Education

    $64,000
  7. Individual

    Education

    $61,000
  8. Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA

    Education

    $56,500
  9. Individual

    Education

    $50,001
  10. Congregation RamatLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $50,000
  11. Individual

    Education

    $50,000
  12. Yeshiva Heichal HatorahMonsey, NY

    Education

    $50,000
  13. Zichron EliyahuBrooklyn, NY

    Assistance for the needy

    $50,000
  14. Zichron MattelLakewood, NJ

    Assistance for the needy

    $40,000
  15. OraysaWaterbury, CT

    Education

    $36,000
  16. Congregation Gates of MercyLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $29,000
  17. Ani Ledodi IncLos Angeles, CA

    Assistance for the needy and distressed

    $25,000
  18. Individual

    Jewish outreach

    $25,000
  19. Congregation Forest GlenLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $25,000
  20. Iyun HaparshaBrooklyn, NY

    Education

    $25,000
  21. Torah Temimah of LakewoodLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $25,000
  22. Congregation Bais Yosef of LakewoodLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $21,000
  23. Congregation Zichron Moshe IncLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $20,180
  24. Areivim InstituteLos Angeles, CA

    Provide assistance for the needy

    $20,000
  25. Individual

    Education

    $20,000
  26. Individual

    Education

    $14,400
  27. Individual

    Education

    $10,000
  28. Individual

    Assistance for the needy

    $10,000
  29. Individual

    Education

    $10,000
  30. Flatbush Community FundCedarhurst, NY

    Provide funds for the needy

    $10,000
  31. Links FamilyBrooklyn, NY

    Assistance for the needy

    $10,000
  32. National Society of Hebrew DayBrooklyn, NY

    Education

    $10,000
  33. Nesivos IncLakewood, NJ

    Education

    $10,000
  34. Individual

    Education

    $7,500
  35. Individual

    Education

    $7,500
  36. Chabad of KnoxvilleKnoxville, TN

    Jewish outreach

    $7,200
  37. Avenue N Jewish CenterBrooklyn, NY

    Education

    $6,000
  38. Individual

    Education

    $6,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Religion11 grants $424,58071% of the total
  2. Education2 grants $86,00014% of the total
  3. Human services3 grants $70,00012% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,0002% of the total
  5. Youth development1 grant $10,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New Jersey9 grants $285,880
  2. New York8 grants $227,200
  3. Hawaii1 grant $100,000
  4. Pennsylvania1 grant $56,500
  5. California2 grants $45,000
  6. Connecticut1 grant $36,000
  7. Tennessee1 grant $7,200

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Rachel SternPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Samuel SternTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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