How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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The Howard E Stark Charitable Found
466 Warren Wright Rd
Belchertown, MA 01007
(516) 596-8929
[email protected] - Form and materials
- Request formal grant application from foundation or download it from website
- Deadlines
- Variable
- Restrictions
- Northeast 501c3 organizations
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$377,785
- Grants listed
- 20
- Assets, end of year
- $2,094,143
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Tax year 2024
$252,500
- Grants listed
- 16
- Assets, end of year
- $2,155,203
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Tax year 2023
$494,708
- Grants listed
- 19
- Assets, end of year
- $2,254,259
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Tax year 2022
$250,000
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $2,651,259
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Tax year 2021
$522,742
- Grants listed
- 18
- Assets, end of year
- $2,660,640
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Tax year 2020
$344,951
- Grants listed
- 34
- Assets, end of year
- $3,085,876
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Tax year 2019
$377,419
- Grants listed
- 33
- Assets, end of year
- $3,361,936
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Tax year 2018
$424,394
- Grants listed
- 47
- Assets, end of year
- $3,732,769
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Better Together Dog RescueLeverett, MA
Capital campaign contribution
$100,000 -
Reaching Out Community ServicesBrooklyn, NY
Program services
$25,000 -
Better Together Dog RescueLeverett, MA
Program services
$25,000 -
The Northampton Survival CenterNorthampton, MA
Program services
$25,000 -
Individual
Program services
$25,000 -
Circle of HopeNeedham, MA
Program services
$25,000 -
Amherst Survival CenterNorth Amherst, MA
Programs Services
$25,000 -
Neighbors TogetherBrooklyn, NY
Program Services
$25,000 -
Xavier MissionNew York, NY
Program services
$20,000 -
Bread and RosesLawrence, MA
Program services
$20,000 -
Mission of DeedsReading, MA
Program services
$15,000 -
Mommas IncLevittown, NY
Program services
$15,000 -
Open Pantry Community ServicesSpringfield, MA
Program services
$15,000 -
Old Dogs Go to HelenEpsom, NH
Program Services
$5,000 -
Individual
Program services
$5,000 -
Individual
Program Services
$2,500 -
Liberty County Animal AdvocatesDayton, TX
Program services
$2,500 -
Alaska's Hope Animal RescueCleveland, TX
Program services
$2,500 -
Better Together Dog RescueLeverett, MA
Program needs
$146 -
Better Together Dog RescueLeverett, MA
Program needs
$139
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Animals7 grants $135,28542% of the total
- Human services5 grants $95,00030% of the total
- Food and agriculture2 grants $45,00014% of the total
- Religion1 grant $25,0008% of the total
- Housing and shelter1 grant $20,0006% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Massachusetts10 grants $250,285
- New York4 grants $85,000
- New Hampshire1 grant $5,000
- Texas2 grants $5,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Jennifer A FranzGrants Director Hours 1Pay $1,717
- Amy E PaganoExecutive Dir. Hours 2Pay $6,078
The return
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