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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 34-6557729

Joseph & Ruth E Stern Foundation

A private foundation in Calabasas, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $26,700 paid in grants.

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. It still lists the details below.

Form and materials
No specific format
Deadlines
No specific deadline
Restrictions
No specific restrictions

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $26,700

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $378,740
  • Tax year 2024

    $17,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $282,288
  • Tax year 2023

    $33,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $278,980
  • Tax year 2022

    $19,400

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $292,031
  • Tax year 2021

    $20,700

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $295,771
  • Tax year 2020

    $27,150

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $296,834
  • Tax year 2019

    $16,950

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $309,554
  • Tax year 2018

    $20,550

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $309,413

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

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

  1. Individual

    Committed to saving [individual] horses from slaughter, abuse, and neglect.

    $3,500
  2. Wounded Warriors ProjectTopeka, KS

    Provide Assistance to injured warriors as they undergo rehabilitation and return to civilian life

    $3,000
  3. Pasadena Humane SocietyPasadena, CA

    Provide lifesaving food, shelter and medical care to animals in need.

    $3,000
  4. Leukemia Lymphoma SocietyLos Angeles, CA

    Leukemia lymphoma research

    $2,100
  5. St Jude Children's HospitalMemphis, TN

    Research and treatment of children with cancer

    $2,000
  6. Individual

    Provide [individual] and clothings to the homeless

    $2,000
  7. Mercy ChefsPortsmouth, VA

    Disaster Relief

    $2,000
  8. Individual

    Providing Life Saving care to Jewish people around the world

    $2,000
  9. Saddleback Community Outreach IncTicson, AZ

    Provide opportunities for kids to succeed.

    $1,500
  10. Individual

    Support injured first responders, military heroes, and their families.

    $1,500
  11. Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA

    Provide food and shelter for children and senior citizens

    $1,000
  12. Individual

    Grant for therapeutic intervention for Veterans and active-duty military personnel by teaching those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to train service dogs for their comrades with combat-related injuries.

    $1,000
  13. Cousteau SocietyNew York, NY

    Grant to protect the water systems of the planet, marine, and fresh water.

    $1,000
  14. Individual

    Provide service [individual] for veterans

    $500
  15. Prager UniversitySherman Oaks, CA

    Advocacy group that creates videos promoting a conservative viewpoint on various political, economic, and sociological topics.

    $500
  16. Howard Jarvis Taxpayer AssociationLos Angeles, CA

    Dedicated to the protection of Proposition 13 and the advancement of taxpayers rights.

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals1 grant $3,00060% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $2,00040% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California4 grants $5,700
  2. Kansas1 grant $3,000
  3. Virginia2 grants $3,000
  4. Tennessee1 grant $2,000
  5. Arizona1 grant $1,500
  6. New York1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Craig SternTrustee Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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