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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-2743627

Janice Stearns Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $235,000 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.

Assets and giving by year

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

    $235,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $4,060,868
  • Tax year 2024

    $164,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $4,291,685
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,427,291
  • Tax year 2022

    $183,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,427,737
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,000,011

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cancer Alliance of Help & HopePalm Beach, FL

    To ensure a future free of burdens for cancer patients.

    $50,000
  2. Mounts Botanical Gardens ofWest Palm Beach, FL

    Horticultural education and preservation

    $50,000
  3. National Wildlife Refuge SystemWashington, DC

    Conserve america's wildlife heritage for future generations through strategic programs that protect, promote, and enhance the national wildlife refuge system and the landscapes beyond it boundaries

    $50,000
  4. Palm Beach Dramaworks IncWest Palm BCH, FL

    Theater ande education

    $25,000
  5. Kravis CenterWest Palm Beach, FL

    The kravis center for the performing arts provides exceptional cultural experiences that entertain, inspire, and educate audiences across the entire community

    $25,000
  6. St Jude's Children's HospitalMemphis, TN

    Research hospital

    $10,000
  7. Rescue LifePalm BCH GDNS, FL

    Focuses on rescuing, rehabilitating, and providing a permanent home for neglected or abandoned animals, including horses and farm animals

    $10,000
  8. Masterworks Chorus of the Palm BeachesPalm Beach, FL

    Expose and educate its members and the public to great choral masterpieces from all nationalities, styles, and periods.

    $5,000
  9. Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach FoundationWest Palm BCH, FL

    To benefit residents in and around palm beach county, florida, by promoting their health, education, and welfare

    $5,000
  10. Planned ParenthoodWest Palm Beach, FL

    To provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services, advocate for public policies that protect reproductive rights, and deliver accurate sexual health information.

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $50,00056% of the total
  2. Arts and culture2 grants $30,00033% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $10,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Florida8 grants $175,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Rebecca G DoaneDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Randall C DoaneCO-DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • H Bryan DoaneCO-DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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