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Charles H Stout Foundation

Reno, NV · EIN 94-2797249. Reported 121 grants totalling $1,932,400 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,200median grant
$1,932,400granted, 2021-2024
55organizations funded
61%of grantees funded again the next year
$13.2Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Charles H Stout Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,200. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $63,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
15 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
26 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
49 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
27 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of SfSan Francisco, CA$264,700842024
Thunderbird Lodge Preservat SocietyIncline Village, NV$121,100442024
Lone Star Flight MuseumHouston, TX$105,200442024
GivedirectlyNew York, NY$100,000222024
University of Nevada RenoReno, NV$83,5001242024
The Cupcake GirlsLas Vegas, NV$76,500332024
Planned Parenthood Mar MonteSan Jose, CA$75,000442024
Safe Parking LaLos Angeles, CA$69,500222024
The Brigid AllianceNew York, NY$69,300332024
Int'l Refugee Assistance ProjectNew York, NY$66,500332024
Homes for Our TroopsTaunton, MA$61,400442024
Community PartnersLos Angeles, CA$56,000222022
Law College Association UniversityTucson, AZ$55,000222023
Planned Parenthood of Greater NyNew York, NY$55,000332024
Democracy Prep at the Agassi CampusLas Vegas, NV$50,000222022
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY$42,000222022
Law College Association Univ of AzTucson, AZ$40,000112024
Nv Paralyzed Veterans of AmericaLas Vegas, NV$40,000222024
Domestic Violence Resource CenterReno, NV$35,000442024
Downtown Women's CenterLos Angeles, CA$30,000222023
Int'l Refugee Assistance PrNew York, NY$30,000112021
Sky Mountain Life Schoolsky MountaRscondido, CA$30,000222022
The Regents of the Univ of UC San DLa Jolla, CA$30,000112021
Tahoe Community Sailing FoundationTahoe City, CA$25,500442024
UC San DiegoLa Jolla, CA$25,500112024
Torch of Freedom FoundationDipping Springs, TX$25,200332024
Boy Scouts of America FoundationIrving, TX$22,500222024
Nevada Paralyzed Veterans of AmericLas Vegas, NV$20,000112021
Planned Parenthood of New York CityNew York, NY$20,000112021
Torch of Freedom Foundation PatriotDripping Springs, TX$20,000212021
Antique Boat MuseumClayton, NY$16,500222023
Burn InstituteSan Diego, CA$16,500332023
A Place Called HomeLos Angeles, CA$15,000112021
California Inland Empire Council BRedlands, CA$15,000332023
Texas Heart InstituteHouston, TX$13,500112024
Food Bank of Northern NvSparks, NV$10,000112021
Lotus Bloom Family Resource CenterOakland, CA$10,000112022
Nighthawk Marching Band BoostersMurrieta, CA$10,000222024
The Regents of UC San DiegoLa Jolla, CA$10,000112022
Anza-Borrego FoundationBorrego Springs, CA$9,000222024
The Children's CabinetSparks, NV$9,000222022
Waves Project IncTemecula, CA$8,000222023
Assistance League of RenoReno, NV$5,000112021
Friends of Nevada WildernessSparks, NV$5,000112021
Mvhs Girls Lacrosse Booster ClubMurrieta, CA$5,000112024
Reno Philharmonic AssociationReno, NV$5,000112021
Reno Rotary FoundationReno, NV$5,000112022
Power Shift Network (greening ForwaOakland, CA$4,000112021
Exceptional Opportunities IncAlgona, IA$3,000112024
Friends of Nevada WildernesSparks, NV$3,000112022
Arts for All NevadaReno, NV$2,500112021
Desert Research InstituteReno, NV$2,500112022
Exceptional OpportuntiesMurietta, CA$2,000112021
Rose Bowl Aquatic CenterPasadena, CA$2,000112021
Nevada Area Council Boy Scouts ofReno, NV$1,500112022

30 of 55 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 70 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
24 grants
Human Services
17 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Housing & Shelter
6 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202136$516,500$10,000
202231$376,000$10,000
202327$510,000$15,000
202427$529,900$20,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 37% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$713K
Nevada
$475K
New York
$399K
Texas
$186K
Arizona
$95K
Massachusetts
$61K
Iowa
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc22 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund20 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc17 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program16 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc15 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,200. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Charles H Stout Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 5426 Longley Ln Ste a, Reno, NV, 89511. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 94-2797249 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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