Stella B Gross Charitable Trust
Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7142181. Reported 99 grants totalling $1,230,000 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Stella B Gross Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $70,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School | San Jose, CA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Dioces of San Jose | San Jose, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bellarmine College Prep | San Jose, CA | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame High School | San Jose, CA | $62,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Jose Light Tower Corporation | San Jose, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Milpitas, CA | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jesuits West | Los Gatos, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Veterans Council of Santa Clara | San Jose, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | San Jose, CA | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Via Rehab Services | Santa Clara, CA | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ladies of Charity | Campbell, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | Milpitas, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tower Foundation | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Advocates | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Jose Auxiliary to Lucile Packard | Palo Alto, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Francis High School | Mountain View, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Valley Health Foundation | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Child Advocates | Milpitas, CA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hoover Institution Stanford Univ | Stanford, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our City Forest | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Via Services Rehab | Santa Clara, CA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Informed Parents of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Jose Aux L Packard Chldrens Hosp | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sjsu Research Foundation Mineta Transportation Institute | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tower Foundation of Sjsu | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Infomed Parents of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Geo Pontes Inc | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J W House | Santa Clara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jw House | Santa Clara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Law School C/O Dean Amezcua | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Presentation High School | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Archbishop Mitty High School | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Lights Theater Company | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Services | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kidpower | Santa Clara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martha's Kitchen | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Okizu | Novato, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Qvc-Mineta | Campbell, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Tech Interative | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotary Club of San Jose Foundation | San Jose, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Christopher Church | San Jose, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
22 of 50 (44%) 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 69%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 29 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $300,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $300,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $150,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $480,000 | $15,000 |
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. 98% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
- 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 Stella B Gross Charitable Trust'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: Po Box 95672, Chicago, IL, 60694. 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.
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