Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation
The Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Austin, Texas. Its 2025 filing lists grants to charitable organizations working in areas including sarcoma research, education, recovery support, food assistance, arts, and environmental education.
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation gave $40K across 11 grants in 2025 (avg $4K), top state Oregon. 9% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $40,000
- -9.1% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 11
- +83.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $3,636
- -50.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,500
- Total assets
- $953,050
- +6.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 9% first-time grantees (1 of 11, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Oregon (31% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations.
- Contact
Mailing address: 6500 Alasan Cove, Austin, TX 78730
Phone: (408) 838-3836
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Sarc ($10K). Together the top 10 received $38K.
Grant Size Distribution
65 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 65 grants of 65 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 grant dollars were distributed among recipients in several states: Oregon received 31%, Michigan 25%, Washington 16%, California 15%, and North Carolina 6%. The listed grants also included a recipient in Colorado.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 11 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation open to new grantees?
9%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 1 of 11 grantees (9%) were first-time recipients. With only 11 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 9 points. First grants averaged $4K; repeat grants $4K. How we count
Medians: $4K first-time, $3K repeat.
- 27% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−5%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 90% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $40K (2019) to $50K (2021). In 2025 it made 11 grants totaling $40K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sarc Anne Arbor, MI | the development and support of research for the prevention treatment and cure of sarcomas - a cancer of the bone and connective tissue of the body | $10,000 |
| PEACE International Boring, OR | 100% of this grant will go to the Adjumani Uganda Fund which educates South Sudanese children in refugee camps in Adjumani Uganda. The recent donation of an adjoining preschool kitchen compound increases expenses and brings the students served to around 600 kids ages 3 -12. | $5,000 |
| Portland Rescue Mission Portland, OR | A residential program for moms and their children which offers aid for single moms in recovery. Addiction treatment life skills and job training as well as an on-site preschool | $5,000 |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank ACCFB Oakland, CA | Alameda County Community Food Bank ACCFB: Alameda County allocated 8.3 million of a total 10 million investment to the ACCFB to address the SNAP crisis Berkeleyside. ACCFB was selected by Feeding America for a pilot diabetes prevention intervention through a competitive process based on their previous research experience capacity and leadership CDC. | $4,000 |
| Samaritans Purse International Relief Boone, NC | Providing greater access to clean water repairing and restoring schools and establishing sustainable livelihoods | $2,500 |
| Union Gospel Mission Anna Ogden Hall Spokane, WA | Addiction recovery support for women | $2,500 |
| Childrens Hope Chest Palmer Lake, CO | Childrens Hope Chest provides hope and help to vulnerable and orphaned children around the world by providing medical spiritual nutritional educational and emotional support via sponsorships as well as job-training and indigenous sustainable and community driven income generating activities. | $2,500 |
| Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors Portland, OR | Made up of educators and volunteers who work together to bring Ecology Programs to Portland Metro area schools share a passion for connecting students to the natural world building science literacy and environmental awareness in the community. | $2,500 |
| Methow Arts Twisp, WA | Methow Arts Alliance enriches the lives of the people living in rural Okanogan County by making the Arts an integral dynamic aspect of community economic vitality public education and civic life. | $2,000 |
| Music Mends Minds Inc Los Angeles, CA | Musical support groups for patients with Alzheimers dementia Parkinsons as well as traumatic brain injury stroke and for Veterans with PTSD | $2,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $953,050 | $39,663 | $41,311 | $40,000 | 11 | $40,094 | $22,232 | $44,527 |
| 2024 | $897,671 | $57,470 | $44,894 | $44,000 | 6 | $44,000 | $34,576 | $42,945 |
| 2023 | $839,165 | $14,297 | $40,909 | $40,000 | 16 | $40,000 | $15,282 | $38,957 |
| 2022 | $757,854 | $39,110 | $42,981 | $42,000 | 16 | $42,032 | $18,753 | $40,148 |
| 2021 | $983,845 | $37,913 | $51,933 | $50,000 | 16 | $50,034 | $20,063 | $48,563 |
| 2020 | $917,697 | $31,089 | $40,422 | $40,000 | 16 | — | $128,006 | $37,835 |
| 2019 | $829,977 | $44,472 | $41,022 | $40,000 | 17 | — | $36,467 | $38,071 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $45K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants show support for organizations with varied purposes. SARC describes its mission as providing a collaborative platform to advance sarcoma prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors says it connects children to nature through local ecology and conservation education. Music Mends Minds describes its work as creating musical support groups for people with neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, and PTSD.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation awarded 11 grants totaling $40,000. Grants ranged from $2,000 to $10,000, with a median grant of $2,500.
Notable 2025 grants included $10,000 to SARC; $5,000 to PEACE International for education for children in refugee camps in Uganda; $5,000 to Portland Rescue Mission for a residential program serving mothers and children; and $4,000 to Alameda County Community Food Bank. Other listed grants included $2,500 to Samaritans Purse International Relief, Union Gospel Mission Anna Ogden Hall, Childrens Hope Chest, and Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors, and $2,000 each to Methow Arts, Music Mends Minds, and Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Radena Anne Stager Hampton, Adam Gromis, Stephen Stager, and Jason Stager as trustees.
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's 2025 filing lists 4 officers; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Adam Gromis
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Radena Anne Stager Hampton
Trustee
Trustee & Treasurer → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
0.3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Stager
Trustee
Trustee → Trustee & Secretary, 2020
Trustee & Secretary → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
0 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Stager
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (1)
- Former: Laura Stager (2019) — Trustee & Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation
How much does Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation give each year?
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation gave $40K across 11 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $44K across 6 grants.
What is Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $2,500, and its average grant was $3,636, across 11 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation that year got $4K on average.
Where does Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation give grants?
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's top state is Oregon, with 31% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were Michigan (25%) and Washington (16%). The most frequent recipient cities were Portland, OR (2 grants).
Does Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 11 grants with a stated purpose on Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's largest grantees?
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Sarc ($10,000), PEACE International ($5,000) and Portland Rescue Mission ($5,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 50% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation?
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation reported $953K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $40K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $45K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants show support for organizations with varied purposes. SARC describes its mission as providing a collaborative platform to advance sarcoma prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation?
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's EIN?
Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-1943272. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Don and Anne Stager Family Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 20, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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