Laurie S Stein Family Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Centerville, MA EIN: 04-7023144

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Centerville, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $26K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 5 grants totaling $421.

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation at a glance

In short: Laurie S Stein Family Foundation gave $421 across 5 grants in 2025 (avg $84.2), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$421
-75.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
5
-70.6% vs 2024
Average grant
$84
-16.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$50
Total assets
$25,607
-2.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
Massachusetts (55% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Laurie S Stein Family Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 5 recipients in 2025

PJ Library: $180PJ Library$180All Faiths Food Bank: $100All Faiths Food Bank$100Hadassah: $50Hadassah$50Dana Farber Cancer Institute: $50Dana Farber Cancer Institute$50World Wildlife Fund Inc: $41World Wildlife Fund Inc$41

The largest 2025 recipient was PJ Library ($180). Together the top 5 received $421.

Grant Size Distribution

58 grants across all recorded years

58<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 58 grants of 58 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

11states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 5 itemized grants.

Cities

BostonWashingtonNew YorkNew York CityAgawamBrooklineChicagoSilver SpringCharlestownLittle RockMemphisMontgomeryNew KensingtonWalthamBrightonFraminghamHyannisNeedhamRed BankRoxbury

How Laurie S Stein Family Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−13%). Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 22% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2K$4K$6K7 grants2019 10 grants2020 14 grants2021 5 grants2022 17 grants2023 17 grants2024 5 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $421 (2025) to $5K (2021). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $421.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
PJ Library Agawam, MAPublic Support$180
All Faiths Food Bank Sarasota, FLPublic Support$100
Hadassah New York, NYPublic Support$50
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MAPublic Support$50
World Wildlife Fund Inc Washington, DCPublic Support$41
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$25,607$627$1,176$4215$421—$1,903
2024$26,156$733$2,470$1,70717$2,085$348$2,245
2023$27,893$874$3,222$2,57517$2,875$527$2,357
2022$30,241$590$1,219$4845$819$190$2,720
2021$30,870$411$5,575$4,98014$4,980$411$2,947
2020$36,034$367$1,463$1,46310—$367$1,563
2019$34,336$559$2,624$2,6247—$559$2,399

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Laurie S Stein Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $2K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation is led by Laurie S. Stein Trustee, Trustee on every filing since 2020 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Laurie S. Stein Trustee

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Laurie S. Stein (2019) — Trustee

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 Laurie S Stein Family Foundation

How much does Laurie S Stein Family Foundation give each year?

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation gave $421 across 5 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $2K across 17 grants.

What is Laurie S Stein Family Foundation's typical grant size?

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $50, and its average grant was $84, across 5 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Laurie S Stein Family Foundation give grants?

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation gives mostly in Massachusetts: 55% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Florida (24%) and New York (12%).

Does Laurie S Stein Family Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 5 grants with a stated purpose on Laurie S Stein Family Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Public Support" (5 grants).

Who are Laurie S Stein Family Foundation's largest grantees?

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include PJ Library ($180), All Faiths Food Bank ($100) and Hadassah ($50), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 78% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Laurie S Stein Family Foundation?

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation reported $26K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $421 in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $2K (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 is Laurie S Stein Family Foundation's EIN?

Laurie S Stein Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-7023144. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS September 3, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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