Stanley's Garden Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Tenafly, NJ EIN: 26-6138709

Stanley's Garden Foundation is a private foundation, based in Tenafly, NJ. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.8M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 5 grants totaling $220K. Net investment income was $143K.

Stanley's Garden Foundation at a glance

In short: Stanley's Garden Foundation gave $220K across 5 grants in 2025 (avg $44K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$220,000
-82.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
5
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$44,000
-64.4% vs 2024
Median grant
$35,000
Total assets
$4,795,200
+6.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
New York (61% 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 Stanley's Garden Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 5 recipients in 2025

Hospital for Special Surgery: $100KHospital for Special Surgery$100KUniversity of Southern California: $57KUniversity of SouthernCalifornia$57KStudent Leadership Network: $35KStudent Leadership Network$35KFoundation to Combat Antisemitism: $25KFoundation to CombatAntisemitism$25KEnglewood Hospital and Medical Center Foundation: $4KEnglewood Hospital and MedicalCenter Foundation$4K

The largest 2025 recipient was Hospital for Special Surgery ($100K). Together the top 5 received $220K.

Grant Size Distribution

46 grants across all recorded years

38<$50K2$50–100K4$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 38 grants of 46 (83%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

8states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 5 itemized grants.

Cities

New YorkLos AngelesEnglewoodNew Hyde ParkWernersvilleAspenBostonBronxCharlestownClosterForest HillsFoxboroughGreenwichIrvineLawrenceLocust ValleyMedfordNew OrleansParamusSyracuse

How Stanley's Garden Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 56% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 62% 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$500K$1M$1.5M4 grants2019 6 grants2020 9 grants2021 16 grants2022 6 grants2023 10 grants2024 5 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $141K (2022) to $1.2M (2024). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $220K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NYGeneral Operating Support$100,000
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAGeneral Operating Support$56,500
Student Leadership Network New York, NYGeneral Operating Support$35,000
Foundation to Combat Antisemitism Foxborough, MAGeneral Operating Support$25,000
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Foundation Englewood, NJGeneral Operating Support$3,500
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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$4,795,200$513,743$240,512$220,0005$220,590$143,345$356,914
2024$4,521,320$117,848$1,282,662$1,235,00010$1,235,250$156,160$340,749
2023$5,683,705$4,053,625$247,096$231,1006$231,350$1,888,597$198,685
2022$3,630,455$969,043$151,181$141,15516$141,405$962,585$189,374
2021$2,812,544$338,074$485,569$440,8009$441,050$276,706$211,196
2020$2,956,921$165,120$477,988$419,5006—$114,882$203,016
2019$3,268,762$1,153,114$750,332$707,7504—$670,570$167,448

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Stanley's Garden Foundation reported a distributable amount of $357K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Stanley's Garden Foundation's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kathy Leventhal

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Leventhal

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

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 Stanley's Garden Foundation

How much does Stanley's Garden Foundation give each year?

Stanley's Garden Foundation gave $220K across 5 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $1.2M across 10 grants.

What is Stanley's Garden Foundation's typical grant size?

Stanley's Garden Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $35,000, and its average grant was $44,000, across 5 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Stanley's Garden Foundation give grants?

Stanley's Garden Foundation gives mostly in New York: 61% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were California (26%) and Massachusetts (11%). The most frequent recipient cities were New York, NY (2 grants).

Does Stanley's Garden Foundation give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Stanley's Garden Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (5 of 5) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Who are Stanley's Garden Foundation's largest grantees?

Stanley's Garden Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Hospital for Special Surgery ($100,000), University of Southern California ($56,500) and Student Leadership Network ($35,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 87% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Stanley's Garden Foundation?

Stanley's Garden Foundation reported $4.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $221K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $357K (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 Stanley's Garden Foundation's EIN?

Stanley's Garden Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-6138709. 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

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 22, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 12, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 10, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 31, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 12, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 16, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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