OVERVIEW: The Stuntz Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, human services, and health, including mental health. The foundation also earmarks funds for Jewish, arts and cultural organizations.
IP TAKE: The foundation lacks transparency, which limits information available on its grantmaking priorities and activities. This funder is accessible and does not accept unsolicited applications. It also does not provide a clear way to get in touch, leaving grantseekers with the need to network here. However, that will be difficult to do since this funder may only be contacted by snail mail.
PROFILE: The Stuntz Family Foundation was established in 1997. It was established by media executive Mayo Stuntz Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, a psychotherapist. Mayo was once executive vice president of AOL Time Warner and is a founding member of Pilot Group LLC, a private investment firm, and an operating partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. The couple is based in Westchester County. The foundation does not maintain a website, which makes it difficult to locate further information on its priority areas and grantmaking strategies.
Grants for Higher Education and Arts and Culture
According to tax filings, the Stuntz Family Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to education, and human services. The foundation also earmarks funds for Jewish, arts and cultural organizations.
Mayo Stuntz serves as chair of New York Public Radio, which the couple steadily supports. Stuntz has been on the board of trustees for nearly a decade. Other grantees include Robin Hood Foundation, Mamaroneck Schools Foundation, and Harlem Children’s Zone.
Grants for Jewish Causes
Support goes to Jewish organizations including Temple Beth El Cemetery and Congregation Kol Ami, a synagogue in Westchester.
Grants for Public Health and Mental Health
Elizabeth is on the faculty of the Westchester Center for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and developed and led coping skills programs for cancer patients and caregivers using dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with the staff of Gilda’s Club Westchester, a free cancer support organization.
The family have supported Gilda’s Club, as well as places like Ovarian Cancer Center Research Fund, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Robin Hood Foundation, Center For Discovery Treatment Centers, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Linehan Institute, which applies Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in mental health care.
Important Grant Details:
Grants range from $500 to $100,000. In a recent fiscal year, the foundation gave away a little under $460,000. The Stuntz Family Foundation keeps a low profile and does not accept unsolicited proposals.
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CONTACT:
Stuntz Family Foundation
750 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
