About Charles H Stout Foundation
The Charles H Stout Foundation appears to be a highly focused funder of higher education scholarships, concentrating its giving on first-generation college student support. All recorded giving (two grants totaling $118,500) is directed to a single institution’s scholarship program, indicating a targeted, programmatic interest rather than broad charitable diversification. The foundation favors supporting university-administered scholarship initiatives that expand access for students who are the first in their families to attend college.
Focus Areas
First‑generation college student scholarshipsUniversity-administered scholarship programs (private university)College access and retention support via scholarship funding
Who They Fund
first-generation college studentsrefugees and asylum seekerspeople seeking reproductive health/abortion services (primarily women and pregnant people)survivors of violence and abuselow-income and basic-needs–insecure individuals/families
About Charles H Stout Foundation
The Charles H Stout Foundation’s recent giving is tightly centered on first-generation college scholarships, with its largest recorded grant going to the University of San Francisco for 1ST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS. That pattern appears across multiple years, including similar support in 2024 and 2023, and it shows a sustained preference for university-run scholarship programs rather than broad, dispersed grantmaking. The foundation also appears in other issue areas, but its clearest throughline is educational access funded through named institutional programs. A second major thread is support for organizations that combine direct service with programmatic funding. Grants to Safe Parking LA and Community Partners point to housing-stability support for people using the Safe Parking LA model, while awards to The Cupcake Girls and The Brigid Alliance show engagement with victim support and reproductive health-related services. The foundation also funded refugee-rights advocacy through the International Refugee Assistance Project and STEM education through the Lone Star Flight Museum. Across its recent awards, Charles H Stout Foundation gives at a range that includes mid-five-figure grants and smaller scholarship awards, suggesting a mix of anchor support and narrower program grants.
What Charles H Stout Foundation Funds
Education remains the foundation’s clearest priority. It gave $63,500 to the University of San Francisco for 1ST GENERATION SCHOLARSHIPS, and it also made repeated scholarship grants to the Law College Association University in Tucson for SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT. Beyond college access, the foundation supported place-based and service-oriented work. It gave $35,500 to Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society for HISTORY PRESERVATION SUPPORT and $33,100 for HISTORIC SITE REPAIR, plus $30,000 to The Regents of the University of California, San Diego for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The foundation also funded direct services and rights work. It awarded $30,000 to The Cupcake Girls for PREVENTION & DIRECT CARE FOR VICTIMS and $25,000 to Planned Parenthood of Greater NY for CLINICAL SERVICES, while also supporting the International Refugee Assistance Project for ADVANCING REFUGEE RIGHTS IN THE US.
How Charles H Stout Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around moderate, program-specific amounts: the p25 is $5,000, median grant size is $10,000, and the p75 is $21,125. Recent awards range from small scholarship support to larger five-figure institutional grants. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: several recipients appear in multiple years, including the University of San Francisco, Lone Star Flight Museum, Safe Parking LA through Community Partners, and Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society. The foundation also makes grants through named annual and general grant programs, and both accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$613K
Total Assets
$9.6M
Total Revenue
$1.3M
Total Expenses
$762K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $21K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$21K
Geographic Reach
Regional7 states funded
About 32% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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