Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation

About Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation

A single $15,894,986 transfer to Jp Morgan Charitable Giving Fund anchors the Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation’s recent pattern of highly concentrated giving. The foundation pairs that intermediary grant with a much smaller set of direct awards, including $10,000,000 to The Seminar Network Inc and smaller charitable gifts to schools, cultural institutions, and human services organizations. That mix points to a funder that uses both regranting vehicles and targeted institutional support. Their giving is not broad-based across many program areas or many check sizes. Instead, the foundation’s recent record shows a few very large commitments alongside a long tail of smaller grants, mostly in the Midwest and the New York region. Direct grants include support for North Shore Country Day School, Jewish United Fund, Chicago Botanic Garden, and Cristo Rey Network, suggesting an interest in education, community organizations, and seminar- or network-based charitable work. The foundation’s profile is also shaped by a strong regional footprint: most grants go to recipients in Illinois, while New York is the state where it gives most often overall. Across the record, it appears to favor established institutions and flexible vehicles that can move capital efficiently.

What Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation Funds

In education, the foundation gave $210,000 to North Shore Country Day School and $10,000 each to Lake Forest Academy and Lake Forest Country Day School, showing support for independent schools in its recent record. It also made a $15,000 grant to Cristo Rey Network, linking its education giving to a broader network model. Community and human-services organizations appear as another thread. The foundation gave $50,000 to Jewish United Fund, $25,000 to Sga Youth & Family Services, and $5,000 to United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. Those grants point to support for local service infrastructure rather than one-off project grants. Cultural and civic institutions also appear in the list, including $25,100 to Chicago Botanic Garden, $5,000 to Art Institute of Chicago, and $1,100 to Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. A separate $5,000 grant to the International Committee of the Red Cross shows that its giving also reaches beyond U.S.-based organizations.

How Roger and Susan Stone Family Foundation Gives