Stutzman Family Foundation

About Stutzman Family Foundation

The Stutzman Family Foundation’s clearest pattern is sustained, program-specific support for Southern Connecticut State University, including a $461,115 grant in 2024 for the applied music program and choir trip to England and a $441,480 grant in 2025 for the Stutzman Family Foundation Music Scholarship. That relationship sits alongside other repeated commitments, showing a funder that tends to stay with named institutions over time rather than making one-off gifts. Across its recent grants, the foundation backs higher education, scholarship funds, arts departments, campus services, and selected health and social service organizations. It has also supported unrestricted operating grants, but many awards are tied to a specific program, fund, or facility. The portfolio includes college and university partners such as Hunter College Foundation, Pratt Institute, and Sarah Lawrence College, as well as community and nonprofit organizations in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and beyond. The grant list also points to a small number of larger thematic commitments: mental-health support for hospital employees, endowment-building for reproductive-rights work, and religious dietary accommodation on campus. That mix suggests a foundation that combines education-centered philanthropy with targeted support for health, arts, and civil-society programs.

What Stutzman Family Foundation Funds

Education is the foundation’s most visible theme. In 2025, it gave $441,480 to Southern Connecticut State University Foundation for the Stutzman Family Foundation Music Scholarship, and it has also backed Hunter College Foundation’s Beatrice and David Friesner Scholarships in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Arts funding appears as both student support and departmental support. The foundation awarded $29,000 to Pratt Institute for the sculpture department and $40,000 to Ely Center of Contemporary Art in 2025 as unrestricted general operating support. Health and family support are another thread. Yale New Haven Hospital received $86,000 in 2024 for employee suicide prevention programs, and Virginia Tech Foundation Inc. received $75,000 in 2024 and $25,000 in 2023 for the Family Focus Program. Religious accommodation also shows up in the portfolio. In 2025, Sarah Lawrence College received $104,000 for the Sarah Lawrence Siegel Center halal/kosher kitchen.

How Stutzman Family Foundation Gives