The Elbridge and Debra Stuart Family Foundation is a highly place-based funder that channels its philanthropy through the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation to support the Lake Tahoe region. All recorded giving is concentrated in a single recipient, indicating the foundation prefers to fund local community needs via a trusted community foundation intermediary rather than many direct grantees. Their support likely enables a mix of regional priorities (environmental stewardship, local services, arts and education) managed by Parasol Tahoe.
Three consecutive unrestricted grants to The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Inc. anchor the Elbridge and Debra Stuart Family Foundation’s public record. The largest of those, $3,260,030 in 2025, was followed by $2,419,830 in 2024 and $2,353,857 in 2023, all to the same Incline Village intermediary. That pattern shows a foundation that prefers large, repeated gifts to a single local recipient rather than a broad portfolio of direct grantees. The foundation’s giving is highly place-based in the Lake Tahoe region, with Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation serving as the channel for support. The existing record ties this intermediary-led approach to regional priorities such as environmental stewardship, local arts and cultural programming, community services, and education initiatives. Because the grants are unrestricted, the support can be used flexibly within that local framework. Its public grant record is narrow in scope but large in size. Annual giving totals $8,033,717, and the grant history on file shows only one recipient. That combination makes the foundation distinctive among community-oriented funders: concentrated, multi-year support delivered through a trusted local foundation in Nevada.
The clearest topic area in the record is Lake Tahoe regional community philanthropy. In 2025, the foundation gave $3,260,030 to The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Inc. for unrestricted use, continuing a multi-year pattern of support through the same intermediary. Environmental stewardship is another identified priority in the foundation’s existing profile, tied to the Tahoe basin and watershed protection. That theme fits the place-based structure of the grantmaking, even though the recent grants list does not break the unrestricted awards into sub-programs. The profile also points to local arts, cultural programming, community services, and education initiatives in Incline Village and the broader Tahoe area. A 2024 unrestricted grant of $2,419,830 to the same community foundation is the most recent visible example of that local funding channel, while the foundation’s topic taxonomy explicitly links its philanthropy to education initiatives for Lake Tahoe residents.
$3.3M
$38.6M
$3M
$3.9M
Most grants fall between $2.4M and $2.4M, with a median of $2.4M.
25th Percentile
$2.4M
Median
$2.4M
75th Percentile
$2.4M
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Very concentrated giving: all funding directed to a single intermediary organization (Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation) across multiple grants; large-dollar gifts and repeat support rather than many small, diversified grants.
Notable grantees: Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation
The foundation’s typical grant size is very consistent: p25 of $2,370,350, median of $2,386,844, and p75 of $2,403,337. That tight range matches the recent record, where each grant is a large unrestricted award to a single recipient. The public grant list shows repeat support across 2023, 2024, and 2025, all to the same community foundation. The structure is clearly family foundation grantmaking, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. No unsolicited application process is indicated in the data.
Giving is concentrated in Nevada. The top state by grant count is NV, and 100% of recorded grants go to recipients in the HQ state. The recent grants list points to Incline Village as the recipient location, with all three visible awards landing at The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Inc. in Incline Village, NV. The geographic scope of giving is local, and the recipient country distribution is entirely US.
Its typical award size is very large and tightly clustered: p25 is $2,370,350, median is $2,386,844, and p75 is $2,403,337. The recent grant record fits that pattern, with each visible award in the multi-million-dollar range.
All recorded recent grants go to one recipient: The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Inc. in Incline Village, NV. The public record shows three consecutive awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025 to that same intermediary.
The grant record is entirely local and entirely within Nevada. The top state by grant count is NV, and 100% of grants are given to recipients in the HQ state. The recipient country distribution is 100% US.
The profile links its philanthropy to Lake Tahoe regional community philanthropy, environmental conservation and watershed stewardship in the Tahoe basin, local arts and cultural programming, community services, and local education initiatives. The recent grants themselves are unrestricted awards to the community foundation intermediary.
No. The foundation’s profile states that it funds individuals is false and makes program-related investments is false. Its visible grantmaking instead consists of repeated unrestricted grants to a local community foundation.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Inc | INCLINE VILLAGE, NV | $3,260,030 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED |
| The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Inc | INCLINE VILLAGE, NV | $2,419,830 | 2024 | UNRESTRICTED |
| The Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Inc | INCLINE VILLAGE, NV | $2,353,857 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED |