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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by STERLING CHARITABLE GIFT FUND TR.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,039,780
Total expenses
$2,478,922
Contributions and grants received
$4,069,462
Grants paid
$2,158,545
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$970,318
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$27,064,205
Total liabilities, end of year
$400,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,664,205
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,158,545
Management and general expenses
$320,377
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,158,545

Program services were 87.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,069,462

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $190,643

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $970,318 · excluded $970,318

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,104,254 · program services $2,104,254

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $54,291 · program services $54,291

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $60,000 · management and general $60,000

  • 24a · Other expenses: INVESTMENT EXPENSES

    total $259,079 · management and general $259,079

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOOKS, SUBSCRIPTIONS,ET

    total $875 · management and general $875

  • 24c · Other expenses: OFFICE SUPPLIES

    total $288 · management and general $288

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $135 · management and general $135

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,133,247 · end of year $1,201,719

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,403,857 · end of year $3,737,091

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $435,188 · end of year $144,188

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,318,109 · end of year $5,158,393

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $15,683,992 · end of year $16,822,814

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $600,000 · end of year $400,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,144,883 · end of year $13,370,754

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,229,510 · end of year $13,293,451

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALIFIED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

  • ASSISTANCE TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS FOR HUMANITARIAN WORK IN THE U.S. & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT TO VARIOUS SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

    Expenses $2,104,254 · Grants $2,104,254

  • TUITION, FINANCIAL AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $54,291 · Grants $54,291

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • M Yaqub Mirza PhD

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Firas Barzinji

    VICE PRESIDENT/COMPLIANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MARJAC INVESTMENTS INC

    C · INVESTMENTS · VA · 100% owned · share of assets $2,008,987

    Directly controlled by STERLING CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
23 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632669349301858

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