The Lydia B. Stokes Foundation is a left-of-center grantmaking nonprofit that gives to groups such as the Post Carbon Institute and the American Friends Service Committee, groups that promote combatting climate change and other environmentalist polices.

Finances

The Foundation received $1,224,435 in revenue, paid $632,652 in expenses, and totaled $5,191624 in assets in fiscal year 2022. ¹

Leadership

An individual philanthropist, Lydia B. Stokes founded the Lydia B. Stokes Foundation in 1959 until her death in 1988. The Stokes Foundation funds left-leaning advocacy groups such as local affiliates of Planned Parenthood; the Post Carbon Institute, a left-leaning nonprofit that opposes the use of hydrocarbon fuels; and the American Friends Service Committee, a left-leaning Quaker-associated group that promotes and supports expansionist immigration policies, leniency in criminal justice, and socialist economic proposals. ²

Nancy V. Deren is a co-trustee of the Lydia B. Stokes Foundation and is also a personal finance coach. Deren is a member of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. ³

Thomas R. Willits is a co-trustee of the Lydia B. Stokes Foundation. ⁴

Grants

The Lydia B. Stokes Foundation paid out, or planned to contribute, $545,100 in fiscal year 2022. ⁵ From 2020 to 2022, the Foundation gave $30,500 to the American Friends Service Committee, $30,000 to Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, $43,000 to Positive  Futures Network, and $24,000 to Post Carbon Institute. ⁶ During that same period, the Foundation contributed $20,000 to Healthcare Without Harm, $7,500 to American Sustainable Business Institute, and $5,000 to BALLE. ⁷

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