Iowa · Private foundation
Adler Schermer Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $445k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Adler Schermer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $445k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $557k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $175k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $282k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $274k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $535k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $354k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $297k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivermont Collegiate | $800,000 | 3 | 6% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $560,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $205,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association | $167,100 | 6 | 2% |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $146,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Nahant Marsh Education Center | $91,333 | 2 | 9% |
| The Land Institute | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $51,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($390k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Adler Schermer Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust · Rauch Family Foundation I Inc · Hubbell-Waterman Fndn · The Rock Island Community Foundation · Scott County Regional Authority · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Quad Cities Community Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Adler Schermer Foundation
- How much does Adler Schermer Foundation give?
- Adler Schermer Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $445,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Adler Schermer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (12%).
- Who are Adler Schermer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rivermont Collegiate ($800k), State University of Iowa Foundation ($560k), Music Associates of Aspen Inc ($205k).
- Does Adler Schermer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adler Schermer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adler Schermer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust, Rauch Family Foundation I Inc.
- Where is Adler Schermer Foundation based?
- Adler Schermer Foundation is based in IA.
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