Delaware · Private foundation
Anton E B Schefer Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $238k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $128,247
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Anton E B Schefer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $195k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $234k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $227k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $141k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $492k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $226k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $288k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge in America | $829,051 | 8 | 0% |
| The American Fund for Westminster Abbey | $166,985 | 2 | 11% |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $37,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The College Foundation of the University of Virginia | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Greenwich Library | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Civil War Museum Fndn | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverside School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Buckley School in the City of New York | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge in America | $829,051 | 8 | 0% |
| The American Fund for Westminster Abbey | $166,985 | 2 | 11% |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $37,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The College Foundation of the University of Virginia | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Greenwich Library | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Civil War Museum Fndn | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverside School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Buckley School in the City of New York | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenwich Academy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Anton E B Schefer 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Anton E B Schefer Foundation
- How much does Anton E B Schefer Foundation give?
- Anton E B Schefer Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $238,422 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Anton E B Schefer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (84%), Arts & Culture (9%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Anton E B Schefer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cambridge in America ($829k), The American Fund for Westminster Abbey ($167k), British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc ($38k).
- Does Anton E B Schefer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Anton E B Schefer 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 Anton E B Schefer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Anton E B Schefer Foundation based?
- Anton E B Schefer Foundation is based in DE.
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