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Armin and Ethel Schaper Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Armin and Ethel Schaper Charitable Foundation

$6k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Health$25kAnimals$10kCivil Rights$7kInternational$5kEnvironment$5kHuman Services$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREENWICH HOSPITAL$5,500
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF STAR VALLEY$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY: $250 → 8%WILLIAMS COLLEGE: $300 → 12%SCHOOL THE WORLD: $200 → 16%JON BON JOVI SOUL FOUNDATION: $1k → 22%SAVE THE HORSES: $563 → 7%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $1k → 17%WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $3k → 28%FREEDOM REINS: $500 → 16%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $200 → 17%GREENPEACE: $3k → 14%SOUTHERN PROVERTY LAW CENTER: $2k → 18%GREENWICH HOSPITAL: $6k → 9%YEAL NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $3k → 12%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $350 → 9%WOMENS LEADERSHIP SUMMIT: $209 → 13%FEEDING AMERICA: $500 → 14%CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1k → 9%STAR VALLEY: $4k → 8%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 8%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $500 → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $1k → 14%GREENWICH HOSPITAL: $5k → 9%SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND: $630 → 12%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $200 → 9%FEEDING OF AMERICA: $500 → 14%STAR VALLEY: $500 → 8%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $250 → 8%SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA: $3k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $250 → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $1k → 14%GREENWICH HOSPITAL: $5k → 9%SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA: $500 → 10%DOG LYMPHOMA CANCER CARE: $500 → 17%BONOBO CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: $500 → 14%GREENWICH HOSPITAL: $1k → 9%RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1k → 9%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5k → 17%THE HUNGER PROJECT: $1k → 17%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $3k → 17%WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE: $1k → 17%THIRTEEN: $250 → 17%WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE: $1k → 17%THIRTEEN: $250 → 17%WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE: $1k → 17%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $500 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
WY
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
AR
DC
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41k · 13 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
32

Total granted

$41k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+28%

Still filing today

69%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsInternationalPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GH
    GREENWICH HOSPITAL
    4× · 2020–2023 · $17k · revenue +20%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $3k · revenue +79%
  • TD
    THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $3k · revenue +284%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +39%
  • GI
    GREENPEACE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +5%
  • YN
    YEAL NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
6
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
9
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
10
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
11
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
12
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
23/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $4,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGREENPEACE INC: $3,000 · OtherGREENPEACE INCWEILL CORNELL MEDICINE: $3,000 · OtherWEILL CORNELL MEDICINEMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $3,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERINGFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCYEAL NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $2,500 · OtherYEAL NEW HAVEN HOSPITALTHE AUSTRALIA ZOO WILDLIFE HOSPITAL: $1,000 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,500 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INCRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 · OtherFeeding America: $1,000 · Other+24 more: $5,199 · Other+24 moreGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $16,500 · HealthGREENWICH HOSPITALTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID S…Wildlife Conservation Society: $2,500 · AnimalsWildlife Co…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $700 · AnimalsBEST FRIEND…BONOBO CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: $500 · AnimalsBONOBO CONS…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 · InternationalWORLD CENT…THE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $1,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL…AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 · Civil RightsJON BON JOVI SOUL FOUNDATION: $1,030 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,000 · PhilanthropySCHOOL THE WORLD INC: $200 · PhilanthropyNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,750 · Environment
Other$28,049Health$16,500Animals$6,700International$6,000Civil Rights$5,000Philanthropy$2,230Environment$1,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $16,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJON BON JOVI SOUL FOUNDATION: $1,030 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBONOBO CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliams College: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL THE WORLD INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPURCHASE FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $126 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLICE ASSOCIATION OF THE TOWN OF HARRISON NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Armin and Ethel Schaper Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Armin and Ethel Schaper Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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By state
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