Illinois · Private foundation
David and Susan Schoenholz 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.
- $455k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 70% of the organizations David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $780k 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 | 14 | $455k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $840k | 70% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $328k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $327k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $200k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $190k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $350,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Asheville Humane Society Inc | $182,700 | 5 | 1% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trinity International University | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte | $50,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Brevard Music Center Incorporated | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hendersonville Rescue Mission | $19,500 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $350,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Asheville Humane Society Inc | $182,700 | 5 | 1% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trinity International University | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte | $50,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Brevard Music Center Incorporated | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hendersonville Rescue Mission | $19,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Smile Train Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wcma Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Walnut Cove Members Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Church of Our Saviour | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eblen Charities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The North Carolina Arboretum Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charleston Animal Society | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David and Susan Schoenholz 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 Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Pisgah Health Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation with peer funders
About David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation
- How much does David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation give?
- David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $455,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Animals (10%).
- Who are David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Duke University ($350k), Asheville Humane Society Inc ($183k), Manna Food Bank Inc ($180k).
- Does David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David and Susan Schoenholz 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 David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Wnc Bridge Foundation, Dogwood Health Trust.
- Where is David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation based?
- David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation is based in IL.
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