· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $123k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $313k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $150,000 |
| ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY | $62,700 |
| MANNA FOOD BANK | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| DEPAUL UNIVERSITY | $37,500 |
| EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE | $25,000 |
| BREVARD MUSIC CENTER | $15,000 |
| HENDERSONVILLE RESCUE MISSION | $10,000 |
| WALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINE ARBORETUM SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| EBLEN CHARITIES | $5,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF ASHEVILLE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DUKE UNIVERSITY3× · 2022–2025 · $350k · revenue +3%- AHASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC5× · 2019–2025 · $183k · revenue +196%
MANNA FOOD BANK INC5× · 2019–2025 · $180k · revenue +204%
Funded once
- DUDuke Universityone grant, 2024 · $550k
- MFManna Foodbankone grant, 2024 · $75k
- AHAsheville Humane Societyone grant, 2024 · $60k
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.
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.
Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
To be the trusted provider of financial services to every eligible member and to enhance the quality of their lives and financial well-being while maintaining our fiscal strength.
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 35 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds Trinity International University ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte ↗
- Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds HENDERSONVILLE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds WALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc ↗
- Who funds Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc ↗
- Who funds Eblen Charities Inc ↗
- Who funds The North Carolina Arboretum Society ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Susan Schoenholz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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