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DJ Schneider Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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DJ Schneider Family Foundation Inc

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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$145kArts & Culture$8kEnvironment$6kHousing & Shelter$5kReligion$5kEducation$5kYouth Development$2kAnimals$1k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$336k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A Way Out$10,000
Challenge Aspen$10,000
Home Care & Hospice of the Valley$8,000
The Buddy Program$2,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Challenge Aspen: $10k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $8k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $7k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $6k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $5k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $5k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $5k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $5k → 6%Challenge Aspen: $5k → 6%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166k · 4 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
9

Total granted

$166k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+61%

Still filing today

75%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • AW
    A Way Out Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +20%
  • CA
    CHALLENGE ASPEN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +52%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • AH
    ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue -5%
  • AH
    ASPEN HOPE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +332%
  • MV
    Mountain Valley Developmental Svcs
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
American River Conservancy

To conduct land conservation, stewardship and education in the upper american river and upper cosumnes river watersheds

Environment
2
Sierra Watch

Sierra watch secures conservation outcomes to protect the natural resources, mountain communities, and timeless values of the tahoe sierra.

Environment
3
Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc

The adaptive sports center enriches the lives of people with disabilities and other specific needs through exceptional outdoor adventures. the successful programs the asc provides are inclusive to families and friends, empower our…

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4
American Hiking Society

To empower all to enjoy, share, and preserve the hiking experience.

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5
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
6
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
7
Aspen Rhoads Research Foundation Inc

To support personal & professional development of nutrition researchers throughout their careers.

Health
8
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc

Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…

Environment
9
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
10
American Society of Anesthesiologists

Advancing the practice and securing the future of anesthesiology through medical education, creation and dissemination of new knowledge, improvement of patient care, and legislative and regulatory advocacy.

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11
Aspen Skiing Company Environment Foundation

The aspen skiing company environment foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement and protection of the environmental quality of the roaring fork valley region. we support projects that promote environmental…

Philanthropy
12
Dolores River Boating Advocates

Dolores River Boating Advocates protects and enriches the recreational and ecological values of the Dolores River through advocacy, stewardship and education.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aspen Hope Center; the most unlike its peers is Rhodes College. 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

9 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. 9 of the 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A Way Out Inc: $70,750 · HealthA Way Out IncALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION …ASPEN HOPE CENTER: $7,000 · HealthASPEN HOPE CENTERCHALLENGE ASPEN: $55,250 · Human ServicesCHALLENGE ASPENHome Care & Hospice of the Valley: $22,750 · OtherHome Care & Hospice of t…ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,500 · OtherASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETYMountain Valley Developmental Svcs: $5,250 · OtherMountain Valley Developm…St Mary Catholic Church: $5,000 · OtherSt Mary Catholic ChurchDenver East High School PTSA: $2,000 · OtherTHE BUDDY PROGRAM INC: $2,000 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $3,000 · EnvironmentROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $3,000 · EnvironmentRhodes College: $5,000 · Education
Health$95,250Human Services$55,250Other$45,500Environment$6,000Education$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA Way Out Inc: $70,750 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $55,250 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASPEN HOPE CENTER: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRhodes College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds A Way Out Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN HOPE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Rhodes College ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE BUDDY PROGRAM INC ↗

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.

Charles B Israel Foun…Aspen Community Found…Colorado Gives Founda…Ruth a Carver Foundat…Aspen Business Center…Arches FoundationNm Morris Family Foun…Greater Houston Commu…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charles B Israel FoundationCO15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles B Israel Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Ruth a Carver Foundation · Aspen Business Center Foundation · Arches Foundation · Nm Morris Family Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 DJ Schneider Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DJ Schneider Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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 14 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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