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Dona & Sam Scott Foundation at a glance

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Dona & Sam Scott Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$610k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$280k
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MYouth Development$806kEducation$317kHealth$316kPublic Benefit$300kInternational$268kFood & Nutrition$151kHousing & Shelter$65kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $160k
  • $250k+1 grant · $280k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$280,000
WESTCOAST BLACK THEATER TROUPE$160,000
RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN$42,500
ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK$21,000
SPARCC SAFE PLACE AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER$16,000
AMERICAN BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION (ABIC)$15,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$15,000
PROJECT PRIDE$10,000
MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS$10,000
AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS$10,000
BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER$10,000
SARASOTA ART MUSEUM$7,500
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY$5,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$3,000
NAACP$2,500
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 (FY17–19, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 20 repeat orgs$485k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
12

Total granted

$3.2M
$431k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+48%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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
EducationArts & CultureCivil RightsEmploymentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • AS
    AFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $800k · revenue +90%
  • SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $316k · revenue +96%
  • RC
    RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $208k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $300k · revenue +48%
  • XT
    XS Tennis and Education Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +404%
  • CU
    CHICAGO URBAN LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue +56%
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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
4
The Chicago High School for the Arts

The chicago high school for the arts (chiarts) develops the next generation of diverse, artistically promising scholar-artists through intensive pre-professional training in the arts, combined with a comprehensive college preparatory…

Education
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
7
Chicago Theatre Group Inc

The chicago theatre group is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. by dedicating itself to three guiding principles - quality, equity, and community - the…

Arts & Culture
8
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
9
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
12
AI4ALL

Ai4all's mission is to ensure that the next generation of ai leaders reflects humanity. ai4all is transforming the pipeline of ai practitioners who will shape ai for the benefit of humanity.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Black Ensemble Theater Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House. 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

28 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. 28 of the 37 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTCOAST BLACK THEATER TROUPE: $660,000 · OtherWESTCOAST BLACK THEATER TROUPEWESTCOAST BLACK THEATER TROUP: $215,000 · OtherWESTCOAST BLACK THEATER TROUPTHE CHICAGO COUN OF GLOBAL AFFAIR: $127,703 · OtherTHE CHICAGO COUN OF GLOBAL AFFAIRSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $61,500 · OtherSARASOTA ART MUSEUM: $47,500 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE: $65,000 · OtherXS Tennis and Education Foundation: $50,000 · Other+13 more: $124,750 · Other+13 moreAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $800,000 · EducationAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INCRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $208,125 · EducationRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN…GAMMA XI BOULE FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 · Education+3 more: $47,000 · EducationTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAM…BLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER CORPORATION: $180,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK ENSEMBLE …+3 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $315,850 · HealthSARASOTA …ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $131,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $20,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $135,000 · InternationalThe Cara Program: $60,000 · EmploymentCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $35,000 · Employment
Other$1,351,453Education$1,097,125Arts & Culture$490,000Health$315,850Food & Nutrition$151,000International$135,000Employment$95,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC: $800,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $315,850 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $208,125 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK ENSEMBLE THEATER CORPORATION: $180,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $135,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $131,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $61,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Cara Program: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetXS Tennis and Education Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGAMMA XI BOULE FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetCHICAGO URBAN LEAGUE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetProvidence St Mel School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVISIBLE MEN ACADEMY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS INC OF CHICAGO: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S SPORTS MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetONE MILLION DEGREES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $4,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASOLO THEATRE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHermitage Artist Retreat Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOC FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE & HIS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALONE COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…AbbVie FoundationThe Allstate Foundati…Chubb Charitable Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Dona & Sam Scott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dona & Sam Scott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 37 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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