Alabama · Private foundation
Fred Schelben Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $2,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $227k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Fred Schelben Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $13k | 65% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Washington County Inc | $20,095 | 9 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Washington County | $17,450 | 8 | 2% |
| Hodding Carter Memorial YMCA | $9,560 | 9 | 0% |
| The Education Foundation of Greenville Inc | $8,050 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Counseling Center Inc | $7,770 | 8 | 1% |
| Delta Cotton Belles Inc | $3,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Delta Center Stage Inc | $2,750 | 8 | 12% |
| Our House Inc | $1,390 | 2 | 0% |
| Mississippi Kidney Foundation Inc | $800 | 8 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fred Schelben 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 Straddlefork Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fred Schelben Foundation
- How much does Fred Schelben Foundation give?
- Fred Schelben Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $11,100 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Fred Schelben Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Philanthropy (19%), Youth Development (19%), Health (17%).
- Who are Fred Schelben Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: United Way of Washington County Inc ($20k), Boys & Girls Club of Washington County ($17k), Hodding Carter Memorial YMCA ($10k).
- Does Fred Schelben Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fred Schelben 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 Fred Schelben Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Straddlefork Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Fred Schelben Foundation based?
- Fred Schelben Foundation is based in AL.
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