· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY | $2,300 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON | $2,000 |
| DELTA'S CHILDREN MUSEUM | $1,200 |
| COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER | $1,100 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC | $1,000 |
| HODDING CARTER MEMORIAL YMCA | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $600 |
| DELTA COTTON BELLES | $500 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH | $300 |
| MISSISSIPPI KIDNEY FOUNDATION | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 26%, against an area that typically sits at 29%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 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
Backed again, and grew
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY8× · 2019–2026 · $17k · revenue +81%
- DCDELTA COTTON BELLES INC8× · 2019–2026 · $4k · revenue +74%
- OHOUR HOUSE INC2× · 2017–2019 · $1k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- BGBOY'S & GIRL'S CLUB OF WASHINGTON COone grant, 2017 · $2k
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2017 · $2k
- GGGREATER GREENVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITYone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
Provide a low cost theatre options for the community of washington
To promote and assist in economic development, job creation and job training for washington county, ms and surrounding areas. to promote and assist existing businesses in the area.
The missions of the washington county work ready association is to promote, support, and provide innovative programs that provide workforce development skill training for high demand and high growth industry sectors to residents of…
Provides youth guidance through recreational and other activities designed to keep children out of trouble.
Provide behavioral guidance and promote health, social, educational and vocational development of boys and girls six to eighteen years of age.
The boys and girls club of southwest alabama actively works with local youth of all backgrounds to develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and future leaders in our community.
The bgcwc provides programming to more than 550 youth annually, grades k thru 12, in the areas of character, leadership, social and physical recreation, and performing better in school.
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens
Domestic violence response and prevention - the ywca of kitsap county is dedicated to ensuring the personal safety, rights, welfare, and dignity of those who experience domestic abuse while building partnerships and increasing community…
To provide young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens by offering a variety of fun and learning based programs.
Delta Childrens Advocacy Centers mission is to respond to child abuse in the Mississippi Delta by serving and nurturing children and non-offending caregivers through a trauma-informed multidisciplinary approach.
The mission of the boys & girls clubs of west central missouri is to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as caring and productive citizens.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 31 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 UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Hodding Carter Memorial YMCA ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds DELTA COTTON BELLES INC ↗
- Who funds DELTA CENTER STAGE INC ↗
- Who funds OUR HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI KIDNEY FOUNDATION 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fred Schelben Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred Schelben Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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