· Private foundation
George & Irina Schaeffer Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $133k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Chabad of Colorado University | $23,000 |
| Chabad Lubavitch of Utah | $18,000 |
| BRAODWAY CARES | $15,000 |
| Young Israel North Beverly Hills | $14,465 |
| JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER FOR STH FLO | $12,500 |
| Bnai Zion Foundation | $10,000 |
| BOCA RATON KOLLEL | $10,000 |
| ORTHODOX UNION OF JEWISH CONGREGATI | $9,259 |
| LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE | $5,000 |
| Chai Lifeline | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| AMER FRIENDS OF YAHAD-IN UNUM | $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.
US giving: 80% of grant dollars ($9.0M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 20% that went abroad ($2.2M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% 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
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 20% of all-years giving ($2.2M)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
58 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER2× · 2017–2018 · $1.2M · revenue +63%- TATIKVAH-ETTA AND LAZEAR ISRAEL CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED6× · 2017–2022 · $110k · revenue +199%
- TATORAH ACADEMY OF BOCA RATON INC4× · 2017–2020 · $51k · revenue +327%
Funded once
- CYCHABAD YOUTH NETWORK OF FLORIDAone grant, 2017 · $101k
- SHSHALHEVET HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $50k
- TITOGETHERWITHISRAEL INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +280%
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.
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Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.
One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…
To support cancer research in israel, for the benefit of israel and all mankind.
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.
The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…
How this is measured
54 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. 54 of the 123 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.
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- Who funds TIKVAH-ETTA AND LAZEAR ISRAEL CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ↗
- Who funds TORAH ACADEMY OF BOCA RATON INC ↗
- Who funds VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE ↗
- Who funds CHAI LIFELINE INC ↗
- Who funds TOGETHERWITHISRAEL INC ↗
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- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAHAD - IN UNUM INC ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · Nash Charity Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George & Irina Schaeffer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George & Irina Schaeffer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Torah Academy of Boca Raton Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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