· Private foundation
Henry O Schaefer Family Foundation
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Vermont Foundation of Recovery | $5,000 |
| Grand Isle Rescue | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Feeding Southwest Virginia | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Grand Isle Fire Department | $1,500 |
| American Fdn for Suicide Prevention | $1,500 |
| Jefferson Center Foundation | $1,000 |
| Old Spokes Home | $1,000 |
| The Josh Pallotta Fund | $1,000 |
| Champlain Islands Food Shelf | $1,000 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation | $1,000 |
| Lutheran World Relief | $1,000 |
| World Parrot Trust | $1,000 |
| Haiti Educational Foundation | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VFVermont Foundation of Recovery Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +714%
- FSFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA3× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +6%
- WPWORLD PARROT TRUST USA INC4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +33%
Funded once
- FSFarmingdale State College Fundone grant, 2020 · $25k
- SSStraight Street Ministryone grant, 2017 · $10k
- BGBoys Girls Clubone grant, 2019 · $10k
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.
To gather and share quality food and nurture partnerships so that no one in vermont will go hungry.
Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.
The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.
Information is power. the mission of the vermont journalism trust and vtdigger.org, is to give that power to vermonters by making complex public policy issues readily accessible, by holding government accountable and by giving readers…
Rooted in vermont since 1977, the vermont land trust unites land and lives for the enduring benefit of people and the place we share. we help people protect, care for, and connect to land. this includes the farms, forests, natural areas,…
Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.
To preserve and protect land surrounding the appalachian trail in maine for public benefit.
Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.
The mission of the association is to inspire "deeper connection, better understanding, and enduring support for our public lands."
To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…
We nurture the economic prosperity, ecological health, and social connectivity of people, businesses, organizations and communities in vermont for the benefit and well-being of all who live here.
To distribute food effectively through collaborative efforts that minimize hunger, promote nutrition and encourage self-reliance through education.
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 77 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 Vermont Foundation of Recovery Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ↗
- Who funds WORLD PARROT TRUST USA INC ↗
- Who funds The Toph Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds JEFFERSON CENTER FOUNDATION LTD ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
- Who funds HAITI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND ISLE RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BURLINGTON BICYCLE PROJECT CORP ↗
- Who funds Freedom 4 24 ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
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: Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Henry O Schaefer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Henry O Schaefer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Foundation of Recovery Inc: 81% of income from government
- Vermont Historical Society: 51% of income from government
- Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
- South Hero Library Foundation Inc: 28% of income from government
- Catamount Trail Association: 10% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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