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Howard and Debbie Schiller Foundation at a glance

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Howard and Debbie Schiller 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.

$500k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.5MHealth$534kRecreation & Sports$274kPublic Safety & Disaster$106kReligion$100kArts & Culture$93kPhilanthropy$50kCrime & Legal$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Readworks Inc$400,000
Telluride Foundation$30,000
Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence$20,000
Project Exploration$10,000
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center Inc$10,000
Brooklyn Museum$5,000
Mountainfilm$5,000
Parkinsons Wellness Initiative Foundation$5,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$5,000
San Miguel Educational Fund$2,500
Telluride Volunteer Fire Department Company$1,000
Telluride Nordic Association Inc$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence: $10k → 10%Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence: $10k → 10%Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence: $10k → 10%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 9 repeat orgs$460k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
23

Total granted

$2.0M
$435k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

100%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • R
    READWORKSINC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +4%
  • TV
    THE VALERIE FUND
    4× · 2020–2024 · $409k · revenue +108%
  • JC
    JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • WF
    West Fork Volunteer Fire Department
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -15% · 93% of their budget
  • TS
    Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • SF
    SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +79%
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
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
Rodel Institute

The rodel institute is a nonpartisan center for leadership and intellectual growth. rodel helps america's most promising leaders reach their full potential as public servants, deepen their commitment to democracy and the rule of law,…

Philanthropy
7
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
8
The Broad Institute Inc

The mission of the broad institute is to propel progress in biomedicine, through research aimed at the understanding and treatment of disease and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the scientific community to benefit the public.…

Health
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
11
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

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12
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc; the most unlike its peers is West Fork Volunteer Fire Department. 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

36 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. 36 of the 39 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
18/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

READWORKSINC: $1,450,000 · EducationREADWORKSINC+6 more: $89,000 · Education+6 moreTHE VALERIE FUND: $409,015 · OtherTHE VALERIE FUNDTemple Sharey Tefilo-Israel: $100,000 · OtherTemple Sharey Tefilo-IsraelTELLURIDE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN DBA TELLURIDE ARTS: $30,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $25,000 · OtherTelluride Foundation Paradox Community Trust: $25,000 · OtherBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $30,000 · OtherEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $50,500 · Other+9 moreTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $260,000 · Recreation & SportsTELLURIDE F…Telluride Mountain Club: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $4,000 · Recreation & SportsWest Fork Volunteer Fire Department: $100,000 · Public Safety & DisasterJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $70,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT EXPLORATION: $48,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMOUNTAINFILM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · HealthCEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthRoad Recovery Foundation Inc: $5,000 · HealthParkinsons Wellness Foundation: $5,000 · HealthRush University Medical Center: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · Health
Education$1,539,000Other$694,515Recreation & Sports$274,000Public Safety & Disaster$100,000Human Services$80,000Arts & Culture$58,000Health$34,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREADWORKSINC: $1,450,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $409,015 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetTELLURIDE FOUNDATION: $260,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetWest Fork Volunteer Fire Department: $100,000 over 1y, 93% of budgetJUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE: $70,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT EXPLORATION: $48,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTELLURIDE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN DBA TELLURIDE ARTS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOM TO READ: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTelluride Mountain Club: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTELLURIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $6,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetYOUTH RENEWAL FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIVIC BUILDERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAINFILM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRoad Recovery Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE DEBORAH PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetParkinsons Wellness Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATIONAL FUND: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTelluride Nordic AssociationInc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMRCC FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MEDICAL FUND OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSammy Gelband Foundation: $1,000 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundThe Dalton Family Fou…Telluride FoundationThe Peter a and Debor…The Lisa and Victor N…Community Foundation …National Philanthropi…Boston Foundation IncMorgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…The Chicago Community…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY21.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Dalton Family Foundation · Telluride Foundation · The Peter a and Deborah L Weinberg Family Foundation · The Lisa and Victor Nemeroff Foundation · Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley · National Philanthropic Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust

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 Howard and Debbie Schiller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard and Debbie Schiller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Howard and Debbie Schiller Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Howard and Debbie Schiller Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 39 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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