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Hw Schiller Family Foundation at a glance

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Hw Schiller Family 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.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.2MEducation$132kRecreation & Sports$129kArts & Culture$33kPublic Benefit$13kHousing & Shelter$6kHuman Services$3kEmployment$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$704k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AIR FORCE ACADEMY$10,000
NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR LEADERSHIP SOCIETY$10,000
THE CITADEL$6,000
THE KENNEDY CENTER$1,300
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 (FY18–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAIR CHANCE: $3k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
CT
CA
CO
VA
NC
SC
DC
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 11 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
15

Total granted

$1.4M
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+13%

Still filing today

55%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MU
    MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +133%
  • NB
    NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +21%
  • TF
    TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $4k · revenue +312%

Funded once

  • THE CITADEL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +14%
  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +92%
  • HH
    HALCYON HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +65%
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
Ucf Athletics Association Inc

To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.

Education
2
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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3
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
4
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
9
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
10
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
California Apartment Association

The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Citadel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Stable. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $1,110,000 · HealthMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION+1 more: $515 · HealthAIR FORCE ACADEMY: $110,000 · OtherAIR FORCE ACADEMYTHE CITADEL: $93,591 · OtherTHE CITADELMUSC (MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SC) FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherMUSC (MEDICAL UNIVERSI…FALCON ATHLETIC FUND: $12,000 · Other+11 more: $34,800 · Other+11 moreNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHALCYON HOUSE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $3,610 · Arts & CultureTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMount Saint Mary College: $1,610 · EducationUSA TEAM HANDBALL: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsFAIR CHANCE: $2,500 · Human ServicesAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropySwim Across America Inc: $100 · PhilanthropyBASEBALL FOR ALL INC ATTN JUSTINE SIEGAL: $1,000 · Youth Development
Health$1,110,515Other$300,391Arts & Culture$28,610Education$21,610Recreation & Sports$15,000Human Services$2,500Philanthropy$1,100Youth Development$1,000

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 budgetMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION: $1,110,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSA TEAM HANDBALL: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHALCYON HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $3,610 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN MINISTRY CENTER: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAIR CHANCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens Association of Georgetown: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CITADEL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMount Saint Mary College: $1,610 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIR FORCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBASEBALL FOR ALL INC ATTN JUSTINE SIEGAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBURNING LIMB FOUNDATION: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

S & R FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
S & R FoundationDC13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: S & R Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 79%
  • The Kennedy Collective Inc: 79% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 27 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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