Illinois · Private foundation
James M Schoonmaker II 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.
- $8.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,840,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 26
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $163M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations James M Schoonmaker II Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $8.6M | 29% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $7.8M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $6.4M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.2M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $625k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $381k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association | $7,500,000 | 2 | 11% |
| National Sailing Hall of Fame & Museum Inc | $2,660,000 | 5 | 76% |
| United States Sailing Foundation | $2,000,000 | 3 | 53% |
| The Sailing Foundation of New York Inc | $1,865,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc | $1,542,000 | 6 | 5% |
| The Great Lakes Historical Society | $1,350,000 | 5 | 8% |
| San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne | $1,125,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Nch Healthcare System Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Naples Historical Society Inc | $610,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Patty Baker Humane Society Naples Inc | $320,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James M Schoonmaker II Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Richard and Ann Du Moulin Foundation · Kane Wallace Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Lotz Family Foundation · Lyn & Margaret Comfort Charitable Foundation · Brooks-Mathews Foundation · Gubelmann Family Foundation Inc · The Meier and Linnartz Family Foundation · Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc · Carlson Family Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation
How this is measured
About James M Schoonmaker II Foundation
- How much does James M Schoonmaker II Foundation give?
- James M Schoonmaker II Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $8,579,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 26 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does James M Schoonmaker II Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (64%), Health (16%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are James M Schoonmaker II Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association ($7.5M), National Sailing Hall of Fame & Museum Inc ($2.7M), United States Sailing Foundation ($2.0M).
- Does James M Schoonmaker II Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James M Schoonmaker II Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James M Schoonmaker II Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richard and Ann Du Moulin Foundation, Kane Wallace Foundation, Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation.
- Where is James M Schoonmaker II Foundation based?
- James M Schoonmaker II Foundation is based in IL.
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