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John & Catherine Shuler Charitable Trust

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.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$61kHuman Services$43kHealth$43kHousing & Shelter$40kEducation$22kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kFood & Nutrition$11kCivil Rights$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$591k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THALIAN HALL CENTER$8,500
CENTRAL MN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$6,375
CENTRACARE FOUNDATION$6,375
SUMMIT FOUNDATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION FL$5,000
CARE & SHARE FOOD BANK OF S COLORA$3,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,500
WORLD FOOD KITCHEN INC$2,500
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$2,000
CHINESE RECONCILIATION PROJECT FOUN$2,000
CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY$2,000
ST FRANCIS HOUSE$1,500
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDA$1,500
ALS ASSOCIATION$1,250
LAKEWOLD GARDENS$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S: $2k → 12%FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S: $1k → 12%FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S: $1k → 12%FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S: $1k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $2k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $550 → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $550 → 12%BOYS & GIRLS AID: $550 → 12%BOYS & GIRLS AID: $550 → 12%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

WA
MN
IL
OR
IA
IN
CO
NC
DC
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 95% of John & Catherine Shuler Charitable Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 21% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 0%.

John & Catherine Shuler Charitable Trustlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 97% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$215k · 25 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
2

Total granted

$215k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+120%

Still filing today

48%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
Human ServicesEnvironmentHealthPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $27k · revenue +12%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +38%
  • CR
    CHINESE RECONCILIATION PROJECT FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +251%

Funded once

  • TL
    The Landfall Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +120%
  • PA
    PROJECT ANGEL HEARTgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +42%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
2
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
3
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

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4
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
5
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
6
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
7
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
8
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
9
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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10
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
11
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mary Bridge Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 30 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL MN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $33,375 · OtherCENTRAL MN HABITAT FOR HUMANITYUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $27,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTAMAYBELLE CENTER: $20,700 · OtherMAYBELLE CENTERCARE & SHARE FOOD BANK OF S COLORA: $10,500 · OtherCARE & SHARE FOOD BANK OF S COLORAUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION FL: $9,750 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION FLTHALIAN HALL CENTER: $8,500 · OtherSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDA: $8,500 · OtherALS ASSOCIATION: $8,250 · OtherCULVER MILITARY ACADEMY: $6,500 · OtherFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $6,500 · Other+8 more: $29,600 · Other+8 moreTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $26,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SUMMIT FOU…The Landfall Foundation Inc: $8,000 · PhilanthropyThe Landfall F…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,750 · Human ServicesAmerican …FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesFLORIDA U…RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $3,100 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL H…THE BOYS & GIRLS AID SOCIETY OF OREGON: $1,100 · Human ServicesMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $14,500 · HealthCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,375 · HealthCHINESE RECONCILIATION PROJECT FOUNDATION: $7,750 · Public BenefitSt Francis House: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterFriends of Lakewood: $6,000 · EnvironmentJAPANESE GARDEN SOCIETY OF OREGON: $750 · Environment
Other$169,175Philanthropy$34,000Human Services$21,450Health$20,875Public Benefit$7,750Housing & Shelter$7,000Environment$6,750

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $27,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Landfall Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHINESE RECONCILIATION PROJECT FOUNDATION: $7,750 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetSt Francis House: $7,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Lakewood: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $3,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS AID SOCIETY OF OREGON: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJAPANESE GARDEN SOCIETY OF OREGON: $750 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds The Landfall Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHINESE RECONCILIATION PROJECT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds St Francis House ↗
  • Who funds Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Lakewood ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL HEART ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS & GIRLS AID SOCIETY OF OREGON ↗
  • Who funds JAPANESE GARDEN SOCIETY OF OREGON ↗

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.

Ge Aerospace FoundationCT11.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 John & Catherine Shuler Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Catherine Shuler Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • The Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 30 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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