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Joseph J Schott Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$502k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
56
Grants FY2024
50
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$115,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 50
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$9.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Joseph J Schott Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving55$499k27%
FY202350$376k32%
FY202245$365k33%
FY202138$452k29%
FY202037$466k43%
FY201940$505k35%
FY201841$503k39%
FY201728$420kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.3MEducation$499kArts & Culture$484kHuman Services$275kHousing & Shelter$230kReligion$180kPhilanthropy$163kFood & Nutrition$53kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Joseph J Schott Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Schott Memorial Center Inc$410,00069%
Harbor Hall Inc$250,00042%
Carolina Art Association Dba Gibbes Museum of Art$181,51981%
One-Eighty Place$165,00080%
Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center$165,00081%
Porter-Gaud Foundation$145,00071%
Roper St Francis Foundation$125,00030%
Charleston Library Society$121,00061%
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry$100,00042%
Trident Academy Inc$90,00032%
Trident United Way$80,00080%
St Xavier High School Inc$65,0005n/a
McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation$60,00020%
CHERA Inc$47,000435%
National Catholic Partnership on Disability$45,7504n/a
Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation$35,00070%
Cristo Rey Columbus High School$35,0002n/a
South Carolina Aquarium$35,00050%
St Rita School For The Deaf$30,00030%
Meet The Needs Charleston$25,00062%
Great Lakes Center for the Arts$25,00021%
College of Charleston Foundation$25,00030%
North Naples Education Center Inc$24,40072%
Nch Healthcare System Inc$22,50031%
The Cushman School Inc$20,00040%
Discalced Carmelite Nuns Inc$20,0003n/a
Best Buddies International Inc$17,50050%
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$17,50040%
Manna Food Bank Inc$15,00030%
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation$15,00020%
Reading Partners$14,50050%
Cancer Alliance Network Inc$14,00060%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$13,00050%
Holy Angels Inc$12,50020%
The Village Repertory Company$10,00022%
Harbor Springs Library$10,00071%
Room at the Inn$10,00021%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$10,00020%
Simple Needs GA Inc$10,00021%
American Lung Association$9,00020%
The Lilabean Foundation Inc$7,50020%
Liberty Youth Ranch Inc$7,50021%
Bliss Spiritual Co-Op$6,00032%
The Dan Marino Foundation Inc$6,00030%
Women's Resource Center$5,00011%
IBU Foundation$5,00020%
St Joseph Catholic Church$5,0001n/a
Wake Up Carolina$5,00021%
Pelotonia$5,00010%
Autism Collier Inc$5,0001n/a
Els for Autism Foundation$5,00010%
Claflin University$5,00010%
Archdiocese of Denver$5,0001n/a
Aggieland Humane Society$5,00010%
Guadalupe Center Inc$2,50020%
Little Traverse Sailors$2,500112%
Edesia Inc$2,50010%
Friends of South Florida Autism Inc$2,50010%
Star Gospel Mission$2,5001n/a
Youth Haven Inc$2,50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,50010%
Threshold Repertory Theatre$2,5001n/a
American Brain Tumor Association$2,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00010%
Redux Contemporary Art Center$2,00020%
St Bonaventure Catholic Parish in Davie Inc$1,5001n/a
St Matthews House Inc$1,50010%
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida Inc$1,50020%
Cristo Rey Miami High School Inc$1,50010%
Holy Angels Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc$1,00010%
Gulf Coast Knights Baseball Inc$1,0001n/a
Gulf Coast Crush Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($946k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Joseph J Schott Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSchott Memorial Center Inc: $410,000 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetHarbor Hall Inc: $250,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCarolina Art Association Dba Gibbes Museum of Art: $181,519 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $165,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center: $165,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetPorter-Gaud Foundation: $145,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetRoper St Francis Foundation: $125,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCharleston Library Society: $121,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetChildren's Museum of the Lowcountry: $100,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTrident Academy Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTrident United Way: $80,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMcLaren Northern Michigan Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHERA Inc: $47,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetMount Sinai Medical Center Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Aquarium: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSt Rita School For The Deaf: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMeet The Needs Charleston: $25,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCollege of Charleston Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Naples Education Center Inc: $24,400 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetNch Healthcare System Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Cushman School Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedical University of South Carolina Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReading Partners: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Alliance Network Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Angels Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Village Repertory Company: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetHarbor Springs Library: $10,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetRoom at the Inn: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLowcountry Food Bank Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSimple Needs GA Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lilabean Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLiberty Youth Ranch Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBliss Spiritual Co-Op: $6,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetThe Dan Marino Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Resource Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIBU Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWake Up Carolina: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPelotonia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEls for Autism Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClaflin University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAggieland Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC32.3× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Post and Courier Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · John M Rivers Jr Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Wayne and Alicia Gregory Family Foundation Fka River Oaks Foundation · Guffey Family 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.

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About Joseph J Schott Foundation

How much does Joseph J Schott Foundation give?
Joseph J Schott Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $501,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Joseph J Schott Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Joseph J Schott Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Schott Memorial Center Inc ($410k), Harbor Hall Inc ($250k), Carolina Art Association Dba Gibbes Museum of Art ($182k).
Does Joseph J Schott Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Joseph J Schott Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Joseph J Schott Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Central Carolina Community Foundation, Post and Courier Foundation.
Where is Joseph J Schott Foundation based?
Joseph J Schott Foundation is based in SC.

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 133 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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