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Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund

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.

$79k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
79
Grants FY2024
69
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$750
Largest grant, FY2024
$4,000
Organizations funded a year
64 to 73
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthOther
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 arriving78$78k18%
FY202369$71k6%
FY202273$88k14%
FY202165$77k6%
FY202067$76k7%
FY201964$78kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$110kEducation$87kHealth$70kHuman Services$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kEnvironment$23kPhilanthropy$22kReligion$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
TN
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Richmond Symphony$37,75060%
Jewish Community Center of Richmond$18,20060%
Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation$12,50060%
Bruce Museum Inc$11,52060%
The Collegiate School$11,00060%
Virginia Repertory Theatre$11,00060%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$9,00060%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$9,00060%
The Trustees of the Smith College$9,00060%
New York Botanical Garden$8,80060%
Virginia Historical Society$6,50060%
Children's Museum of Richmond$6,00060%
Maymont Foundation$6,00060%
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts$6,0006n/a
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities$6,00060%
Jewish Family Services Inc$5,25060%
Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$4,50060%
The Richmond Ballet$4,50060%
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated$3,75060%
Health Brigade$3,50060%
The Valentine Museum$3,50060%
St Joseph's Villa$3,00060%
American Heart Association Inc$3,00060%
Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$3,00060%
Washington and Lee University$3,00060%
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School$3,00060%
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc$3,00060%
United States Fund for Unicef$3,00020%
Medical College of Va Foundation$3,00020%
The Virginia Home$3,00060%
Daily Planet Incorporated$3,00060%
Beth Sholom Home of Virginia$3,00060%
The Glaucoma Foundation Inc$2,25060%
Jewish Community Federation of Richmond$2,25010%
University of Richmond$2,00020%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$2,00030%
Historic Richmond Foundation$1,75060%
Anti-Defamation League$1,55060%
Greater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc$1,50060%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,50010%
Friends of the Richmond Public Library$1,5006n/a
Virginia Voice Inc$1,50060%
Children's Home Society of Virginia$1,50060%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$1,00010%
The Performing Arts Center Foundation$1,0001n/a
Alfred Harcourt Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Purchase College Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Heart of Virginia Council Inc$1,00030%
Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives Tr$5002n/a
Westminster Canterbury Foundation$50010%
Middlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc$50010%
Comfort Zone Camp Inc$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
The Visual Arts Center of Richmond$25010%
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Richmond Symphony: $37,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Community Center of Richmond: $18,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBruce Museum Inc: $11,520 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Collegiate School: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Repertory Theatre: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Garden Conservancy Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetShatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $8,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Historical Society: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Museum of Richmond: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMaymont Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Center for Inclusive Communities: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Services Inc: $5,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRichmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Richmond Ballet: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated: $3,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHealth Brigade: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Valentine Museum: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph's Villa: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of the Lawrenceville School: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedical College of Va Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Virginia Home: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDaily Planet Incorporated: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBeth Sholom Home of Virginia: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Glaucoma Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Federation of Richmond: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Richmond Foundation: $1,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $1,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Richmond Scan - Stop Child Abuse Now Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Voice Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Virginia: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlfred Harcourt Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPurchase College Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeart of Virginia Council Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWestminster Canterbury Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddlesex County Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 52.

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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.

The Community Foundation IncVA45.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Herndon Foundation · Carmax Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Robins Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · The Pauley 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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How do I get to Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund?

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About Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund

How much does Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund give?
Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund reported 79 grants totaling $79,170 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 64 and 73 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Education (19%), Health (15%).
Who are Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Richmond Symphony ($38k), Jewish Community Center of Richmond ($18k), Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation ($13k).
Does Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund 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 Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Herndon Foundation, Carmax Foundation.
Where is Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund based?
Kathryn & W H Schwarzschild Fund is based in VA.

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 102 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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