Virginia · Private foundation
Neil Schlussel Family 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $379k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Neil Schlussel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 8 | $20k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $17k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $15k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $15k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $13k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | $39,190 | 6 | 1% |
| The Safe Children Foundation | $23,082 | 9 | 0% |
| Air Force Security Forces Association | $11,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Carpenter's Shelter Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| ALIVE Inc | $5,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools | $4,940 | 3 | 0% |
| Air University Foundation | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Hospice | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Abused and Homeless Children's Refuge Inc | $2,664 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Kesem National | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | $39,190 | 6 | 1% |
| The Safe Children Foundation | $23,082 | 9 | 0% |
| Air Force Security Forces Association | $11,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Carpenter's Shelter Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| ALIVE Inc | $5,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools | $4,940 | 3 | 0% |
| Air University Foundation | $4,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Hospice | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Abused and Homeless Children's Refuge Inc | $2,664 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Kesem National | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Literacy Council of Northern Virginia Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital Caring Health | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities in Schools of Richmond Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Bikes | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Second Chance Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| The Reading Connection Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspire Afterschool Learning | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Childsavers- Memorial Child Guidance Clinic | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Benjamin Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Main Street Child Development Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Computer Core Inc | $357 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Neil Schlussel Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Randolph D Rouse Foundation Inc · Act for Alexandria · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Ivakota Assoc Inc · Alloy Family Foundation Inc · The Maple Tree Fund · Calvert and Sally Simmons Foundation
How this is measured
About Neil Schlussel Family Foundation
- How much does Neil Schlussel Family Foundation give?
- Neil Schlussel Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $20,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Neil Schlussel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (58%), Human Services (10%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
- Who are Neil Schlussel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fairfax Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc ($39k), The Safe Children Foundation ($23k), Air Force Security Forces Association ($11k).
- Does Neil Schlussel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Neil Schlussel Family 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 Neil Schlussel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, United Way of the National Capital Area, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Neil Schlussel Family Foundation based?
- Neil Schlussel Family Foundation is based in VA.
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