Massachusetts · Private foundation
Richard Schwartz Family Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $205k
- Granted FY2018
- 14
- Grants FY2018
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Richard Schwartz Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Richard Schwartz Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $205k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 36% of the organizations Richard Schwartz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 14 | $205k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $195k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Bnai Israel | $115,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wellspring Cooperative Corporation | $68,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Community Adolescent Resource and Education Center Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| No Boundaries Coalition Inc | $48,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Right to the City Alliance | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northampton Community Arts Trust Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers Home | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| St Francis Neighborhood Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Bnai Israel | $115,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Wellspring Cooperative Corporation | $68,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Community Adolescent Resource and Education Center Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| No Boundaries Coalition Inc | $48,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Right to the City Alliance | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northampton Community Arts Trust Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers Home | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| St Francis Neighborhood Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pioneer Valley Workers Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Warren J Plaut Charitable Trust | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Fusion Partnership Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| OUT For JUSTICE INC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Intersection of Change Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($161k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard Schwartz 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 Beveridge Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Peace Development Fund · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare Richard Schwartz Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Richard Schwartz Family Foundation
- How much does Richard Schwartz Family Foundation give?
- Richard Schwartz Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $205,000 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Richard Schwartz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Housing & Shelter (3%), Community Improvement (3%).
- Who are Richard Schwartz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Congregation Bnai Israel ($115k), Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc ($70k), Wellspring Cooperative Corporation ($68k).
- Does Richard Schwartz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard Schwartz 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 Richard Schwartz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Beveridge Family Foundation, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Peace Development Fund.
- Where is Richard Schwartz Family Foundation based?
- Richard Schwartz Family Foundation is based in MA.
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