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Roberta and Ernest Scheller Jr Family Foundation at a glance

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Roberta and Ernest Scheller Jr Family Foundation

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.

$502k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.5MReligion$281kHealth$279kInternational$138kScience & Tech$123kArts & Culture$74kPublic Benefit$25kCivil Rights$24kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $477k
$59,150
Median grant
6
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER$200,000
FUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW$118,000
AMERICANS FOR BEN GURION UNIVERSITY$100,000
VARIOUS$59,150
OCEAN REEF CHAPEL & FELLOWSHIP$10,000
BRAVO VAIL$10,000
HADASSAH$5,000
FLOW THROUGH FROM BAUPOST$137
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S FUND: $500 → 14%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 10%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 10%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 62 repeat orgs$481k to everyone else

62 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 58 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
46

Total granted

$3.1M
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+15%

Still filing today

56%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $387k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $146k · revenue +257%
  • TF
    THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
    4× · 2017–2023 · $123k · revenue +31%
  • HO
    Hillels of Georgia Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $51k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • JU
    JNF USA ISRAEL RELIANCE CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • FI
    FREEDOMWORKS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -43%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
5
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
8
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
9
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
10
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
11
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
12
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Jax Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

68 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. 68 of the 117 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/68
Grantees still filing
48/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEORGIA TECH: $1,146,900 · OtherGEORGIA TECHAMERICAN ASSOC BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY: $785,020 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOC BEN-GURION UNIVERSITYFOX CHASE CANCER CENTER: $200,000 · OtherFOX CHASE CANCER CENTERBNAI VAIL CONGREGATION INC: $173,600 · OtherBNAI VAIL CONGREGATION INC+70 more: $634,789 · Other+70 moreAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $146,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15,000 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $14,000 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · Education+17 more: $91,000 · EducationTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $123,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $118,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,500 · International+2 more: $1,500 · InternationalBREASTCANCERORG: $50,000 · HealthAGRIS-ZINDLER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 · Health+4 more: $6,000 · HealthMOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $9,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $16,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $500 · Civil Rights
Other$2,940,309Education$278,500Arts & Culture$125,500International$124,000Health$76,000Human Services$23,500Civil Rights$16,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $146,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $123,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $118,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHillels of Georgia Inc: $50,800 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBREASTCANCERORG: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAGRIS-ZINDLER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 3y, 66% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC: $9,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetADAMS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,030 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetB NAI B RITH: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $1,000 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 AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW ↗
  • Who funds Hillels of Georgia Inc ↗
  • Who funds BREASTCANCERORG ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AGRIS-ZINDLER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOMWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOORINGS PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania ↗
  • Who funds WIDENER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds The University of Findlay ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Verizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA12.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Roberta and Ernest Scheller Jr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roberta and Ernest Scheller Jr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 117 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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