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Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc at a glance

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Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc

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 FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$51kEducation$14kEnvironment$12kInternational$7kPhilanthropy$7kRecreation & Sports$6kHuman Services$4kHealth$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$316k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOROTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,715
THE WHEELER SCHOOL$2,000
SHEPPARD MEMORIAL FUND$2,000
LION CHARTER SCHOOL$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
WIKS USA$1,000
SUMMER ST CHURCH$1,000
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL$1,000
AT HOME IN DARIEN$750
PET PARTNERS$100
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AT HOME IN DARIEN: $1k → 9%AT HOME IN DARIEN: $750 → 9%AT HOME IN DARIEN: $500 → 9%AT HOME IN DARIEN: $500 → 9%AT HOME IN DARIEN: $500 → 9%CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $500 → 9%AT HOME IN DARIEN: $250 → 9%CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $100 → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION: $200 → 9%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

WA
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
RI
VA
DC
OK
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85k · 15 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
20

Total granted

$85k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+99%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • DC
    Darien Community Association Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +51%
  • NC
    NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $6k · revenue +82%
  • WI
    WIKS-USA INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $6k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • MC
    MADOO CONSERVANCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +105%
  • WH
    WITH HONOR FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • KE
    Kids Empowered by Your Support Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +41%
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
Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…

Animals
2
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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3
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
4
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
5
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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6
Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network Inc

The mission of Dana-Farber Cancer Care Network (DFCCN) is to promote and support, directly or indirectly, the interests and purposes of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).

Health
7
Daemen University

Private, independent university providing higher education to students. The mission of Daemen University is to prepare creative, ethically-minded leaders for a diverse and interconnected world by integrating the intellectual strengths…

Education
8
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
9
Darrow School

Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

Education
10
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
11
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
12
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc; the most unlike its peers is Christian Mission to Gaza. 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

24 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. 24 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NOROTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $49,465 · OtherNOROTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWITH HONOR FUND: $3,000 · Other+19 more: $17,250 · Other+19 moreNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,700 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET CO…MADOO CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentMADOO CONSER…BUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $1,000 · EnvironmentBUZZARDS BAY…WIKS-USA INC: $5,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International Inc: $750 · InternationalNAMBALE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalDarien Community Association Inc: $6,000 · Community ImprovementTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $4,000 · EducationDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $1,000 · EducationPINE MANOR COLLEGE: $500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $250 · EducationAT HOME IN DARIENINC: $3,500 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $600 · Human ServicesTHE CARVER INC: $200 · Human ServicesKids Empowered by Your Support Inc: $1,475 · Arts & CultureDARIEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$69,715Environment$11,700International$7,850Community Improvement$6,000Education$5,750Human Services$4,300Arts & Culture$2,475

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDarien Community Association Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWIKS-USA INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAT HOME IN DARIENINC: $3,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUZZARDS BAY COALITION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDARIEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN MISSION TO GAZA: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINE MANOR COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 over 1y, 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.

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.

Chuza FoundationThe Goodnow FundFairfield County's Co…The Darien Foundation…The Stuart L Higley F…Alexandra FoundationRiley Family Foundati…The Jack and Tricia R…522 Foundation IncPieter and Yvette Een…The Rogers Family Fou…The Meredith and Whit…
Chuza FoundationCT15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chuza Foundation · The Goodnow Fund · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Darien Foundation Inc · The Stuart L Higley Foundation Inc · Alexandra Foundation · Riley Family Foundation · The Jack and Tricia Ryan Family Foundation · 522 Foundation Inc · Pieter and Yvette Eenkema Van Dijk Foundation · The Rogers Family Foundation · The Meredith and Whitney George Family 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 Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Buzzards Bay Coalition: 37% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Community Fund of Darien: 9% of income from government
  • Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association in: 9% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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