Kentucky · Private foundation
Schaeffer Foundation Inc
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.
- $54k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- 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, 47% of the organizations Schaeffer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $54k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $33k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $46k | 65% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $29k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $19k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Priory Inc | $43,600 | 6 | 16% |
| Holy Angels Academy | $22,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Americas Kids Belong | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Corpus Christi Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc | $4,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Center for Client Safety Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Renewal Project | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St John Center Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Louisville Beacon | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marian Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Priory Inc | $43,600 | 6 | 16% |
| Holy Angels Academy | $22,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Americas Kids Belong | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Corpus Christi Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc | $4,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Center for Client Safety Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Renewal Project | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St John Center Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Louisville Beacon | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marian Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Caritas Incorporated DBA Nearcare | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mercury One Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels in Disguise Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Students for Life of America Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Martins Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team Corp | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Center for the Developmentally Disabled | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Apostolic School Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Knights of Columbus | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Okolona Christian Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Day Spring Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($108k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Schaeffer Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Schaeffer Foundation Inc
- How much does Schaeffer Foundation Inc give?
- Schaeffer Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $53,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Schaeffer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (38%), Human Services (16%), Education (15%).
- Who are Schaeffer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Notre Dame Priory Inc ($44k), Holy Angels Academy ($23k), Americas Kids Belong ($20k).
- Does Schaeffer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Schaeffer Foundation Inc 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 Schaeffer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
- Where is Schaeffer Foundation Inc based?
- Schaeffer Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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