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Schatz 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.

$42k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 36
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$700k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Schatz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving38$42k13%
FY202336$59k11%
FY202222$24k14%
FY202135$41k20%
FY202026$32k8%
FY201935$37k26%
FY201830$36k57%
FY201731$39kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$93kEducation$55kEnvironment$54kFood & Nutrition$32kCivil Rights$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kHousing & Shelter$8kScience & Tech$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Schatz Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Vermont Public Radio$22,90070%
Shelburne Museum Inc$20,00080%
Shelburne Farms$20,00080%
Belmont University$15,00060%
University School of Nashville$14,00070%
Nashville Public Radio$12,00040%
Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont$8,00070%
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd$8,00030%
Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc$8,00080%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$7,98080%
Belcourt Theatre Inc$7,02070%
Pitzer College$7,00070%
Frist Art Museum$5,50050%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$5,00050%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$5,00050%
Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications$4,80060%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$4,50070%
Lake Champlain Committee Inc$4,00070%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,00030%
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation$4,00070%
350org$3,00030%
Addison Volunteer Fire Dept$3,00031%
Vermont Foodbank$2,52140%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,25940%
Vergennes Partnership Inc$2,25032%
RHIZOME COMMUNICATIONS INC co NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$2,00040%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Sheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society Inc$1,50030%
Nashville Public Television Inc$1,20010%
Olpc Inc$1,00011%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$1,00010%
Hampshire College Trustees$1,00010%
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$1,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Town Hall Theater Inc$75010%
Middlebury Studio School$60030%
Intervale Center Inc$50010%
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc$50010%
Colorado State University Foundation$40040%
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd$25010%
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc$10710%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($97k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Schatz Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVermont Public Radio: $22,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetShelburne Museum Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetShelburne Farms: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont University: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity School of Nashville: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Public Radio: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFlynn Center for the Performing Arts Ltd: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommittee on Temporary Shelter Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $7,980 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBelcourt Theatre Inc: $7,020 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPitzer College: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFrist Art Museum: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Lake Public Telecommunications: $4,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLake Champlain Committee Inc: $4,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budget350org: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAddison Volunteer Fire Dept: $3,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVermont Foodbank: $2,521 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,259 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVergennes Partnership Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetRHIZOME COMMUNICATIONS INC co NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSheldon Art Museum Archaeological and Historical Society Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNashville Public Television Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOlpc Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHampshire College Trustees: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUS Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTown Hall Theater Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddlebury Studio School: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIntervale Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Land Trust for Tennessee Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado State University Foundation: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Journalism Trust Ltd: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChamplain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity Inc: $107 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

The Vermont Community FoundationVT24.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · The Andrew Allen Charitable Foundation · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Memorial Foundation Inc · Shayne Foundation · The Joel C & Bernice W Gordon Family Foundation · James R Meadows Jr Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · Msb Cockayne Fund 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.

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About Schatz Family Foundation

How much does Schatz Family Foundation give?
Schatz Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $42,074 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Schatz Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Education (17%), Environment (17%).
Who are Schatz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vermont Public Radio ($23k), Shelburne Museum Inc ($20k), Shelburne Farms ($20k).
Does Schatz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Schatz 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 Schatz Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, Ibm International Foundation, The Blum Family Foundation.
Where is Schatz Family Foundation based?
Schatz Family Foundation is based in VT.

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 80 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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