· Private foundation
Schell Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k18 grants · $385k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHEDRAL OF ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION | $240,000 |
| IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER | $60,000 |
| VITAE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| SPECIAL LEARNING CENTER | $50,000 |
| CROSS CATHOLIC OUTREACH | $40,000 |
| THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF MARY MOTHER OF CHURCH | $40,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $30,000 |
| CENTRAL MISSOURI FOSTER CARE & ADOPTION ASSOCIATION | $30,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTERAL & NORTHERN MISSORI | $25,000 |
| RAPE AND ABUSE CRISIS CENTER | $25,000 |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | $25,000 |
| THE FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI | $25,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $20,000 |
| CONCEPTION ABBY | $20,000 |
| SAMARITAN CENTER | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $960k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VFVITAE FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2025 · $435k · revenue +19%
- CCCAPITAL CITY AREA COUNCIL FOR SPECIAL SERVICES8× · 2018–2025 · $425k · revenue +354%
- SRSt Raymond's Society6× · 2018–2023 · $290k · revenue +415%
Funded once
- DODIOCESE OF JEFFERSON CITYone grant, 2022 · $250k
- MNMOTHER NATIONAL SHRINE OF MARYone grant, 2021 · $60k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $30k
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.
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.
Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us
A faith-based organization providing compassionaite, quality social services to the vulnerable.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
It is the mission of sinnissippi centers, inc. to provide quality, coordinated and responsive behavioral healthcare services to individuals, families and the communities we serve.
Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.
At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…
The mission of the southeast missouri food bank is to promote food recovery; acquire and distribute food and household products; and provide community leadership and education on issues of hunger and poverty in an effort to alleviate…
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
We, mercy medical center - centerville and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communitites. mercy medical center - centerville is a member of trinity…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 38 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 VITAE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL CITY AREA COUNCIL FOR SPECIAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds St Raymond's Society ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MISSOURI FOSTER CARE & ADOPTION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri ↗
- Who funds THE SAMARITAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds COVENANT NETWORK ↗
- Who funds SHOW-ME INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Benedictine College ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC ↗
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: Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc · Veterans United Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · A J Schwartze Community Foundation · United Way of Central Missouri Inc · Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Greater Horizons · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Schell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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