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Schirtzer Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Schirtzer Family 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.

$75k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Civil Rights$80kCrime & Legal$70kHousing & Shelter$40kInternational$25kEducation$20kArts & Culture$15kScience & Tech$15kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$302k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BET TZEDEK$20,000
LAVINE FAMILY INNOVATION FUND$15,000
COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS$10,000
RAICES$10,000
ACLU$5,000
MERCY SHIPS$5,000
WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL$5,000
PRO PUBLICA INC$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%BEAUTY 2 THE STREETZ: $10k → 14%BEAUTY 2 THE STREETZ: $10k → 14%BEAUTY 2 THE STREETZ: $10k → 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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$200k · 7 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$200k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalArts & 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

  • RI
    REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +49%
  • BT
    BET TZEDEK
    5× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +47%
  • B2
    Beauty 2 The Streetz
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +3%
  • LF
    LA FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • AA
    ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +105%
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
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
The International Refugee Rights Initiative

To enhance the protection of rights of the displaced worldwide by the provision of advice and assistance on the application of international law, the conducting of research on the interpretation and application of international law and the…

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4
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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5
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
6
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
7
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
8
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
9
The Coalition for the Homeless Inc

The coalition's mission is to help transition homeless and at risk individuals and families to self-sufficiency through housing programs and supportive services.

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10
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
11
Citizens Commission On Human Rights

The citizens commission on human rights (cchr) is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health industry watchdog whose mission is to eradicate abuses committed under the guise of mental health. we work to ensure patient and…

International
12
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc; the most unlike its peers is Covenant House California. 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

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 16 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BET TZEDEK: $60,000 · OtherBET TZEDEKLAVINE FAMILY INNOVATION FUND: $15,000 · OtherLAVINE FAMILY INNOVATION FUNDLA FOOD BANK: $10,000 · OtherLA FOOD BANKACLU: $5,000 · OtherACLUREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $60,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER …COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $10,000 · Civil RightsCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGR…Beauty 2 The Streetz: $30,000 · Human ServicesBeauty 2 The St…COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE …Mercy Ships International: $15,000 · InternationalMercy Ships…ACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $10,000 · InternationalACTION AGAI…Equality Now Inc: $5,000 · InternationalEquality No…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationPRO PUBLICA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$90,000Civil Rights$70,000Human Services$40,000International$30,000Education$20,000Arts & Culture$15,000Public Benefit$10,000Crime & Legal$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBET TZEDEK: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBeauty 2 The Streetz: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Schirtzer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schirtzer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Schirtzer Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Schirtzer Family 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 16 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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