Oregon · Private foundation
Schlesinger Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $210k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 73% of the organizations Schlesinger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k 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 | 16 | $170k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $195k | 73% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $122k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $163k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitzer College | $195,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Oregon Zoo Foundation | $76,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $70,333 | 3 | 0% |
| Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Puget Sound | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Coast Land Conservancy Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Linfield University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Freshwater Trust | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Montessori Northwest | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitzer College | $195,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Oregon Zoo Foundation | $76,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $70,333 | 3 | 0% |
| Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Puget Sound | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North Coast Land Conservancy Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Linfield University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Freshwater Trust | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Montessori Northwest | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Youth Music Project | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Oregon Parks Forever | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Reading Results | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| High Desert Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Willamette Falls Trust | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charitable Partnership Fund | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Services Network | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Parks Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Turtle Shelter Project | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The DPI Group | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on Book Arts | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($170k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Schlesinger Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Swigert Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Schlesinger Family Foundation
- How much does Schlesinger Family Foundation give?
- Schlesinger Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $210,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Schlesinger Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Animals (15%), Environment (7%).
- Who are Schlesinger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Pitzer College ($195k), The Oregon Zoo Foundation ($77k), Portland Community College Foundation Inc ($70k).
- Does Schlesinger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Schlesinger Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Schlesinger Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Juan Young Trust.
- Where is Schlesinger Family Foundation based?
- Schlesinger Family Foundation is based in OR.
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