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Schlinger 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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
90
Grants FY2024
95
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
95 to 103
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$4.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Schlinger 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; $644k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsOther
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 arriving69$2.9M29%
FY202395$3.2M24%
FY2022103$3.4M28%
FY202195$2.4M32%
FY2020101$2.1Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Environment$3.2MEducation$2.0MHealth$1.9MAnimals$1.2MArts & Culture$1.2MPhilanthropy$713kReligion$706kRecreation & Sports$520kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Environmental Defense Center$1,211,500516%
The Prentice School$1,202,35547%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$733,00036%
St Jude Hospital$600,00040%
Living Desert The$525,00050%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts$475,00050%
Turning Point USA Inc$470,00021%
Choc Foundation$400,00050%
AIDS Services Foundation Orange County$380,00051%
Giants Community Fund$260,00052%
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All grantees of Schlinger Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Environmental Defense Center$1,211,500516%
The Prentice School$1,202,35547%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$733,00036%
St Jude Hospital$600,00040%
Living Desert The$525,00050%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts$475,00050%
Turning Point USA Inc$470,00021%
Choc Foundation$400,00050%
AIDS Services Foundation Orange County$380,00051%
Giants Community Fund$260,00052%
California Association for Research in Astronomy$250,00050%
South County Outreach$225,00042%
Ocean Institute$225,00051%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$200,00050%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$200,00020%
Yorba Linda Friends Church$200,0002n/a
Acompas Inc Dba Flamenco Santa Barbara$151,500539%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$125,00021%
Peabody Charter School Foundation$117,500347%
Working Wardrobes For A New Start$115,00051%
The Surfrider Foundation$110,00050%
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County$105,00051%
Rock House Church$101,5001n/a
Stephen Prouse Ministries Inc$100,0001n/a
Walleyes Unlimited of Montana$100,000119%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$100,00011%
Csusb Philanthropic Foundation$100,00011%
Friends of Harbors Beaches and Parks Inc$100,000146%
Mission Plasticos$100,00044%
Children's Health Defense$97,50030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$95,00040%
Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara$95,00056%
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History$95,00050%
Community Environmental Council$92,00032%
Alzheimer's Orange County$90,00050%
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden$90,00041%
Crystal Cove Conservancy$87,00050%
Sparrow's Nest of Nw Mt$85,00055%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$85,00051%
Grace Place for Children and Families Inc$80,00050%
Santa Barbara Historical Museum$75,00042%
Heal the Ocean Inc$65,00023%
Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Foundation Inc$65,00057%
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc$63,50044%
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation$61,50030%
Aha Attitude Harmony Achievement$60,00031%
Page Youth Center$60,00043%
Kingdom Men's Gathering Inc$60,000126%
Friends of the Inyo$60,00043%
Wilderness Watch Inc$60,00034%
Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation$60,00031%
2e4me Academy Inc$60,000110%
Living Lands & Waters$60,00012%
Gwendolyn Strong Foundation$55,50042%
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts Inc$55,00040%
The Montana Land Reliance$55,00040%
Montana Trout Unlimited$55,00033%
Eastern Sierra Land Trust$55,00042%
Orangewood Foundation$55,00040%
Eddie Nash Foundation$50,000425%
Family Assistance Ministries$50,00040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley$50,00051%
Boys and Girls Club of the South Coast Area$50,00051%
National Organization for Rare Disorders Inc$50,00030%
Esperanza Wrestling Boosters Club$50,0001n/a
High Hopes Neurological Recovery Group$50,00022%
Special Olympics Montana Inc$50,00031%
Central Coast State Parks Association$50,00034%
Little League Baseball Inc East Hills Yorba Linda Little League Inc$47,000216%
Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation$45,00032%
Santa Ynez Valley Senior Citizens Foundation$43,50042%
The Scga Foundation$40,00021%
Gaviota Coast Conservancy$40,00035%
Flathead Land Trust$40,00031%
Prager University Foundation$40,00020%
Project Hope Alliance$37,50041%
Young America's Foundation$36,20030%
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Society$35,00044%
Pets for the Elderly Foundation$34,00043%
Waymakers$34,00010%
Redwood Parks Conservancy$33,50041%
The Laguna Playhouse$32,00051%
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc$31,70023%
Abundant Earth Foundation$30,00033%
Boys and Girls Club of Buena Park$30,00031%
Pacific Wildlife Care$30,00021%
Regenitech Fund Corp$30,000145%
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum$30,00021%
Friends of the Eastern California Museum$29,000424%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Brea-Placentia -Yorba Linda$26,80024%
Homeless Intervention Services of Orange County$25,00010%
Arts Outreach$25,00054%
In-N-Out Burgers Foundation$25,00010%
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County$25,00020%
Harmony Coast Aquaculture Institute$25,000115%
The Whale Museum$25,00031%
Earthjustice$25,00020%
Santa Ynez Valley Senior Advisory Council$25,00023%
Return to Freedom Inc$25,00031%
Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program$25,00042%
Sawdust Festival Corporation$23,60050%
CARE4Paws Inc$23,00031%
Grades of Green Inc$23,00032%
Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy$21,50011%
Lahui Foundation$20,00013%
Whitefish Lake Institute$20,00023%
The Weston a Price Foundation$20,00011%
San Luis Obispo Children's Museum$20,00024%
California Academy of Sciences$20,00010%
Kidworks Community Development Corp$20,00030%
Syv Fruit & Vegetable Rescue$20,00033%
Dedicated Animal Welfare Group of Laguna Niguel and Mission Viejo$20,000113%
Yorba Linda High School Golf Booster Club$20,0001n/a
Patriots and Paws$20,00011%
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara$20,00011%
Santa Barbara Middle School$20,00010%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$20,00020%
Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society$20,00030%
The Nurturing Center$20,00011%
Whitefish Legacy Partners Inc$18,00021%
Glioblastoma Foundation Inc$15,50030%
Elings Park Foundation$15,00020%
Santa Ynez Valley Outreach Center$15,00014%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$15,00010%
Hillside House$15,00020%
Olive Crest$15,00010%
Santa Ynez Valley Childrens Museum$15,00019%
Solvang Friendship House$15,00010%
Zoological Society of San Diego$15,00010%
Whitefish Community Aquatic & Health Center$15,00011%
Orcutt Area Seniors in Service Inc$15,00012%
Seed Savers Exchange Inc$13,00020%
NRA Foundation Inc$12,00010%
Foundation for Women Warriors$11,64511%
Earth Island Institute Inc$10,00010%
Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People$10,00010%
Meals on Wheels Foundation$10,00012%
Peace 4 Kids$10,00011%
Human Therapy on Horseback Inc$10,0002n/a
The Arbor Learning Community$10,00011%
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation$10,00011%
The Non-Gmo Project$10,00010%
Moms for Liberty Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Parentis Foundation$10,00012%
Woods Humane Society Inc$10,00010%
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network$10,0002n/a
Reimagine Network$10,00010%
Ocean Futures Society Inc$10,00013%
California Nature Art Museum$10,00011%
Advantage Flag Football$10,00012%
The Foundation for Girsh Park$10,00012%
Women's Ordination Conference$7,50014%
Brazos Valley Cares Inc$7,30012%
Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens$7,0001n/a
Ocean Defenders Alliance$6,00012%
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation$5,00010%
University of Washington Foundation$5,00010%
Whitefish Theatre Company$5,00011%
Waterrising Institute$5,0001n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$5,00010%
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee Inc$5,00010%
Wilderness Youth Project Inc$5,00010%
Californians for Population Stabilization$5,00011%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$5,00010%
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc$5,00010%
Flamenco Arts Festival Inc$5,0001n/a
Girls Rock Sb$5,00010%
The Epoch Times Media Group Los Angeles$5,00010%
Santa Ynez Valley Charter School Inc$5,00010%
History Center of San Luis Obispo County$5,00013%
Uc San Diego Foundation$5,00010%
Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara Inc$5,00010%
Coastline Christian Academy$5,00010%
Women's Economic Ventures$5,00010%
Dos Pueblos Football Boosters Club$5,0001n/a
Destroy Duchenne$5,000123%
Iglesia de Cristo Ministerios Ebenezer$5,0001n/a
The Mono Lake Foundation$3,50010%
California State Parks Foundation$3,50010%
Forest Trends Association$3,00010%
Central Coast Aquarium$3,00012%
Dana Point Historical Society$2,5001n/a
The Sandbox Group Inc$2,00010%
San Marcos High School Athletic Boosters Club$1,00016%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($430k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Schlinger Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 171 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEnvironmental Defense Center: $1,211,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetThe Prentice School: $1,202,355 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $733,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetSt Jude Hospital: $600,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Desert The: $525,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $475,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $470,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChoc Foundation: $400,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAIDS Services Foundation Orange County: $380,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetGiants Community Fund: $260,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCalifornia Association for Research in Astronomy: $250,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSouth County Outreach: $225,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetOcean Institute: $225,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAcompas Inc Dba Flamenco Santa Barbara: $151,500 over 5y, 39% of budgetChp 11-99 Foundation: $125,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPeabody Charter School Foundation: $117,500 over 3y, 47% of budgetWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $115,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $110,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County: $105,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWalleyes Unlimited of Montana: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCsusb Philanthropic Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFriends of Harbors Beaches and Parks Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetMission Plasticos: $100,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetChildren's Health Defense: $97,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAngels Foster Care of Santa Barbara: $95,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Museum of Natural History: $95,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Environmental Council: $92,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Orange County: $90,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSanta Barbara Botanic Garden: $90,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCrystal Cove Conservancy: $87,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSparrow's Nest of Nw Mt: $85,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetFriends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center: $85,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGrace Place for Children and Families Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSanta Barbara Historical Museum: $75,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetHeal the Ocean Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSanta Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetLos Padres Forestwatch Inc: $63,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Bowl Foundation: $61,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAha Attitude Harmony Achievement: $60,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPage Youth Center: $60,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetKingdom Men's Gathering Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetFriends of the Inyo: $60,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetWilderness Watch Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetMoxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation: $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% 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 171.

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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.

Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker FoundationCA78.6× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Www Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation

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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How do I get to Schlinger Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Schlinger Family Foundation 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.

About Schlinger Family Foundation

How much does Schlinger Family Foundation give?
Schlinger Family Foundation reported 90 grants totaling $3,004,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 95 and 103 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Schlinger Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (22%), Education (14%), Health (13%).
Who are Schlinger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Environmental Defense Center ($1.2M), The Prentice School ($1.2M), Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ($733k).
Does Schlinger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Schlinger 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 Schlinger Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation.
Where is Schlinger Family Foundation based?
Schlinger Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 208 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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