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Schoenfeld-Gardner 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.

$121k
Granted FY2023
45
Itemized grants FY2023
44
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$99k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$1,100
Largest grant, FY2023
$10,500
Organizations funded a year
44 to 46
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
2
Total assets, FY2023
$3.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202344$99k5%
FY202246$97kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$86kHuman Services$47kYouth Development$14kArts & Culture$11kHousing & Shelter$11kFood & Nutrition$8kEmployment$3kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$30,80020%
Seattle Children's Foundation$20,00020%
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$11,10020%
The Salvation Army$10,1002n/a
Overlake Hospital Foundation$6,65020%
New Horizons Ministries$6,60020%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$6,60020%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$6,20020%
Boy Scouts of America$6,20020%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$6,20020%
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All grantees of Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$30,80020%
Seattle Children's Foundation$20,00020%
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$11,10020%
The Salvation Army$10,1002n/a
Overlake Hospital Foundation$6,65020%
New Horizons Ministries$6,60020%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$6,60020%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871)$6,20020%
Boy Scouts of America$6,20020%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$6,20020%
Artsfund$4,90020%
Jewish Family Service$4,50020%
The Rescue Mission$4,50020%
Northshore Senior Center$4,30020%
Tacoma Arts Live$3,70020%
United Way of King County$3,10020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,30020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of King County$2,10020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound$1,75020%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$1,75020%
American Heart Association Inc$1,75020%
Pike Market Senior Center$1,75020%
Holocaust Center For Humanity$1,75020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound$1,75020%
Washington Council of the Blind$1,75021%
LifeWire$1,75020%
Hopelink$1,75020%
The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc$1,75020%
Faithtrust Institute$1,6001n/a
Susan G Komen Puget Sound Affiliate$1,5502n/a
Church Council of Greater Seattle$1,5001n/a
Violent Crime Victim Services$1,45020%
Treehouse$1,25020%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$1,05020%
Evergreenhealth Foundation$1,05020%
Doney Memorial Pet Clinic Dba Doney Coe Pet Clinic$70010%
Alliance for Education$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSwedish Medical Center Foundation: $30,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMary Bridge Children's Foundation: $11,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOverlake Hospital Foundation: $6,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Horizons Ministries: $6,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEmergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County: $6,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Seattle (6871): $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America: $6,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArtsfund: $4,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Service: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rescue Mission: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthshore Senior Center: $4,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTacoma Arts Live: $3,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of King County: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Washington: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPike Market Senior Center: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Council of the Blind: $1,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLifeWire: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHopelink: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lighthouse for the Blind Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetViolent Crime Victim Services: $1,450 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTreehouse: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKuow Puget Sound Public Radio: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEvergreenhealth Foundation: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDoney Memorial Pet Clinic Dba Doney Coe Pet Clinic: $700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlliance for Education: $500 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 33.

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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.

Seattle FoundationPuget Sound Energy Fo…The Norcliffe Foundat…United Way of King Co…Mightycause Charitabl…Raikes FoundationLucky Seven FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Real Progress Foundat…Medina FoundationWilliam E Wockner Fou…Glassybaby White Ligh…
Seattle FoundationWA32× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Raikes Foundation · Lucky Seven Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Real Progress Foundation · Medina Foundation · William E Wockner Foundation · Glassybaby White Light 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.

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About Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation

How much does Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation give?
Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation reported 45 itemized grants totaling $98,950, out of $121,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 46 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (14%), Human Services (8%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: Swedish Medical Center Foundation ($31k), Seattle Children's Foundation ($20k), Mary Bridge Children's Foundation ($11k).
Does Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Schoenfeld-Gardner 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 Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation based?
Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation is based in WA.

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 48 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $139k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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