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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
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$86kHuman Services$47kYouth Development$14kArts & Culture$11kHousing & Shelter$11kFood & Nutrition$8kEmployment$3kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2023 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 45 grants below total $98,950 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $121,250 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $22,300 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k43 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$1,100
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$10,500
Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation$10,000
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$5,700
Swedish Medical Center Foundation$5,300
Salvation Army - Tacoma$5,200
Stroum Jewish Community Center$3,500
Overlake Hospital Foundation$3,400
Emergency Food Network$3,400
New Horizons Ministries$3,400
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$3,200
Boy Scouts of America - Chief Seattle Council$3,200
YMCA of Greater Seattle$3,200
Salvation Army$2,800
ArtsFund$2,500
Jewish Family Services$2,300
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$190k · 42 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships — 42 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
4

Total granted

$190k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+38%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $31k · revenue +160%
  • SC
    Seattle Children's Foundation
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +92%
  • MB
    MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $11k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • FI
    FAITHTRUST INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +7%
  • CC
    CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER SEATTLE
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • DM
    DONEY MEMORIAL PET CLINIC DBA DONEY COE PET CLINICgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $700 · revenue +38%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
2
Nexus Youth and Families

Restoring hope, building futures, and strengthening our communities through programs with youth, young adults and families. we support the behavioral health of at-risk and in-crisis youth across the greater south king county area. we take…

Human Services
3
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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4
Healthpoint

Healthpoint strengthens communities and improves people's health by delivering quality services, breaking down barriers and providing access to all.

Health
5
Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle children's hospital (seattle children's) will be an innovative leader in pediatric health and wellness through our unsurpassed quality, clinical care, relentless spirit of inquiry, and compassion for all children and their…

Health
6
Sound Credit Union

A member owned cooperative providing financial services, including loans and share deposits to its members.

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7
Seattle Children's Guild Association

Seattle children's guild association advocates for seattle children's hospital through volunteer, philanthropic and community endeavors to ensure hope, excellent care and advanced cures for children.

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8
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

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9
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
10
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
11
Seattle Children's Healthcare System

Seattle children's healthcare system (schs) is engaged in activities relating to the provision of health care services to infants, children, and adolescents, delivering and improving the delivery and the quality of those services through…

Health
12
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Children's Foundation and the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Hospital SystemsFood Pantries and AssistanceYmca Community CentersJewish Community FederationsSenior Support ServicesYouth Development CentersCommunity Arts CentersDomestic Violence and Sexua…United Way AffiliatesGovernment Accountability &…Animal Rescue and Shelter
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr18%21%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr15%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr18%11%20–35yr13%47%35–55yr15%28%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 5% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
5%
2/37
the rest of the field
12%
4,743/38,931

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Seattle Children's Foundation — $20,000 · OtherSeattle Children's FoundationTHE SALVATION ARMY — $10,100 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYStroum Jewish Community Center — $6,800 · OtherStroum Jewish Community CenterFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER — $6,200 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $6,200 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICASalvation Army — $5,400 · OtherSalvation ArmyChildren's Home Society of WA — $3,300 · OtherUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY — $3,100 · Other+19 more — $28,800 · Other+19 moreSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $30,800 · HealthSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDA…MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $11,100 · HealthMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDA…OVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $6,650 · HealthOVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONAmerican Heart Association Inc — $1,750 · HealthNEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES — $6,600 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS MINI…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871) — $6,200 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S C…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $4,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SER…NORTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER — $4,300 · Human ServicesNORTHSHORE SENIOR…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $2,300 · Human ServicesAmerican National…HOPELINK — $1,750 · Human ServicesHOPELINKLifeWire — $1,750 · Human ServicesLifeWirePIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER — $1,750 · Human ServicesPIKE MARKET SENIO…EVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION — $1,050 · Human ServicesARTSFUND — $4,900 · Arts & CultureTACOMA ARTS LIVE — $3,700 · Arts & CultureKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO — $1,050 · Arts & CultureEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY — $6,600 · Food & NutritionBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND — $1,750 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON — $1,750 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE — $1,250 · Youth DevelopmentTHE RESCUE MISSION — $4,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$89,900Health$50,300Human Services$30,200Arts & Culture$9,650Food & Nutrition$6,600Youth Development$4,750Housing & Shelter$4,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 budgetEMERGENCY FOOD NETWORK OF TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY — $6,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES — $6,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871) — $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER — $6,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $6,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARTSFUND — $4,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION — $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $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 budgetWASHINGTON COUNCIL OF THE BLIND — $1,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND INC — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHolocaust Center For Humanity — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPELINK — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifeWire — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTH PUGET SOUND — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPIKE MARKET SENIOR CENTER — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON — $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 budgetEVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION — $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO — $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
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Schoenfeld-Gardner 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home