· Private foundation
Schoenith 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTHS | $10,000 |
| FRAXA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| ART OF ELAN | $5,000 |
| WORDS ALIVE | $4,000 |
| YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES | $4,000 |
| HOSKINS PARK MINISTRIES | $3,000 |
| E2D INC | $3,000 |
| FRAGILE X SOCIETY ASSN OF SOUTHERN CA | $2,500 |
| SAN DIEGO AUDUBON SOCIETY | $1,500 |
| SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY | $1,000 |
| LIVES IN THE BALANCE INC | $1,000 |
| MOUNT TAMALPAIS COLLEGE | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWords Alive9× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +58%
- SDSan Diego Bird Alliance9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +84%
- AOART OF ELAN8× · 2018–2025 · $37k · revenue +130%
Funded once
- FXFRAGILE X SOCIETY ASSOCIATION OF S CALIone grant, 2022 · $10k
- SASDSU AZTEC CLUBone grant, 2020 · $8k
- MCMOORESVILLE CHILDREN'S THEATREone grant, 2020 · $4k
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.
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.
Balboa Park Conservancy (the Conservancy) was organized on November 3, 1923. The Conservancy is the City of San Diegos (the City) partner and advocated for the greater good of Balboa Park (the Park). The Conservancy collaborated with and…
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.
Dreams for Change's mission is to respond to the needs of San Diegans by creating innovative and cost-effective programs to empower and stabilize the lives of under-served families and individuals.
The New Childrens Museum (the Museum) in San Diego is an arts-based childrens museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive, engaging experiences with…
Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…
to advance regional contemporary art and artists while fostering cultural equity through access to meaningful art experiences
Institute of Public Strategies (IPS) is a nonprofit corporation that receives its funding from local and federal governmental agencies and private foundations, through long-term grants or contracts to provide community-level services…
Pasadena bio collaborative incubator is a nonprofit organization focused on economic development and job creation in southern california. we encourage the growth of an innovative biotechnology industry by providing educational/training…
The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…
To advance workforce and talent development within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") sectors by fostering excellence in education, expanding access to opportunities, and delivering transformative resources to…
The policy & innovation center's (pic) mission is to unlock the region's potential by cultivating and building partnerships. our niche is to address intractable issues that can only be solved with cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional…
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Words Alive ↗
- Who funds San Diego Bird Alliance ↗
- Who funds ART OF ELAN ↗
- Who funds MONARCH SCHOOL PROJECT ↗
- Who funds YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ↗
- Who funds FRAXA Research Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO BREASTFEEDING CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOSKINS PARK MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH ↗
- Who funds California Native Plant Society ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL FRAGILE X FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Art Produce ↗
- Who funds ACCESSURF HAWAII INC ↗
- Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC ↗
- Who funds KITCHENS FOR GOOD ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds SONNY CARTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IncludEd ↗
- Who funds ONE MORE WAVE SURF CORP ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds Lives in the Balance Inc ↗
- Who funds ABANDON PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds PRISON UNIVERSITY PROJECT INC DBA MOUNT TAMALPAIS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
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 San Diego Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Parker Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Schoenith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schoenith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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