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Schooler 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.

$323k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$444kPublic Safety & Disaster$128kRecreation & Sports$112kPhilanthropy$91kCommunity Improvement$75kYouth Development$41kHuman Services$40kAnimals$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $244k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,450
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
MUSKINGUM VALLEY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER$46,214
OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES$40,000
COSHOCTON CITY AND COUNTY PARK DISTRICT$33,865
Individual grant recipient$25,000
MUSKINGUM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$15,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$15,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER$15,000
CLARY GARDEN FOUNDATION$13,292
ROSCOE VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC$10,450
THREE RIVERS RECREATION INC$10,000
KIDS AMERICA$10,000
VILLAGE OF WARSAW$10,000
Individual grant recipient$9,100
HANOVER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$8,675
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER: $20k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER: $15k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER: $15k → 10%ECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $20k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$701k · 14 repeat orgs$328k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
11

Total granted

$701k
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+66%

Still filing today

64%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $200k · revenue +23%
  • TO
    THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $198k · revenue +31%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • CC
    COSHOCTON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • CC
    COSHOCTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2022 · $36k
  • CC
    COSHOCTON COUNTY DRUG COUNCIL
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
2
Akron Community Foundation

To identify, activate, and support informed and passionate philanthropists who strive to improve the quality of life in our community. we accomplish this by:- building a permanent source of charitable funding- cultivating strategic…

Philanthropy
3
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
4
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
5
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
6
Central Ohio Youth for Christ Inc

Coyfc reaches young people everywhere, working with the local church and other like minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the word of god and prayer, passion for…

Youth Development
7
Delaware County Foundation

Strengthening the community by connecting people through charitable giving

Philanthropy
8
Ohio District Kiwanis Foundation Inc

The mission of the ohio district kiwanis foundation is to raise, manage, and distribute funds to support programs of ohio district kiwanis family organizations for the improvement of lives of individuals. the focus will be fundraising and…

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9
Columbus Hospice Inc

Care of the terminally ill

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10
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
11
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
12
Columbus Medical Association Foundation

The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Clary Garden Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COSHOCTON CITY AND COUNTY PARK DISTRICT: $66,664 · OtherCOSHOCTON CITY AND COUNTY PARK DISTRICTCOSHOCTON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY: $50,000 · OtherCOSHOCTON COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITYMUSKINGUM VALLEY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER: $46,214 · OtherMUSKINGUM VALLEY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERCOSHOCTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $36,346 · OtherCOSHOCTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICESPERRY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $36,000 · OtherPERRY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEESTHE SALVATION ARMY: $33,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCOSHOCTON COUNTY DRUG COUNCIL: $30,456 · OtherCOSHOCTON COUNTY DRUG COUNCILIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVICTORY MINISTRIES INCORPORATED - CENTER OF HOPE: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $19,679 · Other+13 more: $83,039 · Other+13 moreOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $197,500 · EducationTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGESCLARY GARDEN FOUNDATION: $58,292 · PhilanthropyTHE MUSKINGUM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $4,250 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,300 · Human ServicesECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesROSCOE VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,325 · Arts & CultureSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $20,000 · AnimalsKIDS AMERICA INC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$446,398Education$397,500Philanthropy$77,542Human Services$70,300Arts & Culture$25,325Animals$20,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $197,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCLARY GARDEN FOUNDATION: $58,292 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROSCOE VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,325 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MUSKINGUM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHanover Volunteer Fire Department: $8,675 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPILOT DOGS ALLOWAY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MAHONING VALLEY: $8,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOSHOCTON FOUNDATION: $3,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MUSKINGUM VALLEY COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPY OHIO: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Coshocton FoundationMontgomery FoundationNetwork for GoodAmazonsmile Foundation
Coshocton FoundationOH24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coshocton Foundation · Montgomery Foundation · Network for Good · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Schooler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schooler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 35 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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