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Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,250
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$807k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving21$45k33%
FY202414$40k21%
FY202318$48k11%
FY202220$43k20%
FY202120$40k15%
FY202029$43k24%
FY201928$48k29%
FY201827$43k48%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$391kReligion$3kRecreation & Sports$3kHealth$2k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
MA
WY
IA
IN
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
KS
AR
TN
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Central College$10,89040%
Rockford University$8,92050%
Elmhurst University$8,60040%
Texas Christian University$8,09060%
Milwaukee School of Engineering$8,01140%
Luther College$7,60040%
Augustana College$6,09050%
Marquette University$5,09050%
Sauk Valley Community College$5,0004n/a
Wheaton College$4,99040%
Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Central College$10,89040%
Rockford University$8,92050%
Elmhurst University$8,60040%
Texas Christian University$8,09060%
Milwaukee School of Engineering$8,01140%
Luther College$7,60040%
Augustana College$6,09050%
Marquette University$5,09050%
Sauk Valley Community College$5,0004n/a
Wheaton College$4,99040%
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association$4,37520%
Depaul University$4,11920%
Carthage College$4,10030%
Western Michigan University$4,0003n/a
Maranatha Baptist University Inc$3,40030%
Loras College$3,20030%
Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa$3,00030%
Wartburg College$2,09020%
Loyola University of Chicago$2,00020%
Monmouth College$2,00020%
Coe College$2,00010%
Morrison Institute of Technology$2,00020%
Carleton College$2,00010%
Lake Forest College$2,00020%
Bradley University$2,00010%
University of Michigan$1,60011%
Carroll College$1,50010%
University of Wisconsin$1,4001n/a
Drake University$1,25010%
Northwestern University$1,2501n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$1,2501n/a
Illinois Wesleyan University$1,09010%
Saint John's University$1,00010%
Adrian College$1,00010%
University of Dubuque$1,00010%
University of Denver$1,00010%
Millikin University$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($261k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Central College: $10,890 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRockford University: $8,920 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetElmhurst University: $8,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Christian University: $8,090 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee School of Engineering: $8,011 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLuther College: $7,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAugustana College: $6,090 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $5,090 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWheaton College: $4,990 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Illinois University Alumni Association: $4,375 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDepaul University: $4,119 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarthage College: $4,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaranatha Baptist University Inc: $3,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLoras College: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWartburg College: $2,090 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola University of Chicago: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMonmouth College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCoe College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorrison Institute of Technology: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCarleton College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBradley University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $1,600 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCarroll College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDrake University: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Wesleyan University: $1,090 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint John's University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdrian College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dubuque: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMillikin University: $1,000 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 32.

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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.

Culver's Foundation I…Brent Taylor Perpetua…Enterprise Holdings F…Ibm International Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Culver's Foundation IncWI15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Culver's Foundation Inc · Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

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About Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust

How much does Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust give?
Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust reported 21 grants totaling $45,007 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Religion (1%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
Who are Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Central College ($11k), Rockford University ($9k), Elmhurst University ($9k).
Does Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Culver's Foundation Inc, Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
Where is Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust based?
Schoon Educational Scholarship Trust is based in WI.

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 72 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home