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Schuler Education 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,246,436
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,246,436
Organizations funded a year
1 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Schuler Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyPublic BenefitArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$1.2M0%
FY20231$2.0M0%
FY202213$1.4M38%
FY202134$46M35%
FY202019$11M79%
FY201835$1.6M97%
FY20171$327kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$53MPhilanthropy$11MArts & Culture$55kReligion$45kHuman Services$37kAnimals$27kHealth$24kInternational$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
MA
OR
SD
CA
UT
CO
MD
TN
DC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Schuler Education Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Schuler Initiative Supporting Charitable Trust$42,606,4061100%
Michael and Pamela Gordon Family Foundation$10,554,5001n/a
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$2,450,66021%
Carleton College$352,00020%
Williams College$250,00010%
President and Trustees of Bates College$250,00010%
Wellesley College$250,00010%
Midwest Young Artists$39,50031%
Misericordia Foundation$20,00021%
Knox College$9,00010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$8,00030%
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$7,50020%
The Center for Enriched Living Inc$7,50020%
Housing Forward$7,00020%
Trustees of Tufts College$7,00020%
Hephzibah Children's Association$7,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,00030%
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors$6,0002n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,64020%
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc$5,50020%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$5,00010%
History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff$5,00012%
Hooved Animal Humane Society$4,50020%
Northwestern University$3,00010%
Community Outreach Inc$3,00020%
Paws Chicago$3,00020%
Center on Halsted$2,50010%
World Resources Institute$2,50010%
The Lambs Farm Inc$2,00020%
Equestrian Connection NFP$2,00010%
Moab Music Festival Inc$2,00010%
Sick Town Derby Dames$2,00021%
Illinois Raptor Center$2,00011%
Eagle Valley Humane Society a Nonprofit Corporation$2,00021%
Mothers Trust Foundation$2,00020%
Friends of the Lake Bluff Library$2,0001n/a
Fill a Heart 4 Kids$1,50010%
Judicial Watch Inc$1,00010%
Knights of Columbus$1,0001n/a
Lake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$1,00012%
Chintimini Wildlife Center$1,00010%
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Citizens Foundation$1,00010%
Cato Institute$1,00010%
The Art Institute of Chicago$1,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$1,00010%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$50010%

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Schuler Education Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSchuler Initiative Supporting Charitable Trust: $42,606,406 over 1y, 100% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $2,450,660 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCarleton College: $352,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWilliams College: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Trustees of Bates College: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWellesley College: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMidwest Young Artists: $39,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMisericordia Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKnox College: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Enriched Living Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHousing Forward: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHephzibah Children's Association: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,640 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCraft Emergency Relief Fund Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistory Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHooved Animal Humane Society: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Outreach Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPaws Chicago: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lambs Farm Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEquestrian Connection NFP: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMoab Music Festival Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSick Town Derby Dames: $2,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetIllinois Raptor Center: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEagle Valley Humane Society a Nonprofit Corporation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMothers Trust Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFill a Heart 4 Kids: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Knights of Columbus Charities Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetChintimini Wildlife Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Citizens Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCato Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $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 42.

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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.

Trustmark FoundationIL17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Trustmark Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Buchanan Family Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Schuler Education Foundation

How much does Schuler Education Foundation give?
Schuler Education Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,246,436 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Schuler Education Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (83%), Philanthropy (16%), Arts & Culture (0%).
Who are Schuler Education Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Schuler Initiative Supporting Charitable Trust ($43M), Michael and Pamela Gordon Family Foundation ($11M), President and Fellows of Middlebury College ($2.5M).
Does Schuler Education Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Schuler Education 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 Schuler Education Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Trustmark Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Buchanan Family Foundation.
Where is Schuler Education Foundation based?
Schuler Education Foundation is based in IL.

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 69 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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