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Schuler 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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
99
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.5MAnimals$1.1MEducation$1.0MHuman Services$701kFood & Nutrition$394kRecreation & Sports$265kPhilanthropy$248kYouth Development$208kOther$0
02FY2024 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k62 grants · $93k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $490k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.1M
$1,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL$200,000
MAKE A WISH FDN OF HAWAII$150,000
HELPLINE HOUSE$125,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$125,000
SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE$100,000
SEATTLE HUMANE SOCIETY$50,000
VALOR CHRISTIAN HIGH SCOOL$50,000
MS I'MPOSSIBLE$50,000
HELPLINE HOUSE$50,000
LAWAKUA CHRITABLE FUND$50,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII$50,000
DYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS$50,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII$50,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
VISION HOUSE$25,000
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 (FY22–24, $389k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%HELPLINE HOUSE: $125k → 10%THE WISHING WELL FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%HELPLINE HOUSE: $50k → 10%HAWAII CARE CHOICES FKA HOSPICE OF HILO: $10k → 15%CANCER PATHWAYS: $25k → 9%HAWAII CARE CHOICES FKA HOSPICE OF HILO: $10k → 15%VISION HOUSE: $25k → 9%HOPELINK: $50k → 9%HOPELINK: $40k → 9%HOPELINK: $25k → 9%HOPELINK: $1k → 9%EVERGREEN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%EVERGREEN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
ID
NY
OR
IA
OH
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
MS
TX
FL
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 60 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

60 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 57 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
98

Total granted

$3.5M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+14%

Still filing today

55%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $942k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SN
    SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $402k · revenue +12%
  • TH
    THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $253k · revenue +42%
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII
    2× · 2023–2024 · $185k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • SN
    SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL (PLEDGE PAYMENT 2 OF 5)
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • HS
    Humane Society - Seattle (Tuxes & Tails) - 2018 Fund a Need - (3 of 3) COMPLETED
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • HS
    Humane Society - Seattle (Tuxes & Tails) - 2018 Fund a Need - (2 of 3) bal $100,000 NEW
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
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
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
2
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
3
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
4
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
5
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
6
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
7
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
8
Healthpoint

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

Health
9
Digital Harbor Foundation

Democratizing societal and economic well-being through digital equity for everyone, increased diversity in the tech sector, innovative education, and technology for the public good

Education
10
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc

As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…

Animals
11
Family Programs Hawaii

The mission of the organization is to strengthen youth and families through high quality prevention, support, and transition services.

Unclassified
12
Hospice Hawaii Inc

To promote the quality of life for persons facing life-limiting illnesses and for their families.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Hawaii; the most unlike its peers is Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc. 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

90 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. 90 of the 217 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/90
Grantees still filing
49/90
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL (PLEDGE PAYMENT 2 OF 5): $200,000 · Other+148 more: $3,634,000 · Other+148 moreMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $185,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $125,000 · HealthAMERICAN CA…SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $107,000 · HealthSWEDISH MED…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $80,000 · HealthST JUDE CHI…MS IMPOSSIBLE: $52,000 · HealthMS IMPOSSIB…GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthGLOBAL DOWN…+9 more: $86,000 · Health+9 moreTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $253,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $111,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIEN…PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $100,000 · AnimalsPASADO'S S…GREENHILL HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $50,000 · AnimalsGREENHILL …HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $35,000 · AnimalsHAWAIIAN H…Tunica Humane Society: $22,500 · Animals+7 more: $32,500 · Animals+7 moreHELPLINE HOUSE: $175,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINK: $136,000 · Human ServicesVISION HOUSE: $25,000 · Human ServicesEVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesCancer Pathways: $25,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $20,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF HILO: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $21,500 · Human ServicesSEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL: $402,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Education+3 more: $12,000 · EducationFOOD LIFELINE: $107,500 · Food & NutritionHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $95,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsLITTLE BIT THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,834,000Health$675,000Animals$604,000Human Services$467,500Education$464,000Food & Nutrition$203,500Recreation & Sports$161,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL: $402,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $253,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $185,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetHELPLINE HOUSE: $175,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $150,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetHOPELINK: $136,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $115,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $111,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $107,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $107,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $101,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $100,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFARESTART: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMS IMPOSSIBLE: $52,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCandlelighters For Children With Cancer: $50,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetGREENHILL HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $50,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEVERGREEN GOODWILL OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetPEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM: $38,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $36,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeattle Police Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMaris Place: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetVISION HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetONE MORE WAVE SURF CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetEVERGREENHEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCancer Pathways: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTunica Humane Society: $22,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF HILO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOVERLAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYouth Eastside Services: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKAUAI HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA -- ALOHA COUNCIL: $15,000 over 2y, 16% 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.

  • Who funds SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds HELPLINE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPELINK ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
  • Who funds SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FARESTART ↗
  • Who funds COALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MS IMPOSSIBLE ↗
  • Who funds Candlelighters For Children With Cancer ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND ↗

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.

J Watumull FundPuget Sound Energy Fo…Central Pacific Bank …Aloha United Way IncThe Norcliffe Foundat…Seattle FoundationBank of Hawaii Charit…First Insurance Compa…United Way of King Co…Glassybaby White Ligh…The Harry and Jeanett…McInerny Foundation--
J Watumull FundHI32× affinity13 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · United Way of King County · Glassybaby White Light Fund · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · McInerny 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 Schuler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schuler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Greenhill Humane Society Spca: 1% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 217 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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