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Schulze Family Foundation at a glance

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Schulze Family 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$391kPhilanthropy$332kEducation$176kReligion$113kHuman Services$60kYouth Development$11kArts & Culture$3kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT MONICA CATHOLIC SCHOOL$20,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT SEATTLE$10,000
IRONWOOD$10,000
HOLY NAMES ACADEMY$10,000
EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
NORTHWEST HOPE AND HEALING FOUNDATION$5,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER$5,000
SWEDISH FOUNDATION$5,000
BANCHERO DISABILITY PARTNERS$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RYTHER: $2k → 9%RYTHER: $2k → 9%RYTHER: $2k → 9%RYTHER: $2k → 9%RYTHER: $2k → 9%RYTHER: $2k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 29 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
10

Total granted

$1.0M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-7%

Still filing today

55%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & 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

  • BD
    BANCHERO DISABILITY PARTNERS
    7× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +42%
  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    8× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +94%
  • SU
    SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • RJ
    RITA J AND STANLEY H KAPLAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -17%
  • ES
    EVANS SCHOLAR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • SU
    SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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2
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
3
Barlow Respiratory Hospital

A not-for-profit, long-term acute care specialty healthcare organization is to improve the quality of life for patients with respiratory and other diseases that may require prolonged acute hospitalization of specialized treatment.

Health
4
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
5
Kfhpw Holdings

Supporting kaiser permanente organizations which provide high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.

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6
Sutter Health

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
7
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

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

Education
8
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
9
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
10
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
11
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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12
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seattle Children's Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Rita J and Stanley H Kaplan Family Foundation 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

20 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. 20 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $186,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSWEDISH FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 · OtherSWEDISH FOUNDATION INCSEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $80,000 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITALBANCHERO DISABILITY PARTNERS: $77,500 · OtherBANCHERO DISABILITY PARTNERSCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES: $60,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICESSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · OtherSEATTLE UNIVERSITYARCHDIOCESE OF SEATTLE - ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEAL: $52,000 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF SEATTLE - ANNUAL CATHOLIC APPEALSAINT MONICA CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherSAINT MONICA CATHOLIC SCHOOLHOLY NAMES ACADEMY: $41,000 · Other+19 more: $110,750 · Other+19 moreEisenhower Medical Center: $61,000 · HealthEisenhower Medical Ce…Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $55,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cance…NORTHWEST HOPE & HEALING FOUNDATION: $45,000 · HealthNORTHWEST HOPE & HEAL…SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $25,100 · HealthSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HO…SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTE…DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $19,000 · PhilanthropyTHE IRONWOOD FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyUniversity of San Francisco: $7,500 · EducationUniversity of the Pacific: $6,000 · EducationRYTHER: $12,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $3,150 · Arts & Culture
Other$802,250Health$211,100Philanthropy$47,000Education$13,500Human Services$12,000Youth Development$7,000Arts & Culture$3,150

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 budgetBANCHERO DISABILITY PARTNERS: $77,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $61,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HOPE & HEALING FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $25,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRYTHER: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRITA J AND STANLEY H KAPLAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION: $3,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IRONWOOD FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHELAN-DOUGLAS LAND TRUST: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT ARC: $500 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds BANCHERO DISABILITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HOPE & HEALING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS INC ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RYTHER ↗
  • Who funds RITA J AND STANLEY H KAPLAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds University of San Francisco ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds University of the Pacific ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE IRONWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASADO'S SAFE HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds CHELAN-DOUGLAS LAND TRUST ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…United Way of King Co…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Enterprise Holdings F…Vanguard Charitable E…
Seattle FoundationWA17.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of King County · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Schulze Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schulze Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 41 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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