Wisconsin · Private foundation
Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn
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.
- $224k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $224k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $167k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $159k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $177k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $133k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $131k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $128k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $112k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Redeemer Lutheran Church | $256,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $217,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Concordia Theological Seminary | $165,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Lutheran High School Association of Greater Milwaukee | $125,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Camp Luther Inc | $72,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Lutheran Camp Association | $49,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Journeys Lutheran School Inc | $39,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Ablelight Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($377k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Theodore W Batterman Family Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Wauwatosa Savings & Loan Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn
- How much does Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn give?
- Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn reported 12 grants totaling $224,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Religion (43%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Our Redeemer Lutheran Church ($256k), Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($217k), Concordia Theological Seminary ($165k).
- Does Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn 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 Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Theodore W Batterman Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn based?
- Schumacher-Weiherman Family Fdn is based in WI.
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