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Schuman 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.

$4.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
106
Grants FY2025
48
Organizations funded FY2024
92%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,191
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,056,873
Organizations funded a year
6 to 48
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$42M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 92% of the organizations Schuman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalCivil RightsEducationOther
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 arriving69$3.4M64%
FY202448$1.5M92%
FY20236$85k67%
FY20226$48k33%
FY20217$8k57%
FY202019$16k79%
FY20196$24k50%
FY20186$6k67%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.0MEnvironment$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$819kAnimals$717kReligion$443kPhilanthropy$354kHealth$193kInternational$176kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
Treepeople Inc$579,22421%
Viewpoint Educational Foundation$300,26140%
Wags and Walks$290,99541%
Save the Redwoods League$278,16620%
Leo Baeck Temple$229,4712n/a
Gulliver Preparatory School Inc$141,81820%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$130,36020%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$125,00010%
Community Karate Foundation Inc Santa Monica Dojo$101,442259%
The Carbon Underground$100,300122%
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All grantees of Schuman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Treepeople Inc$579,22421%
Viewpoint Educational Foundation$300,26140%
Wags and Walks$290,99541%
Save the Redwoods League$278,16620%
Leo Baeck Temple$229,4712n/a
Gulliver Preparatory School Inc$141,81820%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$130,36020%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$125,00010%
Community Karate Foundation Inc Santa Monica Dojo$101,442259%
The Carbon Underground$100,300122%
Adopt Fire Station 71$100,000141%
Center for a Humane Economy Inc$80,00021%
Paws 4 You Rescue Inc$76,51626%
Redland Rock Pit Abandoned Dogs Project Inc$61,089225%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$51,40810%
Heal the Bay$50,75011%
Vista del Mar Child and Family Services$46,42630%
Los Angeles Police Foundation$34,99820%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$33,18020%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$30,2001n/a
San Diego Humane Society and Spca$30,00010%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$30,00020%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$25,75010%
Ecoflix Foundation Inc Fka Cambodian Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$25,6871n/a
The Gentle Barn Foundation$25,0021n/a
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$25,00010%
B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization$23,37620%
Barrel Bag$20,82420%
Pasadena Humane$20,6741n/a
Lumina Alliance$20,60020%
Best Friends Animal Society$20,38320%
Huntsman Cancer Foundation$20,3001n/a
Human Rights Watch Inc$20,24030%
Humane World for Animals Inc$20,00020%
Americares Foundation Inc$15,59310%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$15,35220%
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles$15,1811n/a
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$15,12410%
Friends of the Earth$15,00010%
Defenders of Wildlife$13,20510%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$12,70010%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$12,50010%
Hope in a Suitcase$11,92520%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$10,37510%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$10,30020%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$10,30010%
Casa De Amparo$10,30020%
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco$10,29910%
Protect Our Winters$10,2061n/a
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found$10,19110%
The Actors' Fund of America$10,12210%
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc$10,10720%
South Central Los Angeles Ministry Project Inc$10,01010%
Maui Humane Society$10,00010%
The Midnight Mission$10,00010%
Providence Trinitycare Hospice Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Garry Marshall Theatre$10,0001n/a
Insightla Inc$6,3913n/a
Spirit Rock Meditation Center$5,7055n/a
Anti-Defamation League$5,21010%
Salvation Army National Corp$5,2001n/a
Home Team$5,1961n/a
Stand$5,1501n/a
Camp Kesem National$5,14210%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,09610%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,0961n/a
Century City Chamber of Commerce$5,00011%
Sherwood Forestry Service$5,0001n/a
National Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund$5,0001n/a
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project$5,00014%
Wildearth Guardians$2,5001n/a
Avaaz Foundation$2,46030%
Esalen Institute$2,22520%
Heart Touch Project$2,00011%
Casa of Los Angeles$1,36610%
Actblue Charities Inc$1,21010%
Our House Grief Support Center$1,05010%
Wilderness Watch Inc$1,03010%
Stop Cancer$1,00010%
Blue Missions Group Inc$70210%
Oxfam-America Inc$60320%
St Francis Food Pantry Inc$50010%
The Little Market Inc$44310%
Eko and Affiliate$37530%
DirectlyTo Inc$2151n/a
First Look Institute Inc$20010%
I-Act$20010%
Resist Inc$20010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10010%
4 Paws for Ability Inc$10010%
Oceana Inc$8010%
People for the American Way$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Schuman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTreepeople Inc: $579,224 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetViewpoint Educational Foundation: $300,261 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWags and Walks: $290,995 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $278,166 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGulliver Preparatory School Inc: $141,818 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $130,360 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Fire Department Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Karate Foundation Inc Santa Monica Dojo: $101,442 over 2y, 59% of budgetThe Carbon Underground: $100,300 over 1y, 22% of budgetAdopt Fire Station 71: $100,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetCenter for a Humane Economy Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPaws 4 You Rescue Inc: $76,516 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetRedland Rock Pit Abandoned Dogs Project Inc: $61,089 over 2y, 25% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $51,408 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeal the Bay: $50,750 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetVista del Mar Child and Family Services: $46,426 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Police Foundation: $34,998 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $33,180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Humane Society and Spca: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $25,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of Los Angeles: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization: $23,376 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBarrel Bag: $20,824 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLumina Alliance: $20,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $20,383 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $20,240 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $15,593 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Inventors Hall of Fame Inc: $15,352 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of San Diego: $15,124 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $13,205 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $12,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Animal League America Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope in a Suitcase: $11,925 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCoalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: $10,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJust in Time for Foster Youth: $10,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $10,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa De Amparo: $10,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Community Center of San Francisco: $10,299 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScreen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found: $10,191 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $10,122 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBiscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: $10,107 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Central Los Angeles Ministry Project Inc: $10,010 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMaui Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Midnight Mission: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $5,210 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 72.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Los AngelesCA17.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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How do I get to Schuman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Schuman Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Schuman Family Foundation

How much does Schuman Family Foundation give?
Schuman Family Foundation reported 106 grants totaling $4,836,397 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Schuman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Environment (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
Who are Schuman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Treepeople Inc ($579k), Viewpoint Educational Foundation ($300k), Wags and Walks ($291k).
Does Schuman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Schuman Family 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 Schuman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Schuman Family Foundation based?
Schuman Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 131 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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