Indiana · Private foundation
Schurz Communications Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $129k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $32,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Schurz Communications Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $129k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $163k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $108k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $158k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $153k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $135k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of St Joseph County Inc | $125,500 | 4 | 1% |
| YWCA North Central Indiana Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Beacon Health Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Indiana Corridor Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northern Indiana Historical Society Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Margarets House | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Transformation Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of St Joseph County Inc | $125,500 | 4 | 1% |
| YWCA North Central Indiana Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Beacon Health Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Indiana Corridor Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Northern Indiana Historical Society Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Margarets House | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Transformation Ministries Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Joseph County Public Library | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| South Bend City Church Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Montessori School Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| South Bend Youth Hockey Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Village a Community Musical Art Alliance Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 3% |
| South Bend Alumni Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Schurz Communications Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare Schurz Communications Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Schurz Communications Foundation Inc
- How much does Schurz Communications Foundation Inc give?
- Schurz Communications Foundation Inc reported 4 grants totaling $129,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Schurz Communications Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Human Services (18%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are Schurz Communications Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: United Way of St Joseph County Inc ($126k), YWCA North Central Indiana Inc ($100k), Beacon Health Foundation Inc ($80k).
- Does Schurz Communications Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Schurz Communications Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Schurz Communications Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx, Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc, University of Notre Dame du Lac.
- Where is Schurz Communications Foundation Inc based?
- Schurz Communications Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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