· Private foundation
Schuster 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k25 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| IBMA FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| UPLIFT NORTHWEST | $6,717 |
| SONGWRITINGWITHSOLDIERS | $5,000 |
| WHIDBEY CAMANO LAND TRUST | $3,000 |
| WHIDBEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| WHIDBEY HOMELESS COALITION | $3,000 |
| MERCY FOR ANIMALS | $2,625 |
| ISLAND SENIOR RESOURCES | $2,500 |
| ISLAND ROOTS HOUSING | $2,500 |
| WHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $2,500 |
| DESTINATION CLEVELAND COUNTY INC | $2,500 |
| LITTLE BIG FEST | $2,250 |
| BALLYDIDEAN FARM SANCTURY | $2,000 |
| VEGAN OUTREACH | $2,000 |
| THE HUB YOUTH CENTRAL | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $43k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ALANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE6× · 2018–2023 · $43k · revenue +80%
- UNUPLIFT NORTHWEST8× · 2018–2025 · $42k · revenue +66%
- TITHE IBMA FOUNDATION INC3× · 2023–2025 · $23k · revenue +79%
Funded once
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEone grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%- WCWATCHOM COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $3k
- SJSeattle JazzEDone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -5%
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.
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.
The mission of the Whatcom Land Trust is to preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.
Seattle Good Business Network connects and inspires people to buy, produce, and invest locally, so that everyone has a meaningful stake in the local economy.
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
Create a strong and effective statewide infrastructure that efficiently leverages resources to expand capacity in Washington State's Feeding America network.
Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.
Washington Bikes works to ensure that all who ride a bicycle in Washington have safe comfortable and convenient places to ride. Organization advocates for bicyclists rights and shapes policies.
Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…
Advocate for tax policy in Washington State
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…
Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving the places that matter in Washington State and to promoting sustainable and economically viable communities through historic preservation.
To strengthen hunger relief providers in WA State.
How this is measured
40 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. 40 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds UPLIFT NORTHWEST ↗
- Who funds THE IBMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WHIDBEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VEGAN OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds WHIDBEY CAMANO LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds Physicians Committee for Responsible Med ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds WHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds SONGWRITINGWITHINC ↗
- Who funds HUB - YOUTH CENTRAL ↗
- Who funds MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ↗
- Who funds Ballydidean Farm Sanctuary ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LITTLE BIG FEST ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR JEWISH FOOD ETHICS ↗
- Who funds ELPHIES ANIMAL ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SOUTH WHIDBEY HOMELESS COALITION ↗
- Who funds ISLAND ROOTS HOUSING ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds Destination Cleveland County ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SEATTLE ↗
- Who funds Seattle JazzED ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds ReString Appalachia ↗
- Who funds WHIDBEY ISLAND MUSIC PORTAL ↗
- Who funds HYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
- Who funds YOUTHCARE ↗
- Who funds Nutritionfactsorg Inc ↗
- Who funds FAUNALYTICS ↗
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: Seattle Foundation · Goosefoot Community Fund · Whidbey Community Foundation · The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · Lucky Seven Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Schuster Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schuster Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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