Massachusetts · Private foundation
Schwartz Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $334k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 86
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 83
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $318k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 82 to 98
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Schwartz Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 86 | $318k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 83 | $267k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 82 | $266k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 87 | $312k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 98 | $287k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 85 | $294k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 88 | $332k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Healthcare Center Inc | $46,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Furever Homes for Felines Inc | $43,500 | 5 | 11% |
| Jewish Community Alliance Inc | $42,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Center for Canine Behavior Studies Inc | $36,500 | 5 | 17% |
| Congregation Neveh Shalom | $32,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Preservation Worcester Inc | $29,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Abby Kelley Foster House Inc | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Searching For Identity Foundation Inc | $23,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Jeremiah's Inn Inc | $23,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Worcester Art Museum | $22,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 129 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 148 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Schwartz Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 116 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fletcher Foundation · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Stoddard Charitable Trust · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · Wyman Gordon · Hoche-Scofield Foundation-Equity · Coghlin Services Fund · Woosox Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Schwartz Charitable Foundation
- How much does Schwartz Charitable Foundation give?
- Schwartz Charitable Foundation reported 86 itemized grants totaling $317,750, out of $334,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 82 and 98 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Schwartz Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (14%), Human Services (13%), Religion (11%).
- Who are Schwartz Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Jewish Healthcare Center Inc ($47k), Furever Homes for Felines Inc ($44k), Jewish Community Alliance Inc ($43k).
- Does Schwartz Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Schwartz Charitable 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 Schwartz Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, The Fletcher Foundation, Webster Five Foundation Inc.
- Where is Schwartz Charitable Foundation based?
- Schwartz Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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