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Schwartz 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.

$268k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$468kHuman Services$250kEducation$145kHousing & Shelter$125kFood & Nutrition$105kPhilanthropy$65kPublic Safety & Disaster$58kReligion$43kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Let's Help$10,000
Marian Dental Clinic$10,000
Harvesters$10,000
Mary's Choice$10,000
Catholic Charities of NE Kansas$10,000
Children's Mercy Hospital$10,000
The Salvation Army$10,000
St Matthew School$10,000
Capper Foundation$10,000
Hayden Pace Auction Fund$10,000
American Red Cross$10,000
St Jude's Research Hospital$10,000
Silverbacks$10,000
Topeka Rescue Mission$10,000
Stormont-Vail Foundation$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $168k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Mary's Choice: $10k → 14%Mary's Choice: $10k → 14%Mary's Choices: $10k → 14%Mary's Choice: $10k → 14%Mary's Choice: $10k → 14%Mary's Choice: $10k → 14%Let's Help: $10k → 14%Let's Help: $10k → 14%Let's Help: $10k → 14%Let's Help: $10k → 14%Kansas Children's Service League: $5k → 14%Topeka Youth Project: $5k → 14%Kansas Children's Service League: $5k → 14%Kansas Children's Service League: $5k → 14%Topeka Youth Project: $3k → 14%Topeka Youth Project: $5k → 14%TARC: $10k → 14%TARC: $10k → 14%Topeka Youth Project: $5k → 14%TARC: $5k → 14%TARC: $5k → 14%Topeka Youth Project: $3k → 14%Topeka Youth Project: $3k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 36 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
9

Total granted

$1.3M
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+293%

Still filing today

47%
11%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’21’22’24
HealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterCivil RightsArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    The Children's Mercy Hospital
    6× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +67%
  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    6× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +40%
  • CF
    CAPPER FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • WU
    Washburn University
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • S
    SILVERBACKKS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • SJ
    St Jude Children's Research Hospital
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
2
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
3
Community Health Center of Se Kansas Inc

To provide quality, affordable, accessible medical, dental and behavioral health care to anyone regardless of ability to pay.

Health
4
Kansas City Care Clinic

The mission of kc care health center is to promote health and wellness by providing quality care, access, research and education to the underserved and all people in our community.

—
5
Health Ministries Clinic Inc

To promote and improve the quality of life by providing integrated healthcare services to the entire community in the name and spirit of Christ

Religion
6
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
7
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health
8
Kansas Children's Service League Foundation

To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.

Philanthropy
9
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

—
10
Kansas Action for Children Inc

Kansas action for children, inc. is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to shaping health, education and economic policy that improves the lives of kansas children and their families.

Human Services
11
Kansas Hospital Association

The vision of the Association is optimal health for Kansans. The Association's mission is to be the leading advocate and resource for members.

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12
Bike Share Kc

Bike share kc provides the greater kansas city area with a bike share system designed for transportation, recreation, and exercise.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kansas Childrens Service League; the most unlike its peers is Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPPER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherCAPPER FOUNDATIONUnited Way of Topeka: $65,000 · OtherUnited Way of TopekaHayden Pace Auction Fund: $60,000 · OtherHayden Pace Auction FundAmerican Red Cross: $57,500 · OtherAmerican Red CrossThe Salvation Army: $50,000 · OtherThe Salvation ArmyCatholic Charities of NE Kansas: $47,500 · OtherCatholic Charities of NE KansasMARIAN CLINIC INC: $45,000 · OtherMARIAN CLINIC INCSt Matthew School: $42,500 · OtherWashburn University Alumni Association: $40,000 · OtherDOORSTEP INC: $40,000 · Other+24 more: $285,000 · Other+24 moreThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $90,000 · HealthThe Children's Merc…GRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC: $47,500 · HealthGRACEMED HEALTH CLI…STORMONT-VAIL FOUNDATION: $45,000 · HealthSTORMONT-VAIL FOUND…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $35,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S …KYMEL INC: $20,000 · HealthKYMEL INCMary's Choices Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesMary's Choice…LETS HELP INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesLETS HELP INCTARC INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTARC INCTOPEKA YOUTH PROJECT INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesTOPEKA YOUTH …KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $15,000 · Human ServicesKANSAS CHILDR…HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $80,000 · Food & NutritionTOPEKA RESCUE MISSION INC: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterCASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsKanza Rail-Trails Conservancy Inc: $5,333 · EnvironmentKANSAS CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$807,500Health$237,500Human Services$167,500Food & Nutrition$80,000Housing & Shelter$65,000Civil Rights$25,000Environment$5,333Arts & Culture$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAPPER FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTOPEKA RESCUE MISSION INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMary's Choices Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetGRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARIAN CLINIC INC: $45,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetSTORMONT-VAIL FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDOORSTEP INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetLETS HELP INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTARC INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetTOPEKA YOUTH PROJECT INC: $22,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetKYMEL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetHEADQUARTERS KANSAS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJAYHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC COUNCIL 197: $12,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKANSAS CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
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 The Children's Mercy Hospital ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds CAPPER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TOPEKA RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds Mary's Choices Inc ↗
  • Who funds GRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIAN CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds STORMONT-VAIL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOORSTEP INC ↗
  • Who funds LETS HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TARC INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF SHAWNEE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds TOPEKA YOUTH PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds KYMEL INC ↗
  • Who funds HEADQUARTERS KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CHILDRENS SERVICE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds JAYHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC COUNCIL 197 ↗
  • Who funds Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy Inc ↗

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.

Topeka Community Foun…Blanche Bryden Founda…Walter E & Lucy M Rou…United Way of Kaw Val…Global ImpactMark & Bette Morris F…Stormont-Vail Foundat…Lewis Humphreys Chari…One Gas Foundation IncThe Sunderland Founda…Greater HorizonsFreestate Community F…
Topeka Community FoundationKS28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Topeka Community Foundation · Blanche Bryden Foundation · Walter E & Lucy M Roush Charitable Trust · United Way of Kaw Valley Inc · Global Impact · Mark & Bette Morris Family Foundation · Stormont-Vail Foundation · Lewis Humphreys Charitable Trust · One Gas Foundation Inc · The Sunderland Foundation · Greater Horizons · Freestate Community Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Schwartz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schwartz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 49 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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