· Private foundation
Schyler Kemps Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What you funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2018.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k16 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $33k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DA VINCI CENTER OF SCIENCE AND | $32,500 |
| COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $3,000 |
| SAFE HARBOR | $2,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $2,000 |
| THE RISING TIDE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND | $1,500 |
| INIAN ISLANDS INSTITUTE | $1,500 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $1,500 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $1,000 |
| COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR | $1,000 |
| SLATINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | $1,000 |
| AMERICA ON WHEELS | $1,000 |
| UNICEF USA | $1,000 |
| SLATINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | $1,000 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 12% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +413% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.
13 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (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 FY2018, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- CACOMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +125%
- CSCOMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +413%
- SPSLATINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- WCWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -4%
- TTTREATMENT TRENDS INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -26%
- NYNEW YORK TIMES NEEDIEST CASESone grant, 2017 · $2k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
See schedule oper the bylaws of the delaware & lehigh national heritage corridor(which were updated by the merged board of the national canal musuem and the d&l), our mission is to work with government entities, non-profit organizations…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
Promote the study and conservation of marine life and its habitat, defend the coast from harm, and empower others to do the same.
Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…
To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
We provide trusted guidance to usher all pennsylvanians into the clean energy economy to reach a sustainable and resilient tomorrow.
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
Climate central, inc. (the organization") is an independent not-for-profit organization of leading scientists, technology experts and communication professionals that are dedicated to researching and reporting on climate change and its…
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlands Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Slatington Volunteer Fire Co. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds TREATMENT TRENDS INC ↗
- Who funds SLATINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds RISING TIDE COMMUNITY LOAN FUND ↗
- Who funds SLATINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE CO ↗
- Who funds AMERICA ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WHYY INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Century Fund Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Ppl Foundation · Julius & Katheryn Hommer Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Schyler Kemps Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.