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Scott Family 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.

$840k
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$1.3MHealth$1.2MEducation$374kInternational$332kEnvironment$291kArts & Culture$85kPublic Safety & Disaster$84kHuman Services$72kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k38 grants · $135k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $205k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $500k
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
African Wildlife Foundation$200,000
Numbers USA$100,000
Mayo Clinic$100,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation$50,000
American Enterprise Institute$50,000
Chicago Botanic Garden$35,000
Friends of the Everglades$30,000
Reaumond Foundation$25,000
Navy Seal Foundation$25,000
Rush University Medical Center$20,000
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab$20,000
Minnesota Recovery Connection$10,000
Bob Woodruff Foundation$10,000
Covenant House Chicago$10,000
Shipley School$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $127k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Tanzanian Childrens Fund: $5k → 8%Wounded Warrior Project: $1k → 14%Hospice of Holland: $1k → 10%Family Tree Inc: $2k → 7%Tanzanian Childrens Fund: $2k → 8%Jewish Center for Justice: $1k → 14%Denver Rescue Mission: $2k → 12%Sharing Connections: $1k → 7%Tanzanian Childrens Fund: $2k → 8%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $13k → 11%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $10k → 11%Amherst Wilder Foundation: $3k → 14%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $8k → 11%Amherst Wilder Foundation: $2k → 14%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $7k → 11%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $4k → 11%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $3k → 11%International Refugee Assistance Project: $3k → 17%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $3k → 11%Misericordia Foundation: $1k → 14%Equestrian Connection: $3k → 8%American Red Cross: $50k → 14%American Red Cross: $2k → 14%Equestrian Connection: $1k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
AL
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 88 repeat orgs$405k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2024, 45 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
100

Total granted

$3.3M
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+37%

Still filing today

74%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalOther
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

  • AW
    AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +54%
  • RI
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
    6× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +31%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $66k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • CS
    CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -11%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $12k · revenue +14%
  • TT
    TSAVO Trust
    one grant, 2018 · $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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
8
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

—
9
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
12
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. 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

142 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. 142 of the 202 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)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
141/142
Grantees still filing
107/142
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mayo Clinic: $600,000 · OtherMayo ClinicNumbers USA: $250,000 · OtherNumbers USANorthwestern Memorial Foundation: $150,000 · OtherNorthwestern Memorial Foundation+110 more: $700,515 · Other+110 moreAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $1,115,200 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INCBIG HEART RANCH: $51,350 · Animals+16 more: $74,350 · Animals+16 moreTrustees of Hamilton College: $245,000 · EducationTrustees …SHIPLEY SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationSHIPLEY S…+12 more: $50,000 · Education+12 moreRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $150,000 · HealthRush University Medical Center: $50,000 · HealthJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $12,000 · HealthBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Health+12 more: $38,250 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $66,200 · EnvironmentCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $65,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $25,500 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $14,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $12,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $8,500 · Environment+9 more: $36,200 · EnvironmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $51,800 · Human ServicesMinnesota Recovery Connection: $47,400 · Human ServicesTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Human Services+10 more: $17,125 · Human ServicesCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureELAWA FARM FOUNDATION: $13,500 · Arts & CultureJUPITER ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $3,600 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $3,575 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,700,515Animals$1,240,900Education$325,000Health$260,250Environment$247,400Human Services$129,325Arts & Culture$95,675

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $1,115,200 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTrustees of Hamilton College: $245,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $66,200 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $51,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG HEART RANCH: $51,350 over 4y, 11% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Recovery Connection: $47,400 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHIPLEY SCHOOL: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT A REAUMOND FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $25,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $18,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE FOREST COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $16,425 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $13,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELAWA FARM FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINVEST IN KIDS: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetgobuildlove Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $9,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT PTCO CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ELEMENTARY: $9,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACY LAW SCHOOL CORPORATION: $7,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE: $7,000 over 3y, 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 AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Hamilton College ↗
  • Who funds Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BIG HEART RANCH ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Recovery Connection ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SHIPLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT A REAUMOND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds LAKE FOREST COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds 1000 FRIENDS OF FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds ELAWA FARM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds INVEST IN KIDS ↗
  • Who funds JUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗

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.

The Gorter Family Fou…CMB FoundationMadigan Family Founda…The David and Elizabe…The James E & Constan…Legatus FoundationColket Family Foundat…The Chicago Community…Seven C FoundationDonald Grant & Ann Ma…St Clair Charitable T…Nelson Mead Fund
The Gorter Family FoundationIL26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gorter Family Foundation · CMB Foundation · Madigan Family Foundation · The David and Elizabeth Long Foundation · The James E & Constance L Bell Foundation · Legatus Foundation · Colket Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Seven C Foundation · Donald Grant & Ann Martin Calder Foundat · St Clair Charitable Trust · Nelson Mead Fund

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 Scott Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Scott Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
  • The Banner Lake Club Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 202 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home