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Stephen C & Patricia A Schott 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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2023
16
Grants FY2023
16
Organizations funded FY2023
56%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$1,602,500
Organizations funded a year
16 to 30
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
5
Total assets, FY2023
$24M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’23
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202316$1.7M56%
FY201926$1.7M58%
FY201830$838k57%
FY201729$648kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.2MHealth$354kHuman Services$154kYouth Development$101kRecreation & Sports$56kReligion$44kAnimals$28kPhilanthropy$19kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$2,563,70030%
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$377,50031%
Holy Family$219,8002n/a
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation$200,00020%
Villa Siena Foundation$150,500183%
Villa Siena$150,04021%
St Francis High School$100,0002n/a
Xavier College Preparatory High School$100,00011%
The Basic Fund$50,00011%
Sacred Heart Nativity School$32,00040%
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All grantees of Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$2,563,70030%
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$377,50031%
Holy Family$219,8002n/a
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation$200,00020%
Villa Siena Foundation$150,500183%
Villa Siena$150,04021%
St Francis High School$100,0002n/a
Xavier College Preparatory High School$100,00011%
The Basic Fund$50,00011%
Sacred Heart Nativity School$32,00040%
The San Jose Sports Authority$28,00031%
Joybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation$25,50010%
Bronco Bench Foundation$20,00021%
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$16,00030%
Notre Dame High School$15,0001n/a
University of Hawaii System$10,0001n/a
Special Olympics Inc$7,50020%
USA West Province Society of Jesus$5,0001n/a
Operation Song Inc$5,00014%
Bellarmine College Preparatory$2,7001n/a
University of Colorado$2,5001n/a
Montalvo Association$2,00020%
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County$2,00010%
Hope Services$1,50010%
The Blach Family Foundation$1,5003n/a
Little Italy San Jose Foundation$1,5002n/a
Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart$1,3002n/a
Sociedade Filarmonica Uniao Portuguesa de Santa Clara$1,00013%
The Panetta Institute for Public Policy$1,00010%
The Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures$50010%
Pomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center$50010%
Friends of Yogi Inc$50020%
St Anthony Foundation$5001n/a
The Particular Council of the Society of St Vincen de Paul of Santa Clara County$50010%
The Well in the Desert Inc$5001n/a
Blach Family Foundation$5001n/a
Cristo Rey San Jose High School$50010%
The KAM Foundation$4002n/a
Eisenhower Medical Center$25010%
Alzheimers Assnn0 CA&NO Nv$2501n/a
Associated Sulpicians of the United States$2001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley$20010%
Presentation High School San Jose$2001n/a
Living Desert The$15010%
St Joseph's-St Patrick's College Alumni Association$7510%

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($832k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $2,563,700 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHoratio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc: $377,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSutter Bay Medical Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVilla Siena Foundation: $150,500 over 1y, 83% of budgetVilla Siena: $150,040 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetXavier College Preparatory High School: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Basic Fund: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSacred Heart Nativity School: $32,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe San Jose Sports Authority: $28,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $25,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBronco Bench Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Tower Foundation of San Jose State University: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Song Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetMontalvo Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Santa Clara County: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Services: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociedade Filarmonica Uniao Portuguesa de Santa Clara: $1,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetThe Panetta Institute for Public Policy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPomeroy Recreation and Rehabilitation Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Yogi Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Particular Council of the Society of St Vincen de Paul of Santa Clara County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCristo Rey San Jose High School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Desert The: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph's-St Patrick's College Alumni Association: $75 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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 Catholic Community FoundationCA28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Catholic Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Odell Rs & Hp Fund Tua-Main · Leo M Shortino Family Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · The Carter Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Ravizza Family Foundation · Matt & Gretchen Dinapoli Family Foundation · Olander Family Foundation Inc · The Brandenburg Family 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.

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About Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation

How much does Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation give?
Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,729,450 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (25%), Health (2%), Human Services (1%).
Who are Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College ($2.6M), Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($378k), Holy Family ($220k).
Does Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stephen C & Patricia A Schott 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 Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Catholic Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Bright Funds Foundation.
Where is Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation based?
Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation is based in CA.

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 71 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $5.3M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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