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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
5
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% 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
02FY2023 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $51k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.6M
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Santa Clara University (Peninsula College Fund)$1,602,500
Basic Fund$50,000
St. Simon Church$15,500
Notre Dame High School$15,000
University of Hawaii at Manoa$10,000
San Jose Sports Authority$10,000
Sacred Heart Nativity School$8,500
Operation Song$5,000
USA West Province Society of Jesus$5,000
University of Colorado Boulder$2,500
Sociedade Filarmonica Uniao Portuguesa$1,000
Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School$500
Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Santa Clara County$500
Blach Family Foundation$500
Yogi Berra Museum$250
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 (FY17–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%POMEROY RECREATION & REHABILITATION CENTER: $500 → 10%WELL IN THE DESERT: $500 → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY: $2k → 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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 24 repeat orgs$592k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 17 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
37

Total granted

$4.3M
$507k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+50%

Still filing today

50%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE
    3× · 2018–2023 · $2.6M · revenue +39%
  • SB
    SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $200k · revenue +44%
  • VS
    Villa Siena
    2× · 2017–2018 · $150k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • VS
    Villa Siena Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $151k · revenue +477% · 83% of their budget
  • EA
    EVERETT ALVAREZ JR ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP MATCHING FUND (GRANTHAM UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • XC
    XAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +42%
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
San Jose State University Research Foundation

As an integral member of the san jose state university community, the san jose state university research foundation provides an entrepreneurial framework through which local, state and federal agencies, businesses and private foundations…

Education
3
Silicon Valley Education Foundation

Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…

Community Improvement
4
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
5
Saint Agnes Medical Center

We, saint agnes medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. saint agnes medical center is a member of trinity health.

Health
6
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
7
Sutter Coast Hospital

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
8
Sutter Medical Center Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
9
San Jose Christian School

The mission of San Jose Christian School is to advance the Kingdom of God by providing exceptional teaching and curriculum fully integrated with biblical perspective. Within our committed Christian community, we live to engage and…

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10
Sutter Valley Medical Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: Caring for our patients first and our people always. VISION: To be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
11
Santos Manuel Student Union of Csusb

The student union, through its programs and facilities, is a focal point of the campus through assisting in the retention and development of students while encouraging a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural pluralism, gender…

Education
12
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Basic Fund; the most unlike its peers is The Blach Family Foundation. 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

32 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. 32 of the 71 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $2,563,700 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGEHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $377,500 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC+5 more: $99,500 · EducationARCHBISHOP MITTY HIGH SCHOOL: $400,000 · OtherARCHBISHOP MITTY HIGH SCHOOLHOLY FAMILY: $219,800 · OtherHOLY FAMILYXAVIER COLLEGE PREP: $200,000 · OtherXAVIER COLLEGE PREPVilla Siena Foundation: $150,500 · OtherVilla Siena FoundationVilla Siena: $150,040 · OtherVilla SienaST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOLEVERETT ALVAREZ JR ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP MATCHING FUND (GRANTHAM UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherEVERETT ALVAREZ JR ENDOWMENT SCHOLA…SCU ACTIVITY EXCELLENCE CENTER: $100,000 · OtherSCU ACTIVITY EXCELLENCE CENTER+45 more: $125,715 · Other+45 moreSUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthXAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL: $100,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $25,500 · AnimalsOPERATION SONG INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMONTALVO ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureLITTLE ITALY SAN JOSE FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF YOGI INC: $500 · Arts & CultureSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $7,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$3,040,700Other$1,546,055Health$200,250Philanthropy$103,000Animals$25,500Arts & Culture$9,000Recreation & Sports$7,500

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

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 budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 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
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 PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC ↗
  • Who funds SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Villa Siena Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Villa Siena ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER COLLEGE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE BASIC FUND ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART NATIVITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN JOSE SPORTS AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds Joybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BRONCO BENCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SONG INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTALVO ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE BLACH FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE ITALY SAN JOSE FOUNDATION ↗

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 Communit…Silicon Valley Commun…Bright Funds Foundati…Odell Rs & Hp Fund Tu…Leo M Shortino Family…The Sobrato Family Fo…Heffernan Group Found…The Carter Family Cha…Ravizza Family Founda…Matt & Gretchen Dinap…Olander Family Founda…The Brandenburg Famil…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen C & Patricia A Schott Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 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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