New York · Private foundation
Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $10k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $125
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $9,235
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $10k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $13k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $13k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $29k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Avenue Synagogue Inc | $121,045 | 7 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $3,175 | 7 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $605 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $533 | 3 | 0% |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc | $440 | 3 | 0% |
| Paul Koster Memorial Benefit Inc | $400 | 4 | 1% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $375 | 3 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Advance- Ment of Torah Education in Israel | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $280 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Avenue Synagogue Inc | $121,045 | 7 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $3,175 | 7 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $605 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $533 | 3 | 0% |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc | $440 | 3 | 0% |
| Paul Koster Memorial Benefit Inc | $400 | 4 | 1% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $400 | 4 | 0% |
| New York City Ballet Inc | $375 | 3 | 0% |
| American Committee for the Advance- Ment of Torah Education in Israel | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $280 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of Southampton Inc | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| One Family Fund | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Wnet | $160 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Peconic Public Broadcasting | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Har Zion Temple | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Dorot Inc | $36 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation
- How much does Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation give?
- Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $9,792 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (92%), Arts & Culture (4%), Health (1%).
- Who are Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Park Avenue Synagogue Inc ($121k), Metropolitan Museum of Art ($3k), The Jewish Museum ($605).
- Does Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sylvan Schefler Trust 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 Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation based?
- Sylvan Schefler Trust Foundation is based in NY.
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