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The Jess and Sheila Schwartz 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.

$124k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
13%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 42
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$18k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthReligionHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEducationOther
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
FY2024still arriving37$119k16%
FY202332$97k13%
FY202242$113k29%
FY202135$132k86%
FY20202$11k50%
FY20196$124k17%
FY201811$185kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$173kPhilanthropy$143kHuman Services$132kReligion$123kArts & Culture$88kHealth$74kInternational$18kYouth Development$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
AZ
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Phoenix Hebrew Academy Inc$125,0003n/a
Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc$50,00021%
Phoenix Symphony Association$38,00060%
Gesher Disability Resources Inc$33,00032%
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc$30,00020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$12,00030%
Minkoff Center for Jewish Genetics$12,00043%
Valley Beit Midrash$12,00040%
Moishe House$12,00040%
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc$10,00020%
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$10,00020%
Barrow Neurological Foundation$10,00020%
Chabad of Coronado$10,00020%
Camp Ramah in California Inc$10,00040%
Phoenix Children's Hospital$10,00020%
Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Inc$9,00023%
Merkos Chabad-Lubavitch Organization$8,5004n/a
First Place Az$8,00040%
Friends of Children United Society$7,00032%
Kids Need to Read$6,00040%
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University$5,80040%
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America$5,5003n/a
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation$5,00010%
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$4,0004n/a
East Valley Jewish Community Center$4,00040%
Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc$4,00040%
Jewish Arizonans on Campus$4,0002n/a
Birthright Israel Foundation$4,00040%
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix$3,72030%
Hospice of the Valley$3,50040%
Friends of Elnet$3,00030%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$3,00020%
Fresh Start Women's Foundation$3,00010%
Arizona Science Center$3,00030%
The Jewish Ensemble Theatre$3,00011%
B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization$3,00030%
The Singletons$2,50030%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2,50030%
American Society of the University of Haifa$2,00010%
Jackpot Ranch Foundation$2,000119%
Phoenix Art Museum$1,50030%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$25010%
Smile Train Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPhoenix Symphony Association: $38,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGesher Disability Resources Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetValley of the Sun Jewish Community Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMinkoff Center for Jewish Genetics: $12,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetValley Beit Midrash: $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMoishe House: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family and Children's Service Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Jewish Historical Society: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBarrow Neurological Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChabad of Coronado: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCamp Ramah in California Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetFirst Place Az: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Children United Society: $7,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetKids Need to Read: $6,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Bar-Ilan University: $5,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harold Grinspoon Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Valley Jewish Community Center: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Jewish Camp Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix: $3,720 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Elnet: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Leket Israel Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Start Women's Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Science Center: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Ensemble Theatre: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetB'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Singletons: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Society of the University of Haifa: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJackpot Ranch Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetPhoenix Art Museum: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 39.

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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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater PhoenixAZ36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix · Friedel Family Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Jewish Community Association of Greater Phoenix · William S & Ina Levine Foundation Inc · Joseph & May Winston Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · American Express Foundation · The Breslow Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Goldberg Ben Mem Trust-Ca

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 The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation

How much does The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation give?
The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $123,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Philanthropy (18%), Human Services (17%).
Who are The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Phoenix Hebrew Academy Inc ($125k), Chrysalis Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Inc ($50k), Phoenix Symphony Association ($38k).
Does The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family 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 The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix, Friedel Family Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation.
Where is The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation based?
The Jess and Sheila Schwartz Family Foundation is based in AZ.

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 66 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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