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The Leland & Julia Scheu Family Foundation at a glance

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The Leland & Julia Scheu 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.

$360k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
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.

Health$330kHousing & Shelter$260kInternational$139kPhilanthropy$100kCommunity Improvement$43kHuman Services$32kAnimals$28kEnvironment$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $260k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$200,000
UNION RESCUE MISSION$60,000
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC$30,000
TEAM RUBICON INC$25,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$15,000
OUTDOOR INITIATIVE INCORPORATED$10,000
WEST END YMCA$10,000
SAN ANTONIO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $260k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $60k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 14%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 59% of The Leland & Julia Scheu Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 83% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 35%.

The Leland & Julia Scheu Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$886k · 9 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$886k
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+7%

Still filing today

89%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsEnvironmentEducationInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • UR
    UNION RESCUE MISSION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $260k · revenue +67%
  • TR
    TEAM RUBICON INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $87k · revenue +18%
  • SA
    San Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc
    5× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • S
    SISTERREACHgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +65%
  • HM
    Healing Minds and Souls
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +7%
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
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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5
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
6
Asante

Asante exists to provide quality healthcare services in a compassionate manner, valued by the communities we serve.

Health
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
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
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
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
11
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
12
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF HOPE: $300,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEWEST END YMCA: $25,000 · OtherWEST END YMCAAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $15,000 · OtherMARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $18,011 · OtherLIVING DESERT THE: $21,311 · Other+4 more: $32,355 · Other+4 moreUNION RESCUE MISSION: $260,000 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSIONSan Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc: $80,000 · HealthSan Antoni…Healing Minds and Souls: $10,000 · HealthHealing Mi…TEAM RUBICON INC: $87,355 · Public Safety & DisasterTEAM RUBI…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $52,000 · InternationalSISTERREACH: $40,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $10,000 · EducationLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $42,553 · Community Improvement
Other$411,677Human Services$260,000Health$90,000Public Safety & Disaster$87,355International$52,000Education$50,000Community Improvement$42,553

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $260,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $87,355 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSan Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $52,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $42,553 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSISTERREACH: $40,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWEST END YMCA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $21,311 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $18,011 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $5,655 over 1y, 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 The Leland & Julia Scheu Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leland & Julia Scheu Family 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 17 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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