Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer
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.
- $190k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $182k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $157k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $166k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $194k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $168k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $177k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $180k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $176k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Presbyterian Church | $291,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Foundation for Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Iup) | $175,000 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $110,500 | 9 | 0% |
| King School Inc | $86,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Light of Life Mission Inc | $47,150 | 9 | n/a |
| Humane Animal Rescue | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $35,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Nash Education Corporation | $20,000 | 7 | 69% |
| Women Investing in Security and Education | $19,000 | 8 | 3% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($606k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Upmc Group · Edward B Dunlap Jr Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer
- How much does The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer give?
- The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer reported 26 grants totaling $189,575 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), Education (29%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Unity Presbyterian Church ($291k), The Foundation for Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Iup) ($175k), University of Pittsburgh ($111k).
- Does The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer 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 Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Eqt Foundation, Upmc Group.
- Where is The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer based?
- The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer is based in PA.
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