· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k21 grants · $70k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CRAFTON HEIGHTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $30,000 |
| IUP FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| UNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $30,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | $15,000 |
| KING SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $8,000 |
| WINDWARD FUND | $7,825 |
| LIGHT OF LIFE MISSION | $7,150 |
| ROTARY CLUB | $5,000 |
| GLOBAL LINKS | $5,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| NASH EDUCATION | $3,000 |
| WOMEN INVESTING IN SECURITY & EDUCATION | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH9× · 2017–2025 · $111k · revenue +44%- KSKING SCHOOL INC9× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +61%
- GOGOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA5× · 2017–2022 · $50k · revenue +57%
Funded once
- IUINDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAone grant, 2017 · $30k
- GIGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHWESTERN PAone grant, 2020 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
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.
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The mission of Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation is to advance scientific knowledge in the fields of reproductive biology and women's health; translate this knowledge into improved health for women and infants; train current…
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
Pittsburgh regional healthcare initiative's goal is to provide clinicians and institutions with the training and tools to dramatically improve patient safety, healthcare quality and the cost reimbursement system through reductions in…
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
Adagio health promotes the health of women, men and children, with a focus on women, their families and their communities, by providing health and nutrition services and related educational programs throughout the commonwealth of…
We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…
The organization advocates with, empowers, and supports people with disabilities and their families throughout their lives.
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To advocate for and provide services to pennsylvania's hospitals and health systems to advance high-quality accessible and financially sustainable health care.
See schedule oair's mission is to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world.air's vision is to be a premier research, evaluation, and technical assistance organization, guided by principles of…
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How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE FOUNDATION FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (IUP) ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds KING SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds GOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
- Who funds Nash Education Corporation ↗
- Who funds WOMEN INVESTING IN SECURITY AND EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds Honduras Hope Mission ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds FOSTERCAT INC ↗
- Who funds AUTISM CONNECTION OF PA ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds OFF THE FLOOR PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds WOMEN OF SOUTHWESTERN PA INC ↗
- Who funds PAULINE AUBERLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Noah Angelici Hope Foundation ↗
- Who funds TC OPEN CHARITABLE 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leonard a and Mary Jane Schafer. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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