· Private foundation
The Richard & Enika Schulze 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $970
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $350k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE DALLAS OPERA | $250,000 |
| SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY | $140,000 |
| DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION | $80,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LACMUS FESTIVAL INC | $55,000 |
| ORCHESTRA OF NEW SPAIN | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $467 |
| Individual grant recipient | $244 |
| Individual grant recipient | $137 |
| Individual grant recipient | $102 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +88% since the first grant, against +75% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TDThe Dallas Opera8× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +11%
Southern Methodist University5× · 2018–2024 · $585k · revenue +39%- DSDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION7× · 2017–2024 · $555k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- UEUPLIFT EDUCATIONgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +75%
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAone grant, 2023 · $75k
- CRCRISTO REY DALLAS COLLEGE PREPone grant, 2019 · $75k
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.
Provide financial support to the dallas opera.
Increase community involvement to advance music and art through education events and our TechNotes curriculum, group collaborations, film and instrument competitions, performance jobs, and general public concerts
The Dallas Winds, a Grammy-nominated wind ensemble, stands as a cultural cornerstone of Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1985, the Dallas Winds has grown into one of the worlds premier wind bands, renowned for its extraordinary artistry and…
Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.
Providing music education primarily to children, but also to some adults and participating in outreach in the North Texas community.
To educate the public in music appreciation and fine arts, including the presentation of musical theater and other shows with educational value.
To present, promote, encourage, and advance musical education and enjoyment of orchestra music to the citizens of austin and central texas.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
The mission of the texarkana symphony orchestra, inc. is to pursue, for all, the transformative power of symphonic music through excellence in live permormance and education.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
Professional production of opera for the public, and education about opera and the performing arts for audiences of all ages.
Dallas international school educates students of all backgrounds to contribute to a dynamic world with its internationally renowned curriculum, multiple language instruction, and exposure to diverse cultural views.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 31 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 Dallas Opera ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LACMUS FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds UPLIFT EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds Van Cliburn Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Richard & Enika Schulze Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Richard & Enika Schulze Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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