Florida · Private foundation
The Schaefer 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.
- $28k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 59
- Grants FY2024
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 51
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $453k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The Schaefer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 58 | $28k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 50 | $38k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $14k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $28k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $14k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $12k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 51 | $25k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 48 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $15,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Daughters of Wisdom | $12,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $9,365 | 8 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $3,235 | 7 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc | $2,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Ransom Everglades School Inc | $2,800 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $2,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Boyertown Community Library | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Congenital Hand Camp Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 68 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Schaefer Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Aetna Foundation Inc · Ppl Foundation · Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau · Foundations Community Partnership · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Berks County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Schaefer Foundation
- How much does The Schaefer Foundation give?
- The Schaefer Foundation reported 59 grants totaling $27,570 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Schaefer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (25%), Education (23%), Religion (13%).
- Who are The Schaefer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc ($16k), Daughters of Wisdom ($12k), Best Friends Animal Society ($9k).
- Does The Schaefer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Schaefer 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 Schaefer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aetna Foundation Inc, Ppl Foundation, Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau.
- Where is The Schaefer Foundation based?
- The Schaefer Foundation is based in FL.
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