· 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.
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOG'S INC | $3,000 |
| MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH | $1,500 |
| BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY | $1,200 |
| QUEEN OF PEACE | $1,000 |
| DAUGHTERS OF WISDOM | $1,000 |
| UNICEF | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE DELAWARE CANAL | $1,000 |
| ASPEN RHOADS RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| TREVOR PROJECT | $1,000 |
| SHRINER'S HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | $1,000 |
| HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| BOYERTOWN COMMUNITY LIBRARY | $1,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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 +43% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
73 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 14 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, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SGSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +146%
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY8× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +31%
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC7× · 2018–2024 · $3k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- WLWASHINGTON & LEE ANNUAL FUNDone grant, 2018 · $5k
- UVUCD VET SCHOOLone grant, 2018 · $5k
- QOQUEEN OF PEACE CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $3k
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.
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
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…
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.
How this is measured
65 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 120 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 Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE DELAWARE CANAL INC ↗
- Who funds RANSOM EVERGLADES SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds University of Miami ↗
- Who funds BOYERTOWN COMMUNITY LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds CONGENITAL HAND CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds A WOMAN'S PLACE ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SONOMA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
- Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ARTSQUEST ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Schaefer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schaefer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
- Santa Fe College Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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