Michigan · Private foundation
The Schalon Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $408k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Schalon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 15 | $268k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $518k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $504k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $81k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $610k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $200k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $393k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $272k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Beach Carousel Society Inc | $291,500 | 7 | 49% |
| Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $265,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Ars Arts & Culture Center | $115,000 | 5 | 33% |
| Citadel Dance and Music Center Inc | $115,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan | $115,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Ocean Discovery Institute | $105,000 | 6 | 1% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran School | $65,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sharp Healthcare Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Soup Kitchen Inc | $56,000 | 7 | 6% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Schalon Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Berrien Community Foundation Inc · The Cushman Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · Hanson Family Foundation · St Josephbenton Harbor Rotary Foundation Inc · The Marzke Family Foundation · Evergreene Foundation · Whirlpool Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation
How this is measured
About The Schalon Foundation
- How much does The Schalon Foundation give?
- The Schalon Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $408,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Schalon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Philanthropy (11%), Animals (9%).
- Who are The Schalon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Silver Beach Carousel Society Inc ($292k), Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra Association Inc ($265k), Ars Arts & Culture Center ($115k).
- Does The Schalon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Schalon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Schalon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berrien Community Foundation Inc, The Cushman Foundation, The San Diego Foundation.
- Where is The Schalon Foundation based?
- The Schalon Foundation is based in MI.
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