Georgia · Private foundation
The Scharff Foundation Inc
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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $429k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Scharff Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 10 | $25k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $23k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $29k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $34k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $35k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $39k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $48k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $56k | 48% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillels of Georgia Inc | $13,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Camp Twin Lakes Inc | $12,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Temple Sholom of Chicago | $11,990 | 3 | n/a |
| Ian's Friends Foundation Inc | $8,219 | 6 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $5,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Home Life Communities Inc | $4,005 | 5 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($233k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Scharff Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Scharff Foundation Inc
- How much does The Scharff Foundation Inc give?
- The Scharff Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $37,540 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Scharff Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Philanthropy (36%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Scharff Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hillels of Georgia Inc ($13k), Camp Twin Lakes Inc ($13k), Temple Sholom of Chicago ($12k).
- Does The Scharff Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Scharff Foundation Inc 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 Scharff Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Selig Foundation Inc, The Marcus Foundation Inc, The Lynne and Howard Halpern Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Scharff Foundation Inc based?
- The Scharff Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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