California · Private foundation
The Scheerer Family Foundation
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.
- $121k
- Granted FY2023
- 15
- Grants FY2023
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
77% of The Scheerer Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Impactassetsinc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Scheerer Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $121k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations The Scheerer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 15 | $121k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $125k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $100k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $111k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $100k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $136k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $104k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mott Haven Academy Charter School | $162,937 | 9 | 0% |
| Land is Life Inc | $126,200 | 5 | 2% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Fund Incorporated | $108,600 | 7 | 83% |
| Thank You Life | $108,500 | 3 | 6% |
| The Ojai Foundation | $69,600 | 5 | 2% |
| Deuce Community Inc | $51,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Ola of Eastern Long Island Inc | $39,200 | 6 | 0% |
| World of Change | $31,151 | 4 | 6% |
| Lamoille Family Center Inc | $27,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($454k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Scheerer Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Rsf Social Finance Inc · Robin Chandler Duke Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About The Scheerer Family Foundation
- How much does The Scheerer Family Foundation give?
- The Scheerer Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $121,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Scheerer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (67%), Human Services (7%), Education (6%).
- Who are The Scheerer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mott Haven Academy Charter School ($163k), Land is Life Inc ($126k), Refugee & Immigrant Fund Incorporated ($109k).
- Does The Scheerer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Scheerer Family 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 Scheerer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rsf Social Finance Inc, Robin Chandler Duke Foundation, Impactassetsinc.
- Where is The Scheerer Family Foundation based?
- The Scheerer Family Foundation is based in CA.
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