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The Schloss Family 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.

$336k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Schloss Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving15$336k27%
FY202411$285k36%
FY20239$178k11%
FY202218$380k17%
FY202116$275k25%
FY202017$676k47%
FY201935$326k66%
FY201816$408k56%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.0MEducation$433kInternational$398kPhilanthropy$172kHealth$169kHuman Services$42kMembership Benefit$26kYouth Development$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Westport Country Playhouse Inc$375,000210%
Theatre Forward Inc$340,00059%
Freedom House$240,00060%
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation$154,500639%
Wnet$150,00020%
Vanderbilt University$150,00020%
American Theatre Wing Inc$140,00051%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$95,00040%
Arts Ignite Inc$75,00033%
The Stamford Hospital$75,00040%
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All grantees of The Schloss Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Westport Country Playhouse Inc$375,000210%
Theatre Forward Inc$340,00059%
Freedom House$240,00060%
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation$154,500639%
Wnet$150,00020%
Vanderbilt University$150,00020%
American Theatre Wing Inc$140,00051%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$95,00040%
Arts Ignite Inc$75,00033%
The Stamford Hospital$75,00040%
International Rescue Committee INC$60,00020%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$57,00050%
The Actors' Fund of America$55,50060%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$45,00020%
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc$45,00030%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc$40,00010%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$40,00040%
PowerMyLearning Inc$39,50060%
Daedalus Productions Inc$35,0001n/a
The Emelin Theatre$19,50041%
Egg & Spoon Theatre Collective Inc$15,500338%
The Catticus Corporation$15,00021%
Chess-In-The-Schools Inc$15,00020%
Norwalk Community College Foundation Inc$12,00020%
Fairvote$12,00010%
Person to Person Inc$10,00020%
All Star Children's Foundation Inc$10,00011%
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc$9,00020%
Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc$8,50020%
Darien Arts Center Inc$7,50011%
The Community Fund of Darien$7,00020%
Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc$6,0001n/a
The Rowan Center Inc$5,00030%
St Mary Star of the Sea$5,0001n/a
Darien EMS Post 53 Inc$3,50020%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$2,50010%
Waveny Park Conservancy Inc$2,00011%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,00010%
Children's Defense Fund$1,0001n/a
Children's Aid Society of West Tx Inc$1,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$1,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
Community Service Society of New York$1,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$1,00010%
National Wildlife Federation$1,00010%
Mercy Corps$1,00010%
Fresh Air Fund$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($893k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Schloss Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWestport Country Playhouse Inc: $375,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetTheatre Forward Inc: $340,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetFreedom House: $240,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Al Hirschfeld Foundation: $154,500 over 6y, 39% of budgetWnet: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Theatre Wing Inc: $140,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArts Ignite Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetThe Stamford Hospital: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $57,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $55,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Marys Hospital for Children Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPowerMyLearning Inc: $39,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Emelin Theatre: $19,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetEgg & Spoon Theatre Collective Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 38% of budgetThe Catticus Corporation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChess-In-The-Schools Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNorwalk Community College Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFairvote: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPerson to Person Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll Star Children's Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDarien Arts Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Community Fund of Darien: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Rowan Center Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDarien EMS Post 53 Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaveny Park Conservancy Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Aid Society of West Tx Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Service Society of New York: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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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.

Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Lone Pine Foundation Inc · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Express Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · California Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Schloss Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Schloss Family Foundation Inc give?
The Schloss Family Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $336,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Schloss Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Education (13%), International (12%).
Who are The Schloss Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Westport Country Playhouse Inc ($375k), Theatre Forward Inc ($340k), Freedom House ($240k).
Does The Schloss Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Schloss Family 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 Schloss Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is The Schloss Family Foundation Inc based?
The Schloss Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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