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The Schneider Family 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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$31kHealth$19kHuman Services$18kEducation$18kCommunity Improvement$11kCivil Rights$4kHousing & Shelter$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$82k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Brigid Allance$6,000
OHSU FOUNDATION$3,000
FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$2,000
RAINIER SCHOLARS$1,500
PAGE AHEAD$1,500
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,000
CENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY PRESERVAT$1,000
Benzodiazepine Information Coalitio$1,000
UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $300 → 9%HOUR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $750 → 9%HOUR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $750 → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $500 → 9%Brigid Allance: $6k → 17%Brigid Allance: $2k → 17%UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL: $1k → 17%Brigid Allance: $1k → 17%UPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
SD
CO
WV
VA
MD
AR
NC
SC
DC
LA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99k · 21 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
15

Total granted

$99k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+21%

Still filing today

71%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TB
    THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +42%
  • RS
    RAINIER SCHOLARS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +282%
  • FN
    FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +21%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +3%
  • HR
    HELVETIA RESTORATION & DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
2
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
3
Food Lifeline

Food lifeline's mission is to feed people experiencing hunger today while working to end hunger tomorrow.

Food & Nutrition
4
Community Credit Lab

To support equitable access to economic opportunities for immigrants, refugees, low-income, marginalized, and underserved communities in king county and the united states.

Human Services
5
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
6
Northwest Harvest Emm

The organization's mission is growing food justice through collective action. the organization's vision is ending hunger in washington state.

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7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
9
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
10
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

—
11
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

The organization's mission is to mobilize resources to fight hunger in our community. to fulfill its mission, the food bank:* sources and acquires nutritious food and other products and distribute them to people experiencing nutrition…

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12
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Tomorrow; the most unlike its peers is Uptown Grand Central Corp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 37 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FO: $8,850 · OtherOREGON HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $6,000 · OtherFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTEOHSU FOUNDATION: $5,500 · OtherOHSU FOUNDATIONCENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY PRESERVAT: $4,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HEIRS PROPERTY PRESERVATNATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATIO: $3,000 · OtherNATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATIOUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $2,600 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONREWA: $1,700 · OtherCITY HARVEST INC: $2,000 · Other+11 more: $7,900 · Other+11 moreKULTUR HAUS HELVETIA INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureKULTUR HAUS HELVETIA INCThe Laundromat Project Inc: $5,700 · Arts & CultureThe Laundromat Project IncArts Corps: $3,350 · Arts & CultureArts CorpsTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID ALLIAN…MARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $2,800 · Human ServicesMARY'S PLACE SEAT…HOUR CHILDREN INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesHOUR CHILDREN INCUPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $2,000 · Human ServicesUPTOWN GRAND CENT…Refugee Womens Alliance: $2,000 · Human ServicesRefugee Womens Al…+1 more: $300 · Human ServicesRAINIER SCHOLARS: $6,575 · EducationRAINIER SCHOLAR…PAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM: $3,825 · EducationPAGE AHEAD CHIL…AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $3,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN…The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,000 · EducationThe New York Pu…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalRURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION: $400 · InternationalNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $3,000 · Civil RightsLEADERSHIP TOMORROW: $2,550 · Public Benefit
Other$41,550Arts & Culture$29,050Human Services$18,100Education$15,400International$4,400Civil Rights$3,000Public Benefit$2,550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKULTUR HAUS HELVETIA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $6,575 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Laundromat Project Inc: $5,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM: $3,825 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArts Corps: $3,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $2,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP TOMORROW: $2,550 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUPTOWN GRAND CENTRAL CORP: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee Womens Alliance: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM GROWN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Helpline: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetL&J EMPOWERMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Seattle FoundationThe Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Mightycause Charitabl…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Schneider Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schneider Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Schneider Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Schneider Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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