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The Schulman Foundation Inc

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.

$570k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
34 to 44
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$7.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Schulman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CulturePublic BenefitCrime & LegalHealthSocial ScienceHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2024still arriving40$555k28%
FY202344$201k20%
FY202240$139k0%
FY202143$126k21%
FY202035$115k11%
FY201934$77k15%
FY201838$86k16%
FY201736$71kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$256kPublic Benefit$249kEducation$183kCrime & Legal$161kArts & Culture$156kCivil Rights$155kInternational$70kHuman Services$62kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 55 grantees
All grantees of The Schulman Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy$135,00071%
American Civil Rights Institute$95,00072%
Chesapeake Chamber Music Inc T/A Chesapeake Music$88,000517%
Institute for Justice$77,00080%
Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc$70,00080%
Talbot Hospice Foundation Inc$58,00081%
Channel Marker Inc$54,00080%
Pacific Legal Foundation$49,00080%
Smile Train Inc$47,00080%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$40,00080%
Judicial Watch Inc$39,00070%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$35,00080%
American Institute for Economic Research$30,00040%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$28,00060%
Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs$23,50051%
Institute for Humane Studies$21,00080%
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission$20,00080%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$19,00080%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$16,50060%
Academy Art Museum Inc$15,22580%
Casa of Talbot County Inc$14,00071%
EdChoice Inc$12,00070%
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation$12,00021%
Palm Springs International Piano Competition$10,60061%
Philosophical Society of Washington$10,20028%
American Health Legal Foundation$10,00061%
Cystinosis Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$10,00010%
Learning Ally Inc$9,00070%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$8,00040%
National Legal and Policy Center$8,00040%
Oxford Community Center Inc$7,50080%
Newspaper in Education Institute$7,000733%
Cystinosis Research Foundation$7,00070%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,50030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Palm Springs Police Officers Associ$4,00031%
Bighorn Institute$3,30031%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$2,50010%
Palm Springs Art Museum$2,40830%
Oxford Museum Inc$2,20081%
Living Desert The$2,00010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$2,00010%
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic$2,00040%
Fishin Mission Foundation Inc$2,0002n/a
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc$1,50020%
The Future of Freedom Foundation$1,50040%
American Heritage Society$1,5002n/a
Oxford Library Incorporated$1,1007n/a
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow$1,00010%
Palm Springs Pathfinders Inc$1,00010%
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund$50010%
Tax Foundation$25010%
Software in the Public Interest Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($232k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Schulman Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPacific Research Institute For Public Policy: $135,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Civil Rights Institute: $95,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetChesapeake Chamber Music Inc T/A Chesapeake Music: $88,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $77,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSave a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc: $70,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTalbot Hospice Foundation Inc: $58,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetChannel Marker Inc: $54,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $49,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $47,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $39,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy: $35,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Institute for Economic Research: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $28,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Palm Springs: $23,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCoachella Valley Rescue Mission: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $19,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAcademy Art Museum Inc: $15,225 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCasa of Talbot County Inc: $14,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCriminal Justice Legal Foundation: $12,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPalm Springs International Piano Competition: $10,600 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPhilosophical Society of Washington: $10,200 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetAmerican Health Legal Foundation: $10,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFriends of United Hatzalah Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Legal and Policy Center: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOxford Community Center Inc: $7,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNewspaper in Education Institute: $7,000 over 7y, 33% of budgetCystinosis Research Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Springs Police Officers Associ: $4,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBighorn Institute: $3,300 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of California Berkeley Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Springs Art Museum: $2,408 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOxford Museum Inc: $2,200 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLiving Desert The: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMultiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Springs Friends of Philharmonic: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Future of Freedom Foundation: $1,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCommittee for a Constructive Tomorrow: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Springs Pathfinders Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 51.

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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.

The Llandaff Family TrustMD19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Llandaff Family Trust · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Dock Street Foundation · Grayce B Kerr Fund Inc · The Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation Inc · Van Strum Foundation 8833023 · The Wyman Family Foundation Inc · T & M Mitchell Fdn Dima-Blrk · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust

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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How do I get to The Schulman Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Schulman Foundation Inc 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.

About The Schulman Foundation Inc

How much does The Schulman Foundation Inc give?
The Schulman Foundation Inc reported 42 grants totaling $570,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Schulman Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (18%), Public Benefit (17%), Education (13%).
Who are The Schulman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pacific Research Institute For Public Policy ($135k), American Civil Rights Institute ($95k), Chesapeake Chamber Music Inc T/A Chesapeake Music ($88k).
Does The Schulman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Schulman 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 Schulman Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Llandaff Family Trust, Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc, Dock Street Foundation.
Where is The Schulman Foundation Inc based?
The Schulman Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 84 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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