· Private foundation
The Schumacher Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k8 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HIGHLANDS COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $10,000 |
| RIDGE AREA ARC | $10,000 |
| SEBRING MEALS ON WHEELS INC | $5,000 |
| AG ANGELS | $5,000 |
| NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH AND MISSION | $5,000 |
| LITTLE LAMBS INC A JOHN & EILEEN SA | $3,000 |
| HOPE MINISTRY PROJECT | $3,000 |
| CHOICES FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS INC | $3,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSUEM OF HIGHLANDS | $3,000 |
| HIGHLANDS LAKESIDE THEATRE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RARIDGE AREA ARC INC4× · 2021–2026 · $32k · revenue +23%
- AAAG ANGELS INC3× · 2021–2026 · $12k · revenue +18%
- SMSEBRING MEALS ON WHEELS INC3× · 2018–2026 · $12k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- STSAMARITANS TOUCH CENTERone grant, 2025 · $5k
- HCHIGHLANDS COUNTY AG-VENTURE INCone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +2%
- HMHOPE MINISTRY INCone grant, 2023 · $2k
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.
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.
To be human angels for animals, advocating for their lives, humane treatment, spay and neuter education and responsible ownership. As a foster based organization save as many dogs as possible who are in jeopardy of euthanasia at Highlands…
The rescue, rehabilitation and sanctuary of abused, neglected, abandoned and unwanted farm animals.
To provide assistance such as food, clothing and shelter to families and individuals in need
Rescue and Rehabilitation of Equines
To provide nutrition programs (including meals) on site and home delivery, health education, information and referral outreach, in home registery services, employment and volunteer placement for senior citizens.
Daystar Hope Center of Pasco County, Inc. provides food, clothing and household items to families in need.
To provide transitional housing for homeless individuals and families, and assist them in obtaining employment and long-term housing.
Provide rescue and health services for horses until they can be placed in adoption or live forever at the sanctuary.
Therapeutic riding program for children and adults with disabilities including Palsy, Spina Bifida, PTSD, Autism and ADHD.
Helping animals in need by providing refuge and fostering healing through building connections between animals and humans.
We provide Hot food to those that are in need. We prepare serve and deliver meals to those who are not mobile.
Rescue and rehabilitate horses who are in a difficult situation and then re-train and re-home the horses to an environment that allows them to be successful partners with their owners.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds RIDGE AREA ARC INC ↗
- Who funds AG ANGELS INC ↗
- Who funds SEBRING MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds CHOICES FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITANS TOUCH CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE MINISTRY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds HIGHLANDS COUNTY AG-VENTURE INC ↗
- Who funds HEARTLAND HORSES EQUINE ACTIVITIES ↗
- Who funds Sebring Historical Society Inc ↗
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: Thakkar Family Foundation · The Palms Foundation of Sebring Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Schumacher Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schumacher Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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