Michigan · Private foundation
The Schwarz 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $317k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Schwarz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $19k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $17k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $14k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $21k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $15k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $12k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $32,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc | $23,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $18,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Liberty Riders Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Salvation Army | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State | $4,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | $32,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc | $23,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $18,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Liberty Riders Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Salvation Army | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State | $4,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Athletic Factory Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Barrier Island Group for the Arts | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Distress Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Schwarz Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About The Schwarz Family Foundation
- How much does The Schwarz Family Foundation give?
- The Schwarz Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Schwarz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Recreation & Sports (22%), Education (17%).
- Who are The Schwarz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Michigan ($32k), Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc ($24k), Alliance for the Great Lakes ($19k).
- Does The Schwarz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Schwarz 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 Schwarz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Schwarz Family Foundation based?
- The Schwarz Family Foundation is based in MI.
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