Arizona · Private foundation
The Susan and Ford Schumann 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.
- $5.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 127
- Grants FY2025
- 135
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $819,487
- Organizations funded a year
- 118 to 139
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 28
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 125 | $5.5M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 135 | $197k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 139 | $199k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 130 | $177k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 118 | $166k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 119 | $162k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 130 | $147k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 131 | $160k | 15% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $830,987 | 6 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $829,988 | 9 | 0% |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $827,987 | 8 | 1% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $823,488 | 5 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $821,487 | 7 | 3% |
| The Wilderness Society | $436,994 | 8 | 1% |
| Orphan Acres Inc | $45,200 | 9 | 1% |
| Lifesavers Inc | $43,650 | 9 | 0% |
| Democracy Now Productions Inc | $42,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $35,300 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 174 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Susan and Ford Schumann 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc · Farrell Family Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · John R Oltman Charitable Foundation · The Gerald B Shreiber Foundation · The Patricia Florence Miller Trust · The J R Stein Family Foundation (F/K/A the Stein Family Fund)
How this is measured
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About The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation
- How much does The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation give?
- The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation reported 127 grants totaling $5,466,794 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 118 and 139 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (44%), Animals (22%), Science & Tech (12%).
- Who are The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($831k), The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc ($830k), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc ($828k).
- Does The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Susan and Ford Schumann 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 Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr, Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation, Bradford Family Foundation.
- Where is The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation based?
- The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation is based in AZ.
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