Iowa · Private foundation
W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust
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.
- $313k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $128,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 28
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $313k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $289k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $178k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Community College | $317,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Drake University | $17,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Simpson College | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Central College | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buena Vista University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salve Regina University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Graceland University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Morningside University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Community College | $317,550 | 3 | n/a |
| Drake University | $17,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Simpson College | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Central College | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Buena Vista University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salve Regina University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Graceland University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Morningside University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William Jewell College | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand View University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Allen College | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy College of Health Sciences | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Lineman College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($355k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust 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: Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr · Dean J King Family Foundation · Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · Snyder-Vaughn Trust Funds · Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust · Willard E and Ella P Thompson Educational Fund · Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust · Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · United Way Worldwide · Meyerhoff Charitable Trust · Moore Scholarship Trust · Marguerite V Brown
How this is measured
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About W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust
- How much does W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust give?
- W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust reported 22 grants totaling $313,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 28 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Health (0%).
- Who are W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Southwestern Community College ($318k), Drake University ($18k), Simpson College ($17k).
- Does W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust 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 W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr, Dean J King Family Foundation, Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc.
- Where is W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust based?
- W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust is based in IA.
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