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Walter L Schautz Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Walter L Schautz Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$522k
Granted FY2026still arriving
59
Grants FY2026still arriving
5
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2026.

Food & Nutrition$741kHuman Services$518kPhilanthropy$480kPublic Safety & Disaster$380kHealth$318kInternational$243kEducation$236kYouth Development$197kOther$0
02FY2026 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k44 grants · $124k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $273k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$8.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY OF SCRANTON$65,000
UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY$60,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$45,000
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN$40,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$40,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SCRANTON$25,500
FRIENDS OF THE POOR$25,000
LACKAWANNA BRANCH PA ASSOC FOR THE BLIND$20,000
UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OF NEPA$15,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SCRANTON$12,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY SCRANTON CAMPUS$10,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$10,000
WEINBERG FOOD BANK$10,000
ST VLADIMIR'S CHURCH$10,000
GREATER SCRANTON YMCA$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–26, $273k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR LIVING: $1k → 9%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $30k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $23k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $19k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $18k → 13%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $16k → 13%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $15k → 13%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $11k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $2k → 15%GREATER SCRANTON YMCA: $10k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $2k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $2k → 15%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $1k → 15%SCRANTON LACKAWANNA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $6k → 13%SCRANTON LACKAWANNA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $5k → 13%AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY ENPOWERMENT OF NEPA: $5k → 13%SCRANTON LACKAWANNA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: $4k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 13%TELESPOND SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 13%TELESPOND SENIOR SERVICES: $3k → 13%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $2k → 13%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $2k → 13%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $2k → 13%OUTREACH CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $2k → 13%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $2k → 13%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $1k → 13%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $1k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $5k → 13%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $5k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $5k → 13%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $5k → 13%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $2k → 13%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $2k → 13%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $2k → 13%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $2k → 13%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $2k → 13%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $1k → 13%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $1k → 13%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SCRANTON: $12k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $5k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $5k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $2k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 81 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

81 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2026, 29 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
25

Total granted

$3.5M
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+40%

Still filing today

41%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureInternationalAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SF
    ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN
    8× · 2019–2026 · $170k · revenue +61%
  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton
    8× · 2019–2026 · $142k · revenue +63%
  • LB
    LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $118k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $8k
  • CP
    CONVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INFANT CARE
    one grant, 2019 · $8k
  • SP
    SCRANTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Upmc Williamsport

UPMC Williamsport is a subsidiary of UPMC Susquehanna. The mission of UPMC Susquehanna and its subsidiaries is to serve the community by providing outstanding patient care and shaping tomorrow's health care through clinical and…

Health
2
Pocono Health System

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

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3
Susquehanna Physician Services

Susquehanna physician services is a subsidiary of the exempt entity upmc suquehanna. our vision is to create an integrated community health system that delivers world class care. our values are to carefully place our patients and their…

Health
4
Wrc Pennsylvania Memorial Home

Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…

Health
5
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
6
Keystone Care

Providing administrative services to its two subsidiaries, keystone hospice and keystone home health, llc. providing social services to medically fragile populations in southeastern pennsylvania.

Health
7
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

The mission of penn state health holy spirit medical center is to nurture the healing ministry of the church, supported by education and research. fidelity to the gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create…

Health
8
Keystone Hospice

Providing comprehensive home-based and facility based hospice care to children and adults with life limiting and life threatening illnesses in southeastern pennsylvania. in addition, keystone hospice provides residential care through…

Human Services
9
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
10
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
11
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation
Education
12
Human Services Center

Human services center is a comprehensive community behavioral healthcare provider that provides mental health and development disability services to lawrence county residents.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

42 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. 42 of the 113 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
33/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN RED CROSS: $360,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSUNITED WAY OF LACAKWANNA COUNTY: $360,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF LACAKWANNA COUNTYSALVATION ARMY OF SCRANTON: $288,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF SCRANTONMEALS ON WHEELS: $233,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELSFRIENDS OF THE POOR: $230,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE POORST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN: $170,000 · OtherST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHENBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SCRANTON: $159,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES: $120,000 · OtherLACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION: $118,000 · Other+77 more: $1,019,950 · Other+77 moreYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton: $141,500 · Human ServicesST JOSEPHS CENTER: $28,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesAGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $19,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SCRANTON INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesOUTREACH - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $11,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $10,000 · Human Services+3 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of Scranton: $39,700 · EducationWYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $16,000 · EducationLACKAWANNA COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationMarywood University: $6,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION: $26,500 · Arts & CultureEVERHART MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE AND ART: $21,000 · Arts & CultureSCRANTON JAZZ FESTIVAL: $9,500 · Arts & CultureSERVING SENIORS INC: $22,000 · HealthJEWISH HOME OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ELAN SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB: $15,000 · HealthGEISINGER HEALTH: $6,000 · HealthINDIVIDUAL ABILITIES IN MOTION INC: $3,000 · HealthNORTHEAST REGIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthHUMANE SOCIETY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $31,000 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsLACKAWANNA PRO BONO INC: $21,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,058,450Human Services$273,500Education$71,700Arts & Culture$57,000Health$49,000Animals$31,500Crime & Legal$21,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF THE POOR: $230,000 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN: $170,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton: $141,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES: $120,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION: $118,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $39,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY: $31,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetST JOSEPHS CENTER: $28,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION: $26,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $23,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWRC INC: $23,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSERVING SENIORS INC: $22,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEVERHART MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE AND ART: $21,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLACKAWANNA PRO BONO INC: $21,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetAGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTURY CLUB OF SCRANTON: $19,000 over 8y, 36% of budgetKEYSTONE COLLEGE: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH HOME OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ELAN SKILLED NURSING AND REHAB: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH - CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLACKAWANNA COLLEGE: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOUSE: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSCRANTON JAZZ FESTIVAL: $9,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetWAVERLY COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTELESPOND SENIOR SERVICES INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMarywood University: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEISINGER HEALTH: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLACKAWANNA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 FRIENDS OF THE POOR ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds LACKAWANNA BLIND ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Scranton ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPHS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds WRC INC ↗
  • Who funds SERVING SENIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERHART MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCE AND ART ↗
  • Who funds LACKAWANNA PRO BONO INC ↗
  • Who funds AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OF NEPA ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF THE SACRED HEART ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTURY CLUB OF SCRANTON ↗
  • Who funds KEYSTONE COLLEGE ↗

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.

Scranton Area Foundat…The Hawk Family Found…Moses Taylor Foundati…Eureka FoundationMargaret Briggs Found…Robert H Spitz Founda…Allone FoundationAllone CharitiesThe Ross Family Found…The Harry and Jeanett…Sabia Family Foundati…United Way of Lackawa…
Scranton Area Foundation IncPA59.4× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Scranton Area Foundation Inc · The Hawk Family Foundation · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Eureka Foundation · Margaret Briggs Foundation · Robert H Spitz Foundation · Allone Foundation · Allone Charities · The Ross Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Sabia Family Foundation · United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Walter L Schautz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter L Schautz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Walter L Schautz Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Walter L Schautz Foundation 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.

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 113 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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