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William C Schumacher Family Foundation

To support the charitable mission of community foundation of acadiana by distributing funds to other charitable organizations or spending resources to build stronger communities through collaboration and community engagement.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$3.4MReligion$3.3MPhilanthropy$2.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$458kHousing & Shelter$454kEnvironment$410kInternational$281kHealth$255kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $496k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.9M
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OUR SAVIOR'S CHURCH$1,000,000
LOVE OUR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$646,288
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ACADIANA$251,664
OUR LADY OF WISDOM CATHOLIC CHURCH$101,000
PARISH PROUD$100,000
MILES PERRET CANCER SERVICES$100,000
UNITED WAY OF ACADIANA$95,134
EIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC$50,000
SCHOOL CONNECT$50,000
CROSS CATHOLIC OUTREACH INC$25,000
MERCY CARE FOUNDATION$25,000
WOMEN OF WISDOM OF ACADIANA$12,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA$10,987
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF ACADIANA$10,000
ST TERESA CENTER FOR WORKS OF MERCY$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST TERESA CENTER FOR WORKS OF MERCY: $10k → 18%LOVE ACADIANA: $31k → 17%RESCYOU GROUP: $10k → 17%LOVE ACADIANA: $7k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MA
IA
OH
PA
CT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of William C Schumacher Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

William C Schumacher Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.1M · 22 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
35

Total granted

$8.1M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+10%

Still filing today

64%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $228k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureReligionHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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

  • ED
    EIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $596k · revenue +204%
  • SC
    SCHOOL CONNECT INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $465k · revenue +21% · 53% of their budget
  • PL
    PROUD LOUISIANA LLC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $410k · revenue +0% · 86% of their budget

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BAYOU CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • CK
    CAPTURING KIDS HEARTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue -83%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $177k · revenue +38%
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
Together Louisiana

Together Louisiana is a network of faith and community institutions that works to strengthen local leadership and support practical solutions to everyday challenges. Its mission focuses on helping communities work together across race…

Public Benefit
2
Laura Center for Creole Heritage
Arts & Culture
3
Impact Acadiana

The purpose of Impact Acadiana is to fundraise for different charities throughout the Acadiana Region as well as the State of Louisiana to help support the causes of Veteran's Affairs/Cancer & Research/School Athletic Programs etc..

Education
4
Louisiana Alpha House Scholarship Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants
International
6
Lsu Research Foundation
Community Improvement
7
Congenital Heart Foundation of Louisiana

Offer emotional/financial support to families with CHD.

Health
8
Downtown Lafayette Unlimited

The organization's mission is to preserve, restore and expand downtown lafayette, louisiana as a business and cultural center.

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9
Louisiana Chapter American Academy Pediatrics

The organization's primary exempt purpose was the enhancement of pediatric care.

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10
Acadiana Open Channel Inc

Public access television

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11
Louisiana School Board Association Foundation

To financially assist public schools, mainly in louisiana, in meeting financial needs related to the education of children.

Education
12
Louisiana Swamp Watch Inc

Educate public on special interest in Louisiana

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Miles Perret Cancer Services; the most unlike its peers is Houston Responds. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 64 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/44
Grantees still filing
23/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUR SAVIORS CHURCH FAMILY OF MINIST RIES: $2,306,500 · OtherOUR SAVIORS CHURCH FAMILY OF MINIST RIESLAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM: $355,176 · OtherLAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMTHE BAYOU CHURCH INC: $250,000 · OtherTHE BAYOU CHURCH INCCAREY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION: $225,000 · OtherDOUBLE HARVEST: $231,000 · OtherDOTLIFE INC: $162,000 · Other+43 more: $1,119,887 · Other+43 moreCommunity Foundation of Acadiana: $2,271,634 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of A…United Way of Acadiana Inc: $367,257 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Acadiana In…+1 more: $32,000 · PhilanthropyLOVE OUR SCHOOLS: $2,045,934 · EducationLOVE OUR SCHOOLSCAPTURING KIDS HEARTS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationCAPTURING KIDS HEARTS FO…ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $176,667 · EducationALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN E…+2 more: $43,633 · EducationEIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC: $596,160 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $6,620 · Housing & ShelterSCHOOL CONNECT INC: $465,000 · Community ImprovementBayou Community Foundation: $47,896 · Community ImprovementHouston Responds: $420,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCAJUN RELIEF FOUNDATION INC GAUDET: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPROUD LOUISIANA LLC: $410,000 · Environment
Other$4,649,563Philanthropy$2,670,891Education$2,516,234Housing & Shelter$602,780Community Improvement$512,896Public Safety & Disaster$470,000Environment$410,000

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 budgetCommunity Foundation of Acadiana: $2,271,634 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetLOVE OUR SCHOOLS: $2,045,934 over 2y, 99% of budgetEIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC: $596,160 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetSCHOOL CONNECT INC: $465,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetHouston Responds: $420,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetPROUD LOUISIANA LLC: $410,000 over 3y, 86% of budgetUnited Way of Acadiana Inc: $367,257 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetDOUBLE HARVEST: $231,000 over 4y, 82% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $176,667 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOTLIFE INC: $162,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetMERCY CARE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMILES PERRET CANCER SERVICES: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWomen of Wisdom of Avadiana Inc: $52,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetCAJUN RELIEF FOUNDATION INC GAUDET: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBayou Community Foundation: $47,896 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetACADIANA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetST CHARLES PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS SERVING ACADIANA INC PASA: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetUNIV OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION INC: $25,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF ACADIANA: $25,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ACADIANA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAAROGYASEVA GLOBAL HEALTH VOLUNTEER ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CURRENT MEDIA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetASSOCIATED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS OF LOUISIANA: $18,333 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAcadiana Outreach Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAT WORK ON PURPOSE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetACADIANA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE RESCYOU GROUP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLOUISIANA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCITE DES ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetACADIANA VETERAN ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIWANIS CLUB OF LAFAYETTE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetST TERESA CENTER FOR WORKS OF MERCY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ACADIANA: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLAFAYETTE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $6,620 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLOMON HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetAcadiana Animal Aid: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Zuschlag Family Found…Mills Family Foundati…Love Our SchoolsPinhook Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Stuller Family Founda…Knight Family Foundat…Martial F Billeaud Sr…The Rucks Family Foun…Haynie Family Foundat…Blue Cross & Blue Shi…
Community Foundation of AcadianaLA71× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Acadiana · Zuschlag Family Foundation · Mills Family Foundation Inc · Love Our Schools · Pinhook Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Southwest Louisiana · Stuller Family Foundation · Knight Family Foundation Formerly the Eddy Knight Family Foundation · Martial F Billeaud Sr Foundation · The Rucks Family Foundation · Haynie Family Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation

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 William C Schumacher Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William C Schumacher Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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 William C Schumacher Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to William C Schumacher Family 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 64 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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