New York · Private foundation
William P & Gertrude Schweitzer
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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations William P & Gertrude Schweitzer funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k 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 | 11 | $160k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $150k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $180k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $180k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $180k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $150k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $160k | 45% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Museum of Natural History | $360,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Society Inc | $200,000 | 7 | n/a |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation | $84,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $80,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Raptor Trust | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Harleys Dream | $19,500 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Museum of Natural History | $360,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Society Inc | $200,000 | 7 | n/a |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation | $84,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $80,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Raptor Trust | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Harleys Dream | $19,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Aiken Horse Park Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington International Horse Show | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Whittemore Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Upperville Colt & Horse Show Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mylestone Equine Rescue | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| North Shore Animal League America Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hackensack Riverkeeper Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mane Stream Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($522k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William P & Gertrude Schweitzer 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.
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How this is measured
About William P & Gertrude Schweitzer
- How much does William P & Gertrude Schweitzer give?
- William P & Gertrude Schweitzer reported 11 grants totaling $160,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William P & Gertrude Schweitzer fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Animals (20%), Science & Tech (13%).
- Who are William P & Gertrude Schweitzer's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Museum of Natural History ($360k), The Carnegie Hall Society Inc ($200k), New Jersey Conservation Foundation ($84k).
- Does William P & Gertrude Schweitzer fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William P & Gertrude Schweitzer 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 William P & Gertrude Schweitzer?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is William P & Gertrude Schweitzer based?
- William P & Gertrude Schweitzer is based in NY.
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