California · Private foundation
Ws Scharff Family 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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $710k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ws Scharff Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 10 | $55k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $198 | 38% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $39k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $96k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Family Clinic | $71,215 | 7 | 0% |
| National Parkinson Foundation Inc | $44,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Share Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Heal the Bay | $26,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Virginia Institute of Autism Inc | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $15,015 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $12,025 | 3 | 0% |
| Venice Heritage Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Venice Community Housing Corporation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Youth Association | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ws Scharff Family 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: California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ws Scharff Family Foundation
- How much does Ws Scharff Family Foundation give?
- Ws Scharff Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $55,075 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ws Scharff Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (47%), Environment (13%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are Ws Scharff Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Venice Family Clinic ($71k), National Parkinson Foundation Inc ($45k), Share Inc ($37k).
- Does Ws Scharff Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ws Scharff Family 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 Ws Scharff Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ws Scharff Family Foundation based?
- Ws Scharff Family Foundation is based in CA.
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