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ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC

ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,979 to it, the largest being THE FLATLEY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$35k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$18k
Net assets
$148k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Elizabeth Schickel Foundation Inc does

Mission

Elizabeth courageously lived her catholic faith with infectious zeal and authentic joy. She showed a gratitude and love for others, which increased admirably throughout her illness until her death from cancer at age fifteen. Inspired by her beautiful life, the elizabeth schickel foundation shares her story and empowers others to live with elizabeth's spirit no matter the circumstance. Montrose school scholarship fund awarded by our foundation to young women of outstanding character. Currently funding 5 scholarship recipients in high school, with grants ranging from 2,500-5,000 per year.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Montrose school women-in-residence program the montrose women of excellence in leadership: women leaders in residence initiative seeks to mentor and apprentice young women by engaging with accomplished female leaders across disciplines. Three inaugral leaders in residence were sponsored for 5,000 each.

    $15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants
    75% of program spending
  2. Life compass institute provide funds to host dr. Mary anderson to present on happiness and high achievement. 5,000

    $5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    25% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $20,000.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($5k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($101k)2022 Revenue 869 ($44k) Expenses 106 ($13k) Net assets 130 ($131k)2023 Revenue 663 ($33k) Expenses 287 ($36k) Net assets 127 ($128k)2024 Revenue 798 ($40k) Expenses 248 ($31k) Net assets 136 ($137k)2025 Revenue 702 ($35k) Expenses 191 ($24k) Net assets 147 ($148k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (702)Expenses (191)Net assets (147)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $101k to $131k (+30%).

$101k
$131k
$128k
$137k
$148k
20212022202320242025
Total assets

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’21
$30k
’22
−$3k
’23
$9k
’24
$11k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1k → $782.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

56%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 96% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

56% of ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $229 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)63% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

52%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC?
ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,979 to it, the largest being THE FLATLEY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $17,979 in grants to ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC?
THE FLATLEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ELIZABETH SCHICKEL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing