Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund
Cambridge, MA · EIN 11-2856561. Reported 102 grants totalling $9,006,142 to 68 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund funded make grants themselves, and it reported 8 grants totalling $714,800 to them. That is 11% of the $6,553,366 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Solidaire Network Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $48,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership | grantmaking organization | New York | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Cambridge Community Foundation | community foundation | Massachusetts | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,200 and $24,000; the smallest was $125 and the largest $1,000,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Quincy, MA | $3,925,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Agitarte Inc | Cambridge, MA | $1,241,506 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Grassroots International Fbo Pr Community Land Trust | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asf - Access Strategies Fund | Cambridge, MA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund Fbo Jewish Liberation Fund | Amherst, MA | $320,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Good Finance Fbo Kibilio Grant for Refuge Purchase | Ashfield, MA | $255,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Resist Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kibilio Inc | Longmeadow, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeastern Illinois University Foundation Fbo Truth Telling Project | Chicago, IL | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jubilee Gift Galaxy | Oakland, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| State Power Fund | Youngstown, OH | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center | Roslyn Heights, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Solidaire Network | Oakland, CA | $48,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Highlander Research and Education Center | New Market, TN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jews for Racial & Economic Justice | New York, NY | $25,366 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fjc - a Foundation of Philanthropic | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wildcare | San Rafael, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Redwood Justice Fund Fbo Prison Radio | San Francisco, CA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bend the Arc Jewish Partnership | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Delta Foundation Inc | Greenville, MS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Join for Justice | Boston, MA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Excellent Education | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Planta | Sandia Park, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morningside Center for Teaching Social Response | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ms Foundation for Women | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Resource Impact | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Philanthropic Collaborative for Educ | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Jane Goodall Institute | Washington, DC | $8,989 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund Fbo Standing Together Ltd | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation Fbo Debt Collective | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ayni Institute | East Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Center for Civic Innovation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighbor to Neighbor | Fort Collins, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The International Leonard Peltier Defense | Tampa, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance for Global Justice Fbo Never Again | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People's Rights Fund Inc | New York, NY | $3,840 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kichwa Hatari Fbo Runa Kawsay | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New Press Inc | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| T'ruah | New York, NY | $2,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Frances Perkins Center | Moorestown, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Initiatives Fbo Radical Monarch 6382 | Oakland, CA | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the Parents Circle Families Forum | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| If Not Now Education Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adath Israel Congregation | San Francisco, CA | $1,215 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Lives Matter | Berkeley, CA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Israel Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kane's Krusade | Po Box, MA | $1,011 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Action St Louis | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afcfp-Combatants for Peace | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cambridge Community Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grassroots Global Justice | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Honor the Earth | Callaway, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indigeneous Environment Network | Bemidji, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Svara | Chicago, IL | $886 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hebrew College | Newton, MA | $504 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allied Media Projects Fbo Intelligent Mischief | Detroit, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Matenwa Inc | Cambridge, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| House of Tulip | New Orleans, LA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native Forward Scholars Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Houma Nation | Golden Meadow, LA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Chain Collaborative | Kennett Square, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Circle Boston | Brookline, MA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
19 of 68 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 34%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Grassroots International Fbo Pr Community Land Trust
TO CREATE A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD BY ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS TO LAND, WATER AND FOOD THROUGH GLOBAL GRANTMAKING, BUILDING SOLIDARITY ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS, AND ADVOCACY IN THE UNITED STATES. - Agitarte Inc
NURTURE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ARTISTS - Asf - Access Strategies Fund
TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND POWER BUILDING FOR COMMUNITIES IN MA GATEWAY CITIES. - Tides Foundation
TIDES FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT A JUST AND EQUITABLE FUTURE CAN EXIST ONLY WHEN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DENIED POWER, HAVE THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC POWER THEY NEED TO CREATE IT. TO MAKE THAT A REALITY, WE WORK IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP WITH DOERS AND DONORS TO CENTER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHANGEMAKERS FROM THESE COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND RESOURCES TO AMPLIFY THEIR IMPACT. - Common Good Finance Fbo Kibilio Grant for Refuge Purchase
EDUCATING FOR INDIGENOUS LAND JUSTICE AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE. - Resist Inc
TO SUPPORT PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS FOR JUICE AND LIBERATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 61 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | $1,378,422 | $6,000 |
| 2021 | 45 | $2,942,469 | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $1,355,533 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 13 | $1,418,749 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 16 | $1,910,969 | $18,750 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund has 16 of them, worth $6,766,353. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Quincy, MA | $3,250,000 |
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Quincy, MA | $1,550,000 |
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Quincy, MA | $1,400,000 |
| Common Good | Ashfield, MA | $250,000 |
| Agitarte Inc | Cambridge, MA | $119,574 |
| Agitarte Inc | Cambridge, MA | $85,779 |
| The Schott Foundation for Public Education | Quincy, MA | $50,000 |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Resource Impact | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $10,000 |
| Wildcare | San Rafael, CA | $10,000 |
| The Jane Goodall Institute | Washington, DC | $8,989 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York City, NY | $5,000 |
| Alliance for Global Justice Fbo Never Again | Tucson, AZ | $4,000 |
| American Friends of the Parents Circle Families Forum | New York, NY | $2,000 |
Where its money goes
84% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 391408, Cambridge, MA, 02139. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 11-2856561 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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