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The Betty T and David M Schneider

Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-1866961. Reported 213 grants totalling $2,068,925 to 99 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.

Notold the IRS it takes no unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$2,068,925granted, 2021-2025
99recipients, as named on its returns
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,620,811assets, latest filing

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". The Betty T and David M Schneider 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement. A foundation can give a different answer on a later return, and this page is rebuilt when one is published. The rest of the page is its giving record: who it chose, and which of those make grants themselves.

Organizations it funds that make grants of their own

3 of the organizations The Betty T and David M Schneider funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $80,000 to them. That is 8% of the $1,065,285 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.

GrantmakerKindStateReceivedGrantsYearsLastOnly funds organizations it picks?
United Way of Greater Clevelandfederated giving programmeOhio$40,000112025Its form does not ask
United Way of Lake County Incfederated giving programmeOhio$25,000442025Its form does not ask
Key Biscayne Community Foundationcommunity foundationFlorida$15,000112025Its 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $10,000; the smallest was $10 and the largest $200,000.

Under $1,000
64 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
73 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
22 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
25 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
10 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
17 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University HospitalsCleveland, OH$351,000552025
Friends of Boca Grand CommunityBoca Grande, FL$220,000332024
Sarasota Memorial Health FoundationSarasota, FL$200,000442024
Friends of Breakthrough SchoolsCleveland, OH$130,000552025
Buckley InstituteNew Haven, CT$112,000332025
University SchoolHunting Valley, OH$109,600442025
YaleNew Haven, CT$100,300442024
United Way Services Greater ClevelandCleveland, OH$100,000222022
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OH$85,000222023
Waite Hill Village FoundationWaite Hill, OH$60,010552025
Cleveland OrchestraCleveland, OH$55,300552025
Friends of Boca Grande Community CenterBoca Grande, FL$55,000112025
Center for the ArtsCrested Butte, CO$50,000442025
United Way of Greater ClevelandCleveland, OH$40,000112025
Gasparilla Island Conservation & Improvment Association IncBoca Grande, FL$30,000442024
Youth Services of GlenviewGlenview, IL$30,000222023
Maine Maritime AcademyCastine, ME$25,000112024
United Way of Lake CountyMentor, OH$25,000442025
Key Biscayne Community FoundationKey Biscayne, FL$15,000112025
Crested Butte Land TrustCrested Butte, CO$14,500442024
Arkansas River TrustSalida, CO$12,000222024
Gunnison Valley HealthGunnison, CO$11,000222024
Emmanuel Promise of HopeEuclid, OH$10,500442025
Hillsdale CollegeHillsdale, MI$10,500112025
GiciaBoca Grande, FL$10,000112025
Legal Insurrection FoundationBarrington, RI$10,000222024
Ring and Candle IncPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112021
The Ryon D Provencher Memorial FundEnglewood, FL$10,000112024
The Salvation ArmyCleveland, OH$10,000442025
George Mason University FoundationFairfax, VA$9,500332024
Johann Fust Library FoundationBoca Grande, FL$8,000222023
HopewellMesopotamia, OH$7,800552025
Foundation for Individual Rights in EducationPhiladelphia, PA$7,000332023
Western Reserve Land ConservancyMoreland Hills, OH$7,000442025
The Island SchoolRock Sound, Eleut$6,740332024
Crested Butte Friends of the LibraryCrested Butte, CO$6,550442024
Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryCleveland, OH$6,000552025
Cleveland Kids' Book BankCleveland, OH$5,000112023
Friends of the MajesticCrested Butte, CO$5,000112022
Gunnison Vallet HealthGunnison, CO$5,000112022
Mote Marine LaboratorySarasota, FL$5,000112023
PretermCleveland, OH$5,000332025
Project HoodChicago, IL$5,000112024
Recovery ResourcesCleveland, OH$5,000332024
Hospice of the Western ReserveCleveland, OH$4,500222025
Holden Forests and GardensCleveland, OH$3,900332025
Bonefish and Tarpon TrustMiami, FL$3,750442024
The New CriterionDenville, NJ$3,050222025
Adaptive Sports CenterCrested Butte, CO$3,000332024
Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland, OH$3,000442025
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (fire)Philadelphia, PA$3,000112025
Vocational Guidance ServicesCleveland, OH$3,000442025
The Two FoundationChagrin Falls, OH$2,800332024
Alice Lloyd CollegePippa Passes, KY$2,500552025
Apollo's FireCleveland Hts, OH$2,500442025
Rescue VillageNovelty, OH$2,300442025
Judicial WatchWashington, DC$2,000112021
The City MissionCleveland, OH$2,000442025
The Gathering PlaceBeachwood, OH$2,000332025
Cleveland Institute of ArtCleveland, OH$1,500112024
Environmental ProgressAlbany, CA$1,500112023
Greater Cleveland FoodbankCleveland, OH$1,500222023
Holden Forsests and GardensCleveland, OH$1,500112022
Jf Library FoundationBoca Grande, FL$1,500112025
Real Clear Media FundNorthbrook, IL$1,500222024
State Policy NetworkArlington, VA$1,500222022
Suncoast Humane SocietyEnglewood, FL$1,500222024
The Holden ArboretumKirtland, OH$1,500112021
Ashbrook CenterAshland, OH$1,000112021
Bonefish & Tarpon TrustMiami, FL$1,000112025
Colorado Public RadioEnglewood, CO$1,000112024
Great Lakes Science CenterCleveland, OH$1,000112025
Gunnison Arts CenterGunnison, CO$1,000112025
IcgdrProvidence, RI$1,000112023
Mountain States Legal FoundationLakewood, CO$1,000112023
Oh Be Dogful Pet RanchCrested Butte, CO$1,000112022
Western Reserve Historical SocietyCleveland, OH$1,000112025
Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation IncBoca Grande, FL$500112025
CO2 CoalitionFairfax, VA$500112025
International Outreach InitiativeKey Largo, FL$500112021
MedworksLyndhurst, OH$500112023
The Claremont InstituteUpland, CA$500112022
The Coast Guard FoundationStonington, CT$500112025
The Epoch Times Association IncNew York, NY$500112021
The Island SchoolRock Sound, Eleuthera$500112025
The Lakeland FoundationKirkland, OH$500112025
Upper Midwest Law CenterGolden Valley, MN$500112021
Beech BrookCleveland, OH$300112025
Playhouse Square FoundationCleveland, OH$300112025
Texas A&m FoundationCollege Station, TX$275112025
Canyon Lake Animal ShelterCanyon Lake, TX$250112022
Cleveland School of the ArtsCleveland, OH$250112022
Kissidugu FoundationHawi, HI$250112022
Ohio Wesleyan University FundDelaware, OH$250112023
Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care CenterCollege Station, TX$250112023
Vinney Palliative Care and Hospice of Menorah ParkBeachwood, OH$250112024
Young VoicesWashington, DC$250112022
St Joseph Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD$100112025
Yale Class of 1956New Haven, CT$100112025

48 of 99 (48%) 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 67%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 133 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.

Education
33 grants
Arts & Culture
23 grants
Environment
14 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
13 grants
Health Care
10 grants
Civil Rights
9 grants
Animal Welfare
8 grants
Human Services
6 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202129$315,750$1,500
202249$296,500$1,000
202348$428,950$2,000
202442$578,040$2,750
202545$449,685$1,000

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.

Where its money goes

51% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio.

Ohio
$1.0M
Florida
$562K
Connecticut
$213K
Colorado
$111K
Illinois
$36K
Maine
$25K
Pennsylvania
$20K
Virginia
$12K

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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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc52 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund51 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program46 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust43 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc34 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc33 shared recipients

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Betty T and David M Schneider's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Co 600 Superior Ave E 1701, Cleveland, OH, 44114. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.

EIN 34-1866961 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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