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Private foundation (trust)EIN 043347626Est. 1997-05

The Schooner Foundation

Boston, MA 02111

Total Assets

$253.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$19.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

129

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$151K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$2M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$18.7M

Total Expenses

$27.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$19.8M

Distributable Amount

$12.2M

Min. Investment Return

$12.4M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

129 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $90K to maximum $2M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $19.4M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

468 grants

NAACP
$4.0M
5 grants
The Nature Conservancy
$2.4M
6 grants
Trustees of Boston University
$2.3M
13 grants
Brigham and Women's Hospital
$2.1M
4 grants
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation
$1.4M
6 grants
Here Right Matters Foundation
$1.3M
4 grants
King Baudouin Foundation United States
$1.1M
9 grants
UCSF Foundation
$1.1M
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

468 grants

<$10K
140
grants
$10–50K
126
grants
$50–250K
175
grants
$250K–1M
24
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

30 states

Massachusetts
$12.4M
28% of total
New York
$7.5M
17% of total
District of Columbia
$5.2M
11% of total
Maryland
$4.0M
9% of total
California
$3.0M
7% of total
Virginia
$2.6M
6% of total
Florida
$1.6M
4% of total
Tennessee
$1.3M
3% of total
Illinois
$1.2M
3% of total
North Carolina
$1M
2% of total

+20 more states

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