Funding search · EIN 341879639 · Travelers Rest, SC

The Karen and Paul Schaefer Foundation

Name: The Karen and Paul Schaefer Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

255
grants reported: $147,471
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $200
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Buncombe St Um Church3 grants · $27,040
Greenville Symphony4 grants · $11,500
Greenville Choral4 grants · $10,150
Buncombe Street Um Church1 grant · $9,400
Samaritan'S Purse4 grants · $5,070
Greenville Art Museum3 grants · $4,500
Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $4,000
Epworth Childrens3 grants · $4,000
National Parks Trustee3 grants · $3,000
St Jude3 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$38,455

2022

$33,705

2023

$36,110

2024

$39,201

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 255 grants.

$12,040
Buncombe St Um Church · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$9,400
Buncombe Street Um Church · Greenville, SC · 2022
Charitable
$9,000
Buncombe St Um Church · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Buncombe St Um Church · Greenville, SC · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Greenville Symphony · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Greenville Symphony · Greenville, SC · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Greenville Symphony · Greenville, SC · 2022
Charitable
$2,650
Greenville Choral · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Greenville Choral · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Greenville Symphony · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Greenville Choral · Greenville, SC · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Greenville Choral · Greenville, SC · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Epworth Childrens · Columbia, SC · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Charitable
$2,000
Trinity Presbyterian Church · Travelers Rest, SC · 2022
Charitable
$1,700
Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Greenville Art Museum · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Greenville Art Museum · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Greenville Art Museum · Greenville, SC · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Greenville Museum of Art · Greenville, SC · 2022
Charitable
$1,100
Epworth Children'S Home · Columbia, SC · 2022
Charitable
$1,080
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Charitable
$1,050
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Charitable
$1,020
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
National Parks Cons Association · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Epworth Childrens · Columbia, SC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Goodwill · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Mt Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
National Parks Trustee · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Epworth Childrens · Columbia, SC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Goodwill · Greenville, SC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
National Parks Trustee · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Samaritan International · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association · Mount Vernon, VA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Goodwill Industries · Greenville, SC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Historic Mt Vernon · Mount Vernon, VA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
National Parks Trustee · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Upcountry History Museum · Greenville, SC · 2022
Charitable
$800
Up Country History Museum · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$800
Upstate Warrior Solution · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$800
Up Country History Museum · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$800
Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Charitable
$600
Mt Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2025
Charitable
$550
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2022
Charitable
$540
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Charitable
$540
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Charitable
$540
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Charitable
$500
Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Foundation Forward · Valdese, NC · 2025
Charitable
$500
International Samaritan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Charitable
$500
Colonial Williamsburg · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Charitable
$500
International Samaritan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Charitable
$500
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Charitable
$500
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Charitable
$500
Up Country History Museum · Greenville, SC · 2023
Charitable
$500
T2t · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Charitable
$450
Humane Society · Greenville, GA · 2025
Charitable
$450
Humane Society · Greenville, GA · 2024
Charitable
$400
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Pass, KY · 2025
Charitable
$400
Greenville Parks Foundation · Taylor, SC · 2025
Charitable
$400
Miracle Hill Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$400
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2025
Charitable
$400
Upper Room · Nashiville, TN · 2025
Charitable
$400
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Pass, KY · 2024
Charitable
$400
Miracle Hill Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$400
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2024
Charitable
$400
Specail Olympics · Columbia, SC · 2024
Charitable
$400
Biblical Israel Ministries · Glenshaw, PA · 2023
Charitable
$400
Miracle Hill Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2023
Charitable
$400
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2023
Charitable
$400
Boy'S Town · Boys Town, NE · 2022
Charitable
$380
Upstate Warrior Solution · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$375
First Presbyterian · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$350
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Charitable
$350
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable
$350
Special Olympics · Columbia, SC · 2022
Charitable
$300
Bevard Music Center · Bevard, NC · 2025
Charitable
$300
Chautuaqua · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable
$300
Easter Seal · Columbia, SC · 2025
Charitable
$300
Monticello Jefferson · Charlottesville, VA · 2025
Charitable
$300
National Down Syndrome Society · Washington, VA · 2025
Charitable
$300
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
Charitable
$300
Bevard Music Center · Bevard, NC · 2024
Charitable
$300
Chautuaqua · Greenville, SC · 2024
Charitable
$300
Monticello Jefferson · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Charitable
$300
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$300
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Pass, KY · 2023
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.