Funding search · EIN 166071354 · Buffalo, NY

The Penn Schoellkopf Fund

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

79
grants reported
$177,000
total given
2021–2025
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212025. 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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Top recipients

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  • Jacobs Institute5 grants · $37,500
  • Salvation Army5 grants · $16,000
  • Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center5 grants · $14,000
  • Spca5 grants · $11,000
  • Nichols School5 grants · $10,000
  • Westminister Economic Development Initiative3 grants · $9,000
  • Danny & Ron'S Rescue4 grants · $9,000
  • Stephen Comunale Cancer Fdn4 grants · $8,000
  • Genesee Valley Conservatory4 grants · $7,000
  • Elmwood Franklin School4 grants · $5,500

Giving over time

$27,000
2021
$36,000
2022
$34,000
2023
$34,000
2024
$46,000
2025

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

  • $15,000

    Jacobs Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $7,000

    Jacobs Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $6,000

    Jacobs Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Jacobs Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Westminister Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $4,500

    Jacobs Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Danny & Ron'S Rescue · Camden, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Spca · West Seneca, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $4,000

    Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Danny & Ron'S Rescue - Save the Strays · Camden, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Feedmore Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Stephen Comunale Cancer Foundation · Akron, OH · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Stephen Comunale Cancer Fdn · Akron, OH · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Westminister Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Genesee Valley Conservancy · Geneseo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Spca · West Seneca, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    St Francis Roman Catholic Church in Tonawanda · Tonawanda, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Feedmore Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Genesee Valley Conservatory · Geneseo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Genesee Valley Conservatory · Geneseo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Danny & Ron'S Rescue · Camden, SC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Draves Arboretum · Darien Center, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Ctr · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Spca · West Seneca, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Stephen Comunale Cancer Fdn · Akron, OH · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Albright Knox Art Gallery · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Danny & Ron'S Rescue · Camden, SC · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Feed More Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Salvation Army · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Spca · West Seneca, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Stephen Comunale Cancer Fdn · Akron, OH · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Genesee Valley Conservatory · Geneseo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Genesee Valley Conservatory · Geneseo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Cradle Beach · Angola, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    King Urban Life Center · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westminster Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Cradle Beach Camp · Angola, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    King Urban Life Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Nichols School · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Ctr · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Spca · West Seneca, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    St Francis Roman Catholic Church in Tonawanda · Tonawanda, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Westminister Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center · Reidsville, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Buffalo Therapeutic Riding Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Cradle Beach Camp · Angola, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Danny & Ron'S Rescue · Camden, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Elmwood Franklin School · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    King Urban Life Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Ctr · Buffalo, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    St Francis Roman Catholic Church in Tonawanda · Tonawanda, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Stephen Comunale Cancer Fdn · Akron, OH · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center · Reidsville, NC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Cradle Beach Camp · Angola, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Friends of Knox Farm · East Aurora, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    King Urban Life Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Buffalo, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Forest Lawn Cemetery · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Ctr · Buffalo, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted

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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.