Funding search · EIN 522390970 · Wilmington, DE

Schlinger Family Foundation

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

306
grants reported
$9.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • The Prentice School5 grants · $952,355
  • Environmental Defense Center8 grants · $681,500
  • Turning Point USA5 grants · $470,000
  • St Jude Hospital3 grants · $450,000
  • Choc Foundation5 grants · $325,000
  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society1 grant · $300,000
  • The Living Desert3 grants · $300,000
  • Segerstrom Center for the Arts3 grants · $300,000
  • AIDS Services Foundation Orange County3 grants · $275,000
  • Giant Community Fund4 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$3.4M
2022
$3.4M
2023
$2.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 306 grants.

  • $350,000

    The Prentice School · Santa Ana, CA · 2023

    Mind Masters

  • $300,000

    The Prentice School · Santa Ana, CA · 2024

    Scholarship Fund

  • $300,000

    Sea Shepherd Conservation Society · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    St Jude Hospital · Fullerton, CA · 2022

    Schlinger Family Foundation cardiac innovation fund

  • $175,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    The Living Desert · Palm Desert, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $135,000

    Choc Foundation · Orange, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $102,355

    The Prentice School · Santa Ana, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    AIDS Services Foundation Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Choc Foundation · Orange, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    St Jude Hospital · Fullerton, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    AIDS Services Foundation Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2023

    Mental Health Program

  • $100,000

    Friends of Harbor Beaches and Park · Newport Beach, CA · 2023

    Save Coyote Hills

  • $100,000

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Maui strong fund

  • $100,000

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    St Jude Hospital · Renton, WA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Stephen Prouse Ministries · Huntingtn Bch, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Living Desert · Palm Desert, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Chp 11-99 Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    EDC's Legacy Society

  • $100,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    EDC endowment fund

  • $100,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Linda Vista Elementary · Placentia, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Segerstrom Center for the Arts · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    The Prentice School · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    The Full Ride Scholarship Fund

  • $100,000

    The Prentice School · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $75,000

    Giant Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Willie mays scholars

  • $75,000

    Oneoc · Santa Ana, CA · 2023

    Patriotic Service Dog Foundation

  • $75,000

    AIDS Services Foundation Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    2e4me Academy · Newport Beach, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Kingdom Mens Gathering · Porter Ranch, CA · 2023

    Charitable Event

  • $60,000

    Living Lands & Waters · East Moline, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $53,000

    Childrens Advocacy Center for Child Abuse Assessme · Long Beach, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $51,500

    Rock House Church · Brea, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    A Compas · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Esperanza Wrestling Boosters Club · Yorba Linda, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Oneoc · Santa Ana, CA · 2024

    Patriotic service dog foundation

  • $50,000

    Pta California Congress of Parents Teachers & Stud · Yorba Linda, CA · 2024

    Program 2 - To purchase classroom supplies, curriculum enrichment, scholarship fund and fund for new technology, teacher professional development and general activities fund

  • $50,000

    Rock House Church · Brea, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Living Desert · Palm Desert, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    W M Keck Observatory · Kamuela, HI · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Whitefish Community Foundation · Whitefish, MT · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    A Compas · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Childrens Health Defense · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Giant Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Heal the Ocean · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    W M Keck Observatory · Kamuela, HI · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Whitefish Community Foundation · Whitefish, MT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    California Association for Research in Astronomy D · Kamuela, HI · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Giant Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Giant Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Willie Mays Scholars Scholarship Fund

  • $50,000

    Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Oneoc · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    South County Outreach · Irvine, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Whitefish Community Foundation · Whitefish, MT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Choc Foundation · Orange, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    Turning Point USA, Action

  • $40,000

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Wilderness Watch · Missoula, MT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Choc Foundation · Orange, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Environmental Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $40,000

    Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Museum's Collections and Research Center (CRC)

  • $34,000

    Waymakers · Santa Ana, CA · 2022

    Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force

  • $30,000

    Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Foundation · Buellton, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Trout Unlimited · Missoula, MT · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    National Organization for Rare Disorders · Woburn, MA · 2022

    Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris research and treatment

  • $30,000

    Regenitech Fund Corp · Whitefish, MT · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Alzheimers Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Grace Place for Children and Families · Naples, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Homeless Intervention Services of Orange County · Placentia, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Little League Baseball · Yorba Linda, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Pacific Marine Mammal Center · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Santa Ana Unified · Santa Ana, CA · 2024

    Carr Intermediate School

  • $25,000

    Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Working Wardrobes for a New Start · Santa Ana, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Wwp Inc - Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Alzheimers Orange County · Irvine, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Court Appointed Special Advocates of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Crystal Cove Conservancy · Newport Coast, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Harmony Coast Aquaculture Institute · Arroyo Grande, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Mission Plasticos · Orange, CA · 2023

    General & 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.