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Scholes Family Foundation

Name: Scholes Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

51
grants reported: $214,596
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Schwab Charitable2 grants · $140,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University1 grant · $12,000
Leland Stanford Junior University1 grant · $12,000
Stanford University1 grant · $10,000
Msri1 grant · $5,000
New York University1 grant · $3,000
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley1 grant · $3,000
Gallatin Parents Fund Ny University1 grant · $2,000
Whitman College1 grant · $2,000
Whitman College1 grant · $2,000

Giving over time

$44,896

2022

$29,200

2023

$90,500

2024

$50,000

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$90,000
Schwab Charitable · Omaha, NE · 2024
General unrestricted
$50,000
Schwab Charitable · Omaha, NE · 2025
General unrestricted
$12,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$12,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$10,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$5,000
Msri · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$3,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
General unrestricted
$3,000
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$2,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2023
General unrestricted
$2,000
Gallatin Parents Fund Ny University · New York, NY · 2022
General Unrestricted
$2,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$1,500
Sequoia High School Education Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$1,500
Sequoia High School Education Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$1,500
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
General Unrestricted
$1,000
Robin Hood · New York, NY · 2023
General unrestricted
$1,000
Bronfman Center Ny University · New York, NY · 2022
General Unrestricted
$1,000
Robin Hood · New York, NY · 2022
General Unrestricted
$1,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$800
Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$600
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2024
General unrestricted
$500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Ecumenical Hunger Program · East Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Edchoice · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Peninsula Temple Beth El · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Simon Wiesenthal Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
Star Vista · San Carlos, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
General unrestricted
$500
American Academy of Arts and Science · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Ecumenical Hunger Program · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Edchoice · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Peninsula Temple Beth El · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Samaritan House · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
San Carlos Children'S Theater · San Carlos, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
Star Vista · San Carlos, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$500
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022
General Unrestricted
$400
Society of Saint Vincent · Maryland Heights, MO · 2023
General unrestricted
$400
Parks and Recreation Foundation of San Carlos · San Carlos, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$400
Society of Saint Vincent · Maryland Heights, MO · 2022
General Unrestricted
$396
Metropolitan Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General Unrestricted
$300
Atherton Pal · Atherton, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$250
San Carlos Children'S Theater · San Carlos, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$250
The San Carlos Parks and Recreation Foundation · San Carlos, CA · 2023
General unrestricted
$200
Palo Alto Medical Foundation · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted
$100
Atherton Police Officer Association · Atherton, CA · 2022
General Unrestricted

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