The Schooner Foundation

EIN 043347626

Wakefield, MA 01880 |(617) 963-5200

Total Given 2016–2024
$70.4M
765 grants · $7.8M avg/year
based on 9 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$25K
typical mid grants · $8K–$100K
grant size
53%
supporter · 170/319 multi-year
repeat
$253.7M
Assets (2024)
319
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Arts & Culture Youth Development Community Development

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No — Preselected Only
Phone (617) 963-5200

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $7.5M $141.3M $6.9M 101
2017 $9.1M $163.7M $69.3M 106
2018 $8.9M $146.0M $13.9M 90
2019 N/A $159.8M $8.8M N/A
2020 $7.4M $169.4M $38.7M 106
2022 $8.3M $195.8M $-13.6M 111
2023 $9.6M $248.7M $17.6M 122
2024 $19.4M $253.7M $18.7M 129

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 765 grants on record

Minimum
$1K
25th Pctl
$8K
Median
$25K
Average
$92K
75th Pctl
$100K
Maximum
$2.5M

Geographic Distribution

Texas Counties Served

0.7% of US grants · Rank #16 of 32 states $400K across 5 grants 3 of 254 counties

Top 3 counties

  1. 1 Bexar 2 grants · $225K
  2. 2 Travis 1 grant · $100K
  3. 3 El Paso 2 grants · $75K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (765 total)

Purpose
Boston University Boston, MA $2,500,039 Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health 2017
Trustees of Boston University Boston, MA $2,500,000 General Support 2016
Trustees of Boston University Boston, MA $2,466,706 BU CISWH 2018
Naacp Baltimore, MD $2,000,000 Building Community Voices Fund 2024
Naacp Baltimore, MD $1,500,000 Building Community Voices Fund 2024
The Nature Conservancy Arlington, VA $1,350,000 Leveraging our Lands 2024
The Nature Conservancy Little Rock, AR $1,000,000 The Arkansas Pinnacle Mountain Area Project 2020
Trustees of Boston University Boston, MA $1,000,000 Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health 2024
Naacp Little Rock, AR $1,000,000 NAACP GSSA Demonstration Project 2018
The Nature Conservancy Little Rock, AR $1,000,000 Arkansas Pinnacle Mountain - Honor Lee Bodenhamer 2018
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA $625,000 Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Distinguished Chair 2024
Here Right Matters Foundation Dumfries, VA $590,000 General Operations 2024
Shining Hope for Communities New York, NY $503,600 General Support 2020
Brigham and Woman's Hospital Boston, MA $500,016 Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity 2017
Harvard University - President and Fellows Cambridge, MA $500,001 Executive Education Program for Innovative Leadership in Africa 2016
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA $500,000 Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity 2020
President and Fellows of Harvard College Boston, MA $500,000 Harvard Kennedy School 2020
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA $500,000 Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity 2022
Here Right Matters Foundation Dumfries, VA $500,000 Ukraine Medic Education 2023
State Leadership Project Raleigh, NC $500,000 Strategic Victory Fund's Megaphone Program 2023
Trustees of Boston University Boston, MA $500,000 BU Center for Forced Displacement 2023
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA $500,000 Hiatt Residency 2024
State Leadership Project Raleigh, NC $500,000 Strategic Victory Fund 2024
Trustees of Boston University Boston, MA $500,000 Center for Forced Displacement 2024
Brigham and Woman's Hospital Boston, MA $500,000 Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity 2016