Caroline & Sigmund Schott Fund

EIN 112856561 Private Foundation

Boston, MA 02116 |(617) 499-9901

Total Given 2016–2024
$19.3M
139 grants · $2.1M avg/year
based on 9 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$10K
typical small grants · $4K–$32K
grant size
28%
balanced · 23/83 multi-year
repeat
$38.4M
Assets (2024)
83
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Arts & Culture Environment Human Services Youth Development

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No. Preselected Only
Phone (617) 499-9901
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Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $1.4M $36.1M $2.2M 16
2017 $1.2M $39.0M $2.2M 12
2018 $1.1M $40.8M $2.6M 10
2020 $1.3M $42.0M $4.3M 6
2021 $5.0M $49.4M $4.2M 15
2022 $4.5M $39.7M $2.1M 49
2023 $1.5M $39.0M $513K 14
2024 $3.3M $38.4M $1.9M 17

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 139 grants on record

Minimum
$200
25th Pctl
$4K
Median
$10K
Average
$139K
75th Pctl
$32K
Maximum
$3.2M

Geographic Distribution

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (139 total)

Purpose
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $3,250,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2021
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $1,550,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2022
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $1,400,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2024
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Cambridge, MA $1,061,000 OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN 2016
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Cambridge, MA $1,000,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2017
Grassroots International FBO PR Community Land Trust Boston, MA $1,000,000 TO CREATE A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD BY ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS TO LAND, WATER AND FOOD THROUGH GLOBAL... 2022
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $1,000,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2022
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $910,500 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2018
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $810,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2020
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $800,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2021
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $700,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2023
The Schott Foundation for Public Education Quincy, MA $700,000 EDUCATION EXCELLENCE 2024
Agitarte Inc Cambridge, MA $535,422 NURTURE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ARTISTS 2021
Agitarte Inc Cambridge, MA $428,085 NURTURE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ARTISTS 2020
ASF - Access Strategies Fund Cambridge, MA $400,000 TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND POWER BUILDING FOR COMMUNITIES IN MA GATEWAY CITIES. 2024
Tides Foundation LOS Angeles, CA $325,000 TIDES FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT A JUST AND EQUITABLE FUTURE CAN EXIST ONLY WHEN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN... 2023
Tides Foundation LOS Angeles, CA $325,000 TIDES FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT A JUST AND EQUITABLE FUTURE CAN EXIST ONLY WHEN COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN... 2024
Common Good Finance FBO Kibilio Grant for Refuge Purchase Ashfield, MA $255,000 EDUCATING FOR INDIGENOUS LAND JUSTICE AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE. 2022
Common Good Ashfield, MA $250,000 TO CREATE DEMOCRATIC, COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AND THE GOOD OF ALL. 2021
Resist Inc Jamaica Plain, MA $210,000 TO SUPPORT PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS FOR JUICE AND LIBERATION 2022
Agitarte Inc Cambridge, MA $200,779 NURTURE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ARTISTS 2023
Tides Foundation San Francisco, CA $200,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT 2016
Proteus Fund FBO Jewish Liberation Fund Amherst, MA $170,000 FULL-SERVICE PUBLIC FOUNDATION COMMITTED TO A MORE JUST, EQUITABLE, DEMOCRATIC, AND PEACEFUL WORLD 2024
Proteus Fund FBO Jewish Liberation Fund Amherst, MA $150,000 FULL-SERVICE PUBLIC FOUNDATION COMMITTED TO A MORE JUST, EQUITABLE, DEMOCRATIC, AND PEACEFUL WORLD 2023
Agitarte Inc Cambridge, MA $143,354 NURTURE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ARTISTS 2022

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