Private foundation · EIN 11-2856561 · Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Caroline and Sigmund Schott Fund

Should you approach them?

Don't send a cold proposal. The foundation reports that it only gives to preselected organizations; an introduction through a current grantee or board member is the realistic route.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 16 grants paid, $1.9M total, median $19K. 38% of grants stayed in Massachusetts.

Accepts applications
No
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
16
$1.9M
Median grant
$19K
Stays in MA
38%
of grants
Deadline
—
Assets
$38M

Grants paid in 2024

16 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV. Part XV itemizes $1.9M; Part I reports $3.3M in contributions paid

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Schott Foundation for Public EducationQuincy, MAEducation excellence$700K
Asf - Access Strategies FundCambridge, MATo support social justice infrastructure development and power building for communities in ma gateway cities.$400K
Tides FoundationLos Angeles, CATides foundation believes that a just and equitable future can exist only when communities who have been historically denied power, have th…$325K
Proteus Fund Fbo Jewish Liberation FundAmherst, MAFull-service public foundation committed to a more just, equitable, democratic, and peaceful world$170K
Agitarte IncCambridge, MANurture socially conscious artists$101K
Kibilio IncGreenfield, MAGeneral support$75K
State Power FundYoungstown, OHGeneral support$60K
Solidaire NetworkOakland, CATo support progressive movements with a commitment to building grassroots power in impacted communities.$28K
LA PlantaSandia Park, NMGeneral support$10K
North Shore Child & Family Guidance CenterRoslyn Heights, NYSustain triage, emergency and high risk response to young children$10K
Resist IncJamaica Plain, MATo support people's movements for justice and liberation$10K
Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, ALJuvenile justice$10K
The Philanthropic Collaborative for EducWashington, DCGeneral support$10K
T'ruahNew York, NYTo bring a moral voice to the most pressing issues of our time.$1,800
SvaraChicago, ILGeneral support$518
Jews for Racial & Economic JusticeNew York, NYTo pursue racial and economic justice in new york city by advancing systemic changes that result in concrete improvements in peoples everyd…$200

By state: Massachusetts 6 · California 2 · Ohio 1 · New York 3 · New Mexico 1 · Alabama 1

About this foundation

The Caroline and Sigmund Schott Fund is a private grantmaking foundation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, administered in care of Margo Brathwaite, tax-exempt since 1987. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does The Caroline and Sigmund Schott Fund accept grant applications?

No. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.

How much does The Caroline and Sigmund Schott Fund give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $1.9M across 16 grants, a median of $19K.

Where does The Caroline and Sigmund Schott Fund give?

Massachusetts (6 grants), California (2 grants), Ohio (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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