Private foundation · Lake Bluff, IL

Schuler Education Foundation

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Typical grant size
$1K $2K $9K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
36
Repeat grantees
14
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2023 990-PF

Leadership · from 2023 990-PF

Jason Patenaude
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$211K
Tanya Schuler Sharman
VICE PRESIDENT
$40K
Tino Schuler
VICE PRESIDENT
Steven Pozkanzer
VICE PRESIDENT
Michael Gordon
VICE PRESIDENT
Matthew Strobeck
BOARD MEMBER
Therese Schuler Hoffman
VICE PRESIDENT
Jack Schuler
PRESIDENT & SECRETARY
Tanya Sharman
VICE PRESIDENT
Therese Hoffman
VICE PRESIDENT
Jack W Schuler
PRESIDENT & SECRETARY
Renate R Schuler
TREASURER
Tanya E Sharman
VICE PRESIDENT
Tino H Schuler
VICE PRESIDENT
Therese H Hoffman
VICE PRESIDENT
Candace Browdy
FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
$98K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2023
115.7%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'15
'16
'17
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
96
Total grants awarded
$63.4M
Total amount
$660K
Average grant
$42.6M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2023
$1.2M
1 grants
2022
$2.0M
1 grants
2021
$46.3M
35 grants
2020
$11.1M
19 grants
2018
$1.6M
37 grants
2017
$327K
1 grants
2016
$335K
1 grants
2015
$455K
1 grants

Top recipients

1 grant · IL · ✓ Exact match
$42.6M
1 grant · IL · ✓ Exact match
$10.6M
College Scholarships & Grants
2 grants · IL
$3.3M
College Scholarships
6 grants · IL
$3.1M
2 grants · VT · ≈ likely match
$2.5M
2 grants · MN · ✓ Exact match
$352K
1 grant · ME · ≈ likely match
$250K
1 grant · MA · ✓ Exact match
$250K
1 grant · MA · ✓ Exact match
$250K
3 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$40K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

College Scholarships & Grants
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
IL · TY 2023
$1.2M
College Scholarships & Grants
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
IL · TY 2022
$2.0M
Schuler Initiative Supporting Charitable Trust
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$42.6M
Middlebury College
GENERAL SUPPORT
VT · TY 2021
$2.2M
College Scholarships
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
IL · TY 2021
$1.3M
Carleton College
GENERAL SUPPORT
MN · TY 2021
$102K
Midwest Young Artists
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$27K
Misericordia Family Association
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$10K
Community Church Lake Forest Lake Bluff
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$10K
Knox College
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$9K
Lake Bluff Historical Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$6K
Greater Chicago Food Depository
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$5K
Housing Forward
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$5K
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$4K
Anti Cruelty Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$3K
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
GENERAL SUPPORT
TN · TY 2021
$3K
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$3K
Center for Enriched Living
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$3K
Center of Halsted
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$3K
Paws Chicago
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$2K
Illinois Nature Conservancy
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$2K
Corvallis Jackson Street Youth Shelter
GENERAL SUPPORT
OR · TY 2021
$2K
Tufts University
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2021
$2K
Northwestern Athletics
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$2K
Tuck School of Business
GENERAL SUPPORT
NH · TY 2021
$2K
Willowbrook Wildlife Rehab
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$2K
Community Outreach
GENERAL SUPPORT
OR · TY 2021
$2K
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
VT · TY 2021
$2K
Equestrian Connection Nfp
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$2K
Nature Conservancy
GENERAL SUPPORT
OR · TY 2021
$2K
Fill a Heart 4 Kids Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$2K
Lake Bluff Library
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$1K
Lambs Farm
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$1K
Sick Town Derby Dames
GENERAL SUPPORT
OR · TY 2021
$1K
Mother's Trust Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2021
$1K
Tulane University
GENERAL SUPPORT
LA · TY 2021
$500
Bowdoin College
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2021
$500
Michael and Pamela Gordon Family Foundation
EDUCATION
IL · TY 2020
$10.6M
College Scholarships
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
IL · TY 2020
$406K
Community Church Lake Forest Lake Bluff
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$18K
Various Less Than 1000
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$17K
Midwest Young Artists
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$12K
Misericordia Family Association
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$10K
Tufts University
GENERAL SUPPORT
MA · TY 2020
$5K
History Center of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$5K
Center for Enriched Living
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$5K
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$5K
Hephzibah Childrens Association
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$4K
Anti Cruelty Society
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$3K
Willowbrook Wildlife Rehab
GENERAL SUPPORT
IL · TY 2020
$2K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.