The John H Schnatter Family Foundation
Anchorage, KY · EIN 31-1532974. Reported 64 grants totalling $2,841,063 to 47 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The John H Schnatter Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $80,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Cornerstone Institute | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Baptist Convention of America | Louisville, KY | $385,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greater Clark Co Schools | Jeffersonville, IN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Phoenix Rising Hope Foundation | Louisville, KY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nat'l Baptist Convention | Louisville, KY | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater St Mary Missionary Baptist | Lake Charles, LA | $132,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Kentucky Castle | Versailles, KY | $108,216 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Action Network | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Innerscience Research Fund | Yelm, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Simmons College | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nat't Baptist Convention of America | Louisville, KY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barnstable Brown Foundation | Louisville, KY | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Giving Hope Inc | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Stephen Baptist Church | Louisville, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Comm Fdn of Collier Co | Naples, FL | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Diamond Derby | Louisville, KY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater St Mary Missionary Baptist Church | Louisville, KY | $30,200 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Conservative Union Fdn | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pan-Florida Challenge | Naples, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Benison Center | Immokalee, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Commonwealth Policy Foundation | Frankfort, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Louisville Metro Parks | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Shirley Wish in Sky Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| King Solomon Missionary Baptist | Louisville, KY | $13,347 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Naples, FL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Collier Co | Naples, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mid Atlantic Charity Foundation | Springfield, VA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Americas Future | North Port, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum | Mystic, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dream Foundation | Vineland, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waldo Racing Foundation | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| King Solomon Massionary Baptist | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Addie & Baylor Kirchgessner Foundation | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helping a Hero | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Carpenters Hope | Mckinney, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| King Solomon Missionary | Louisville, KY | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Parks Alliance of Louisville | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Don Poole Scholarship Fund | Jeffersonville, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| USA Cares | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Addie & Baylor Kirchgessner Fdn | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anchorage Public School Apta | Anchorage, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gildas Club | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Van Buren Township, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Key West Special Olympics | Key West, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knights of Columbus | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
8 of 47 (17%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 15%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- National Baptist Convention of America
ASSIST IN PURCHASE OF NEW FACILITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION - Greater Clark Co Schools
RENOVATE BASEBALL FIELD AT JEFFERSONVILLE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL - Phoenix Rising Hope Foundation
DONATION TO SUPPORT MISSION OF NEWLY CREATED FOUNDATION - American Cornerstone Institute
FUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS - The Kentucky Castle
FUND MEALS PROVIDED TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMTS AND DIFFERENT HOSPITALS IN THE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY COMMUNITY DURING INITIAL COVID OUTBREAK - Innerscience Research Fund
FUND RESEARCH INTO THE BIOLOGCAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MEDITATION ON THE HUMAN BODY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 16 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $1,441,463 | $22,500 |
| 2021 | 7 | $108,700 | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $453,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | $358,300 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $479,600 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kentucky. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Kentucky.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The John H Schnatter Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 11411 Park Road, Anchorage, KY, 40223. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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