William C Schumacher Family Foundation
Lafayette, LA · EIN 82-3932028. Reported 88 grants totalling $9,574,591 to 56 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For William C Schumacher Family Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a support organization for one specific institution (NTEE T11).
- How spread out its giving is. 56 distinct organizations, with 23% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 42% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $5,020 and the largest $1,399,646. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Saviors Church Family of Minist Ries | Lafayette, LA | $2,200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Love Our Schools | Lafayette, LA | $2,045,934 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | $1,472,854 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Proud Louisiana LLC | Lafayette, LA | $410,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $367,257 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Houston Responds | Houston, TX | $310,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eight Days of Hope Inc | Tupelo, MS | $287,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Bayou Church | Lafayette, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| School Connect | Glendale, AZ | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carey Baptist Association | Lake Charles, LA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Double Harvest | Colorado Spgs, CO | $186,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Choice in Education | Greenwood Vlg, CO | $176,667 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lafayette Parish School System | Lafayette, LA | $156,176 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dotlife Inc | Avon, CT | $147,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | Pompano Beach, FL | $104,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of Wisdom Church & Catholic Student Center | Lafayette, LA | $101,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miles Perret Center Cancer Services for Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Care Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $55,987 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Women of Wisdom of Acaiana | Lafayette, LA | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cajun Relief Foundation Inc | Lafayette, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bayou Community Foundation | Houma, LA | $47,896 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Acadiana Symphony Association | Lafayette, LA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Charles Public Schools Foundation Inc | Luling, LA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Love Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $30,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana Dist Council of the Assemblies of God | Woodworth, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Performing Arts Serving Acadiana Inc | Lafayette, LA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $25,300 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aarogyaseva Global Health Volunteer Alliance | Tempe, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana Family Forum | Baton Rouge, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Current Media Inc | Lafayette, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Association of Episcopal Schools Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Harvest Learning Center | Lafayette, LA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acadiana Outreach Center Inc | Lafayette, LA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| At Work on Purpose Inc | Montgomery, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Fwb Church | Grandview, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oneheartdc | Ashburn, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wisdom Way Inc | North Amherst, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Acadiana Veteran Alliance | Lafayette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cite Des Arts | Lafayette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Foundation | Lafayette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisiana Dental Association Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rescyou Group | Lafayette, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Teresa Center for Works of Mercy | St Martinvlle, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northside High School | Lafayette, LA | $9,480 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lafayette High School | Lafayette, LA | $8,290 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Acadian Middle School | Lafayette, LA | $8,160 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Museum of Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acadiana High School | Lafayette, LA | $7,020 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| David Thibodeaux STEM Magnet Academy | Lafayette, LA | $6,810 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Lafayette, LA | $6,620 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carencro High School | Lafayette, LA | $6,230 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southside High School | Youngsville, LA | $5,990 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ovey Comeaux High School | Lafayette, LA | $5,020 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
20 of 56 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Our Savior's Church
FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR THE YOUNGSVILLE CAMPUS - Community Foundation of Acadiana
GENERAL SUPPORT, STRATEGIC PLAN DONATION - The Bayou Church
IN SUPPORT OF BAYOU CHURCH EXPANSION - Eight Days of Hope Inc
IN SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF 15 MISSIONARIES - Houston Responds
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF ACADIANA RESPONDS, AND HOUSTON RESPONDS' SUPPORT OF ACADIANA RESPONDS - Carey Baptist Association
EIGHT DAYS OF HOPE LAKE CHARLES, LA REBUILD
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 of 56 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $1,499,160 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,851,842 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $3,719,896 | $12,500 |
| 2024 | 17 | $2,503,693 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
83% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from William C Schumacher Family Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1035 Camellia Boulevard Suite 100, Lafayette, LA, 70508.
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