Sample funder match
How SCHWARTZ FOUNDATION stacks up for Riverside Youth Coding Academy.
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SCHWARTZ FOUNDATION
EIN 94-2670122
Fit score
82
Fit analysis
Why this funder ranked where it did against the sample org's mission and programs.
Riverside Youth Coding Academy appears to be a strong prospect for the Schwartz Foundation based on the available evidence. The foundation’s actual grant history is heavily concentrated in California, with 80.1% of dollars going to CA and 7 grants totaling $905,000 in Oakland, which aligns closely with the grantee’s stated East Bay expansion strategy and school district advocacy in OUSD. Programmatically, the strongest overlap is with the foundation’s demonstrated support for youth-serving and tech-access organizations such as Girls Who Code, along with Bay Area intermediary and capacity-building funding. The main caution is that the foundation’s largest gifts disproportionately go to intermediaries such as Community Initiatives and East Bay Community Foundation, and the grantee’s organizational size/age/employees are not provided, limiting precision on organizational fit. Even with those gaps, the geographic fit and youth coding/STEM relevance make this worth prioritizing.
Strategic framing
The strongest positioning is to present Riverside Youth Coding Academy as a locally rooted Bay Area solution that combines direct student impact, workforce pipeline development, and scalable infrastructure. The proposal should emphasize East Bay outcomes first, then show how improved training systems and data-sharing can strengthen regional STEM opportunity. Because the funder often supports strategic regional actors, the grantee should frame itself not just as a program provider but as a practical engine for school-linked STEM access and apprenticeship mobility in Oakland and nearby districts.
What's working
- Strong geographic overlap with the foundation’s actual Oakland-centered California giving.
- Clear thematic overlap with prior grants to Girls Who Code and other youth-serving recipients.
- Expansion plan is concrete and time-bound: more East Bay school sites, larger summer intensive, and doubled apprenticeship cohort.
- Capacity-building needs are specific and fundable: instructor onboarding systems and a learning-management platform.
- Systems-change agenda with OUSD and SFUSD adds leverage beyond direct service.
What's marginal
- Riverside Youth Coding Academy’s exact geography is not formally specified, although the strategic narrative suggests East Bay and San Francisco district work.
- The grantee’s budget, age, employee count, and stage are missing, making comparison to the foundation’s typical larger grantees incomplete.
- The foundation’s largest grants favor intermediaries and community foundations, not clearly small direct-service nonprofits.
- No confirmed open application process or deadline information is available.
- No known personal or institutional connection to foundation leadership was provided.
Programs that match
- Bay Area youth STEM / coding access alignment
- Capacity-building / regional nonprofit strengthening
- Bay Area intermediary / pooled-fund ecosystem pathway
What we'd want to confirm
- Can the organization demonstrate a substantial Oakland/East Bay service footprint today, not just future plans?
- Is the organization large and stable enough to reassure a funder whose typical recipients are established institutions?
- Can the request be framed as capacity-building with regional benefit rather than a narrow program subsidy?
- Is there a credible warm introduction pathway through Bay Area philanthropic networks?
Suggested next steps
- Confirm and document the organization’s primary service geography, especially any Oakland and East Bay footprint, since this is a core strength in the match.
- Prepare a concise one-page case for support centered on East Bay student access to coding, paid apprenticeship pathways, and district-level systems change.
- Anchor the request at $25,000 for first contact, with an optional stretch framing up to $45,000 tied to expansion into two additional East Bay school sites or the second summer intensive.
- Seek a warm introduction through East Bay Community Foundation, Community Initiatives, Urban Strategies Council, or another Bay Area philanthropic intermediary if any relationship exists.
- Emphasize measurable outcomes: cohorts served, apprenticeship placements, district partnerships, and how infrastructure investments will improve scale and quality.
- Avoid leading with generic youth development language alone; frame the work as place-based Bay Area STEM access plus workforce pipeline development.
- Research whether board or advisory connections exist to Margot Schwartz or Noah Schwartz before outreach, as this funder may be relationship-sensitive.
Generated by Kindora's AI from the funder's public 990 filings, public website, and aggregated public grant history.
Funder snapshot
Capacity and giving footprint at a glance — drawn from the latest public 990 filings.
Total assets
$7.4M
Annual giving
$1.1M
Geographic scope
Regional
50% in CA
Application mode
Not specified
| Grant size | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range across recent grants | $25k | $25k | $45k |
The Schwartz Foundation concentrates its giving on community grantmaking intermediaries in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily supporting local pooled-fund and capacity-building organizations that regrant or run regional initiatives. Most dollars go to a small number of large gifts to intermediaries (Community Initiatives and East Bay Community Foundation), with a secondary interest in arts funding as evidenced by a single grant to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. The foundation prefers a handful of substantial, strategic grants rather than many small direct-service awards.
Source: Latest public IRS Form 990 / 990-PF filings and aggregated public grant histories.
Focus areas
Themes Kindora extracted from the funder's public profile, program pages, and grant history.
Programmatic focus
Funding philosophy
Beneficiary types
Source: Public funder websites, public program pages, and AI synthesis of public 990 filings.
Recent giving signals
A look at where this funder has placed grants recently — useful for benchmarking and warm-intro paths.
Notable grantees
Stated focus areas (from public profile)
- Bay Area community foundations and regional grantmaking intermediaries
- Capacity-building and pooled funds for local nonprofits (e.g., community initiatives and regional funds)
- Support for performing arts organizations (classical symphony)
Source: Public 990 grant lists and the funder's own published program descriptions.
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