The Schaufeld Family Foundation concentrates its giving into a small number of large grants that emphasize health care institutions, scholarship and youth opportunity programs, and cultural organizations. They make multi-hundred-thousand to multi-million dollar gifts — often repeated to the same recipients — supporting hospital systems and medical centers, funding need-based scholarship initiatives, and underwriting performing arts operations. While based in Greensboro, their grants are geographically dispersed (e.g., Baltimore, Long Island, Northern Virginia) and oriented toward institutional partners rather than grassroots groups.
A defining feature of the Fredrick D & Karen G Schaufeld Family Foundation is the scale and repetition of its hospital giving, especially to Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. The foundation has paired $1,000,000 grants in 2025 with another $1,000,000 grant in 2023, and one of the 2025 awards is directed to curing prostate cancer in Black men. That pattern sits alongside large commitments to scholarship and youth opportunity work, including major support for United Way of Long Island and the Horatio Alger Association. The result is a portfolio that mixes medical research and health care with education access and targeted institutional support. The foundation’s recent grants also show sustained attention to cultural and civic institutions. Wolf Trap Foundation in Vienna received six-figure support for operations and programming, while other grants back White House educational programming and local community institutions in Virginia and Pennsylvania. The grant list suggests a preference for established organizations with clearly defined programs, often funded at levels that are large enough to support operations, sponsorships, scholarships, or research rather than one-time small projects. While headquartered in Greensboro, the giving footprint reaches well beyond North Carolina and is concentrated in a handful of recurring partners across the Mid-Atlantic and New York.
In health care and biomedical support, the Fredrick D & Karen G Schaufeld Family Foundation gave $1,000,000 to Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2025 for support to cure prostate cancer in Black men, and another $1,000,000 to the same institution for health care. The foundation also backed Inova Health Systems with $581,427 in 2023 for health care. Education and youth opportunity are another clear theme. United Way of Long Island received $715,608 in 2025 for scholarship and $517,289 in 2025 for various scholarship programs. The Horatio Alger Association was awarded $250,000 in 2025 for need-based scholarships and services to promising young people persevering through adversity, while Lehigh University received $100,000 in 2025 for a peer-mentoring program for first-year students. The foundation also supports arts and civic programming. Wolf Trap Foundation received $405,953 in 2025 for operations of the performing arts and the national park, and the White House Historical Association received $85,000 in 2025 for educational programs related to the White House.
$2.8M
$3.9M
$6.7M
$3.1M
Most grants fall between $3K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 1% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Few, large grants concentrated among repeat institutional grantees; mix of unrestricted/operational support and program-specific scholarship funding; geographically dispersed rather than locally concentrated.
Notable grantees: Johns Hopkins Medicine, United Way of Long Island, Wolf Trap Foundation, Inova Health System, Horatio Alger Association
Typical grants cluster around a $3,000 p25, $10,000 median, and $25,000 p75, but the recent grant list also includes several six- and seven-figure awards. That mix points to a portfolio with a narrow core of very large institutional gifts alongside many smaller awards. The pattern also shows repetition: Johns Hopkins Medicine, United Way of Long Island, Wolf Trap Foundation, Capital Hospice, and All Ages Read Together each appear more than once across the recent grants. The foundation is a regular funder and funds individuals, but the sampled grants are largely institutional and program-based rather than individual awards.
The grant footprint is regional and fully U.S.-based in the recent sample. Baltimore appears repeatedly through Johns Hopkins Medicine, while Long Island shows up through United Way of Long Island in Deer Park, New York. Northern Virginia is another cluster, with recipients in Falls Church, Vienna, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Leesburg, and Washington, DC nearby. Pennsylvania recipients include Bethlehem, Philadelphia, and Warrenton. North Carolina is the headquarters state, but only 2% of grants go there, so most giving lands elsewhere.
Recent grants center on hospitals and health systems, scholarship and youth programs, and cultural institutions. Examples include Johns Hopkins Medicine for health care and prostate-cancer work, United Way of Long Island for scholarship funding, and Wolf Trap Foundation for performing arts operations and programming.
The grant-size distribution is $3,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list also includes much larger awards, including several in the hundreds of thousands and multiple $1,000,000 grants.
Yes. Johns Hopkins Medicine appears in both 2023 and 2025, United Way of Long Island appears multiple times in 2025 and 2023, and Wolf Trap Foundation also shows repeat support across 2023 and 2025. Capital Hospice and All Ages Read Together appear more than once as well.
The top state by grant count is New York, while only 2% of grants go to North Carolina. The recent recipient list is concentrated in the Mid-Atlantic and New York areas, with repeated grants to organizations in Baltimore, Deer Park, Falls Church, Vienna, Alexandria, and Leesburg.
Yes. The foundation is classified as funding individuals. The recent grants sample, however, is dominated by organizational grants to hospitals, universities, scholarship intermediaries, and cultural institutions rather than direct individual awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE | BALTIMORE, MD | $1,000,000 | 2025 | HEALTH CARE |
| JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE | BALTIMORE, MD | $1,000,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT TO CURE FOR PROSTATE CANCER IN BLACK MEN |
| UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND | DEER PARK, NY | $715,608 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND | DEER PARK, NY | $517,289 | 2025 | FUNDING OF VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS |
| WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION | VIENNA, VA | $405,953 | 2025 | FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE NATIONAL PARK |
| HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $250,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS AND SERVICES TO PROMISING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PERSEVERING THROUGH ADVERSITY |
| TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS (TAPS) | ARLINGTON, VA | $200,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS PROVIDING RESOURCES TO ALL THOSE GRIEVING DEATH IN THE MILITARY OR VETERAN COMMUNITY |
| CLAUDE MOORE OPPORTUNITIES | FAIRFAX, VA | $100,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO INCREASE ACADEMIC COMPETENCE AND ENCOURAGE LEADERSHIP FOR UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA |
| LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | FUND A PEER-MENTORING PROGRAM PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS |
| WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $85,000 | 2025 | FUNDING FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE |
| CAPITAL HOSPICE | FALLS CHURCH, VA | $75,000 | 2025 | CAPITAL CARING GALA |
| JAMES LOGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $53,335 | 2025 | FUNDING FOR 185 BIKES, HELMETS AND LOCKS FOR GRADUATION ON WHEELS |
| WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION | VIENNA, VA | $51,450 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS AND SPONSORSHIPS |
| ALL AGES READ TOGETHER (AART) | LEESBURG, VA | $48,323 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION - SLTE SPONSORSHIP & PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| ALL AGES READ TOGETHER (AART) | LEESBURG, VA | $47,187 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION - SPONSORSHIP OF SITE OFFERING A COMPLETELY FREE PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILIES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE GO WITHOUT. |
| COMM FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN & N FAUQUIER | LEESBURG, VA | $47,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS - LOUDOUN IMPACT FUND |
| FLAMBOYAN FOUNDATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $45,000 | 2025 | FUND OPERATIONS TO ENSURE STUDENTS MOST IMPACTED BY INEQUITY ARE PREPARED TO SUCCEDD IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN & N FAUQUIER | LEESBURG, VA | $33,500 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS - LOUDOUN IMPACT FUND |
| LOUDOUN COMMUNITY MEDIA | LEESBURG, VA | $26,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT NONPROFIT, FREE, INDEPENDENT, LOCAL NEWS SOURCE IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA |
| CHABAD LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $25,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS |
| CHABAD AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $25,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON THE SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF LEHIGH UNIVERISTY'S JEWISH STUDENTS |
| MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL | MIDDLEBURG, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | PERFORMING ARTS |
| MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL | MIDDLEBURG, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT MISSION TO USE FILM TO BROADEN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AND ONE ANOTHER |
| NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | BETHESDA, MD | $22,760 | 2025 | FUNDING FOR DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AND GOOD SCOUT AWARD |
| LOUDOUN LAURELS FOUNDATION | LEESBURG, VA | $21,900 | 2025 | GALA SPONSPORSHIP TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP OF LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS |
| PIEDMONT EPICUREAN & AGRICULTURE CENTER (THE NEW AG SCHOOL) | LEESBURG, VA | $20,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR INNOVATIVE HANDS-ON PROGRAM DEDUCATED TO RAISING UP LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE AND CAN DO THE WORK NEEDED TO SUPPORT AGRIBUSINESS TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE |
| VAOURWAY LLC | LEESBURG, VA | $16,619 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS TO CHAMPION GOOD GOVERNANCE IN VIRGINIA BY PROMOTING NON-PARTISAN, OPEN, AND INFORMED DISCOURSE BETWEEN CITIZENS AND LEGISLATORS, INCREASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND PRACTICAL TRANSPARENCY. |
| HALCYON HOUSE | WASHINGTON, DC | $15,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR EMERGING CREATIVES STRIVING FOR A BETTER WORLD |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | GOFARR FUNFEST SPONSORSHIP |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | GOFARR FUNFEST SPONSORSHIP |
| LOUDOUN LAURELS FOUNDATION | LEESBURG, VA | $12,625 | 2025 | GALA SPONSPORSHIP |
| ECOAMERICA | WASHINGTON, DC | $11,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES |
| ECOAMERICA | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2025 | BUILDING LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC SUPPORT AND POLITICAL WILL FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES |
| DECESARIS-PROUT CANCER FOUNDATION | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ON LUNG AND OVARIAN CANCER |
| LEONARD EDUCATION ORGANIZATION INC | BUENA VISTA, VA | $10,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT PROGRAM PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION FOR EACH QUALIFIED STUDENT |
| LAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | WARRENTON, VA | $10,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| LIFE WITH CANCER | EAST FALLS CHURCH, VA | $10,000 | 2025 | 2023 GIFT JOAN HISAOKA GALA |
| DECESARIS-PROUT CANCER FOUNDATION | ANNAPOLIS, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | CANCER RESEARCH |
| NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | BETHESDA, MD | $7,924 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR LOCAL COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERCIA |
| SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER | CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | $5,000 | 2025 | FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS TO PROTECT AIR, WATER, CLIMATE, LAND, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE WHO CALL THE SOUTH HOME. |
| N STREET VILLAGE INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $5,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN WASHINGTON, DC |
| THE FENWICK FOUNDATION | ARLINGTON, VA | $3,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR PROVIDING LIFE-QUALITY SERVICES FOR HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING |
| PIEDMONT EPICUREAN AGRICULTURE CENTER | LEESBURG, VA | $3,000 | 2025 | EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA | OAKTON, VA | $3,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS |
| THE WASHINGTON BALLET | WASHINGTON, DC | $2,500 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| SCAN OF NORTHERN VA | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $2,500 | 2025 | CHILDRENS WELL BEING |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA | OAKTON, VA | $2,500 | 2025 | COMMUNITY GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS |
| POSTPARTUM SUPPORT VIRGINIA | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $2,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION OF AND RESOURCES FOR PMADS |
| VIRGINIA PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT | RICHMOND, VA | $1,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS TO FOSTER TRANSPARENCY OF MONEY IN POLITICS AND PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT |
| INOVA HEALTH FOUNDATION | FAIRFAX, VA | $1,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT OPERATIONS TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITY |
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE
$1,000,000HEALTH CARE
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE
$1,000,000SUPPORT TO CURE FOR PROSTATE CANCER IN BLACK MEN
FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE NATIONAL PARK
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION
SUPPORT FOR NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS AND SERVICES TO PROMISING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PERSEVERING THROUGH ADVERSITY
SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS PROVIDING RESOURCES TO ALL THOSE GRIEVING DEATH IN THE MILITARY OR VETERAN COMMUNITY
CLAUDE MOORE OPPORTUNITIES
$100,000SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO INCREASE ACADEMIC COMPETENCE AND ENCOURAGE LEADERSHIP FOR UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA
FUND A PEER-MENTORING PROGRAM PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
FUNDING FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
JAMES LOGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
$53,335FUNDING FOR 185 BIKES, HELMETS AND LOCKS FOR GRADUATION ON WHEELS
WOLF TRAP FOUNDATION
$51,450SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS AND SPONSORSHIPS
ALL AGES READ TOGETHER (AART)
$48,323SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION - SLTE SPONSORSHIP & PROGRAM SUPPORT
SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION - SPONSORSHIP OF SITE OFFERING A COMPLETELY FREE PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILIES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE GO WITHOUT.
COMM FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN & N FAUQUIER
$47,000SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS - LOUDOUN IMPACT FUND
FLAMBOYAN FOUNDATION
$45,000FUND OPERATIONS TO ENSURE STUDENTS MOST IMPACTED BY INEQUITY ARE PREPARED TO SUCCEDD IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LOUDOUN & N FAUQUIER
$33,500SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS - LOUDOUN IMPACT FUND
LOUDOUN COMMUNITY MEDIA
$26,000SUPPORT NONPROFIT, FREE, INDEPENDENT, LOCAL NEWS SOURCE IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA
CHABAD LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
$25,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
CHABAD AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
$25,000SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON THE SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF LEHIGH UNIVERISTY'S JEWISH STUDENTS
MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL
$25,000PERFORMING ARTS
MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL
$25,000SUPPORT MISSION TO USE FILM TO BROADEN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AND ONE ANOTHER
FUNDING FOR DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN AND GOOD SCOUT AWARD
LOUDOUN LAURELS FOUNDATION
$21,900GALA SPONSPORSHIP TO SUPPORT ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP OF LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
PIEDMONT EPICUREAN & AGRICULTURE CENTER (THE NEW AG SCHOOL)
$20,000SUPPORT FOR INNOVATIVE HANDS-ON PROGRAM DEDUCATED TO RAISING UP LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE AND CAN DO THE WORK NEEDED TO SUPPORT AGRIBUSINESS TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE
VAOURWAY LLC
$16,619SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS TO CHAMPION GOOD GOVERNANCE IN VIRGINIA BY PROMOTING NON-PARTISAN, OPEN, AND INFORMED DISCOURSE BETWEEN CITIZENS AND LEGISLATORS, INCREASED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND PRACTICAL TRANSPARENCY.
LOUDOUN LAURELS FOUNDATION
$12,625GALA SPONSPORSHIP
BUILDING LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC SUPPORT AND POLITICAL WILL FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
DECESARIS-PROUT CANCER FOUNDATION
$10,000FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ON LUNG AND OVARIAN CANCER
LEONARD EDUCATION ORGANIZATION INC
$10,000SUPPORT PROGRAM PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION FOR EACH QUALIFIED STUDENT
LAUREL RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$10,000EDUCATION
DECESARIS-PROUT CANCER FOUNDATION
$10,000CANCER RESEARCH
SUPPORT FOR LOCAL COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERCIA
FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS TO PROTECT AIR, WATER, CLIMATE, LAND, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE WHO CALL THE SOUTH HOME.
SUPPORT FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN WASHINGTON, DC
PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR PROVIDING LIFE-QUALITY SERVICES FOR HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING
PIEDMONT EPICUREAN AGRICULTURE CENTER
$3,000EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
$3,000COMMUNITY GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
SCAN OF NORTHERN VA
$2,500CHILDRENS WELL BEING
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
$2,500COMMUNITY GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
POSTPARTUM SUPPORT VIRGINIA
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION OF AND RESOURCES FOR PMADS
SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS TO FOSTER TRANSPARENCY OF MONEY IN POLITICS AND PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
SUPPORT OPERATIONS TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITY