Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation
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About Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation
The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation concentrates on transformative, often named gifts to arts and education institutions—both locally in Portland and to major national cultural organizations. Grants focus on capital projects, endowed positions/programs, and core operating support for museums, performing arts, and art education, frequently tied to the Schnitzer name. The foundation gives large, targeted awards to a small number of institutions rather than broad, small-scale grantmaking.
Focus Areas
Capital projects and facilities for independent schools (e.g., new community center at Catlin Gabel School)Higher education art schools and programs (e.g., Schnitzer School of Art, Art History + Design at PSU)Major museum curatorship and collections support (e.g., Metropolitan Museum of Art)Orchestral and performing arts operating support and endowed chairs/awards (e.g., Oregon Symphony, Schnitzer Wonder Award)
Who They Fund
cultural institutions and museums (art museums, science museum, college of art)artists and arts students (residency participants, printmakers)
About Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation
A defining feature of The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation is its use of large, named gifts to shape arts and education institutions. The biggest recent awards include $1,970,998 to Catlin Gabel School for a new community center and $985,499 to Portland State University Foundation for the Schnitzer School of Art, Art History + Design. The foundation also made a matching $985,499 gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for curatorship, showing that its giving reaches beyond Portland even as most grants stay in Oregon. Its recent record includes support for school facilities, university art programs, museum collections and curatorship, and major performing arts organizations. Awards are often tied to a specific project, chair, award, exhibition, or campaign rather than broad unrestricted grants. The pattern suggests a funder that works through concentrated, institution-level investments and frequently associates gifts with the Schnitzer name. Recent grants also show support for operating needs and event-related funding, including the Oregon Symphony and Oregon Ballet Theatre, alongside capital and endowment-oriented commitments.
What Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation Funds
Arts education is a central thread. The foundation gave $985,499 to Portland State University Foundation for the Schnitzer School of Art, Art History + Design, and it supported Northwest Children’s Theater & School with a capital campaign grant. In the museum sector, it funded the Oregon Historical Society for exhibition support and the New Museum of Contemporary Art for art exhibition support. Performing arts is another visible area: Oregon Ballet Theatre received support for the 2024–2025 season and annual gala sponsorship, while the Oregon Symphony was funded for annual operating support and a principal bassoon chair. The foundation also backs history and public lecture programming through Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon History Program, indicating interest in public-facing cultural education as well as institutional infrastructure.
How Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the low thousands to low tens of thousands, with p25 at $2,906, median at $6,780, and p75 at $23,373. At the same time, recent award sizes show a long tail of much larger, project-specific gifts. The foundation appears to make repeated, relationship-based grants over multiple years: Oregon Symphony, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rancho Mirage Writers Festival all appear in more than one year of the recent list. It is a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it funds individuals. The active student-grantmaking programs also accept unsolicited submissions, including one public submission window for youth-led grantmaking.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$32.8M
Total Assets
$104.8M
Total Revenue
$11.8M
Total Expenses
$35.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $23K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$23K
Geographic Reach
Local11 states funded
Intensidad de financiamiento
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