Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 93-1236637 · since 1998jordanschnitzer.org·Oregon, Washington·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$210k
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
$5,900 to $250k
Grant range
From grants in the 990-PF filings
$221k
Typical grant (median)
1 grants in the latest filing
Invitation only
Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

  • The foundation says it does not accept unsolicited requests and contributes only to preselected charitable organisations, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered.
  • Its grants centre on exhibitions and sharing contemporary and post-war art through museums, so a charity whose work is outside that area is unlikely to fit the pattern of its giving, though its filing states no geographic focus and most of its grants have gone to Oregon and Washington.
  • About 8 in 10 of its 15 grants fall between $5,900 and $250,000, with a median of about $25,500, so a modest request sits near the typical range, although its largest grant was $1,000,000.
  • All of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, and its giving has fallen across the three filings, so it appears relationship-led and hard for newcomers to enter.

Overview

Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Portland, OR.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation’s public-facing work centres on sharing its collection of contemporary and post-war art with audiences through exhibitions, publications and programmes. It partners with museums to exhibit works from its collections, with staff working with museum curators on research and selection, connections with artists, publications and programmes. It coordinates venue outreach and shipping when exhibitions tour, and its direct activity includes nationally travelling exhibitions. In the grant record, exhibition support is the most frequent stated purpose, alongside support for museum development and university facilities. Its approach combines collection access with collaboration between foundation staff and museum curators. The filing says it contributes only to preselected charitable organisations.

Themes

From its grants, not stated by the foundation:

  • Art exhibitions

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Oregon and Washington.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
  • Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 15 grants to organisations were about $25,500 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Oregon63%
Washington34%
District of Columbia1%
California<1%
Pennsylvania<1%
Georgia<1%

2 other states: <1%

  • The largest single recipient received 42% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.

Grants

1 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $221k

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

  • Washington State University Foundation · Exhibition support
    $221,1352024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

  • Thomas R Nicolai — Director (Beginning 1/1/2024)
  • Brian Mattocks — VP, Tax (Beginning 10/1/2024)
  • Jeffrey F Nudelman — Director & Secretary
  • Arielle Schnitzer — AVP
  • Jordan D Schnitzer — Executive Director & President

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$2,334,808$1,531,828$48,729,099Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$864,035$623,939$55,468,456Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$914,635$209,890$76,944,091Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources

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