Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund
Greenville, OH · EIN 34-1651151. Reported 102 grants totalling $213,300 to 49 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $400 and the largest $6,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Association of Darke County | Greenville, OH | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Darke County Center for the Arts | Greenville, OH | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenville Public Library | Greenville, OH | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Darke County | Greenville, OH | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenville Community Unity Group | Greenville, OH | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Empowering Darke County Youth | Greenville, OH | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Illumination Ministries | Greenville, OH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Darke County Friends of the Shelter | Greenville, OH | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greenville | Greenville, OH | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Radiant Lighthouse Church | Greenville, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth for Christ of Miami Valley | Greenville, OH | $5,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arcanum Preservation Society | Arcanum, OH | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Darke County Animal Shelter | Greenville, OH | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Darke County Historical Society | Greenville, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greenville Municipal Concert Band | Greenville, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anna Bier Art Gallery | Greenville, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Council on Rural Services | Greenville, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Darke County Sheriffs Patrol | Greenville, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mississinawa Valley Schools | Union City, OH | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Towne & Country Players Inc | Versailles, OH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Main Street Greenville | Greenville, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Versailles Heritage Park | Versailles, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Greenville, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brethren Retirement Community | Greenville, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miami Valley Red Cross | Greenville, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arcanum Public Library | Arcanum, OH | $2,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Worch Memorial Public Library | Versailles, OH | $2,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Annie Oakley Committee Inc | Greenville, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Annie Oakley Festival Committee | Greenville, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Darke County Pregnancy Help Center | Greenville, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The House That Lulu Built | Greenville, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity Wesleyan Church | Greenville, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Versailles Heritage Park Fund | Versailles, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Darke County Educational Service Ce | Greenville, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First United Methodist Church Inc | Greenville, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Greenville Chapter Dar | Brookville, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenville Mural Committee | Greenville, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kinder Korner Preschool | Versailles, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Art House Gallery Inc | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Darke County Park District | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Do Good in His Name Inc | Osgood, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everheart Hospice | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Bear's Mill | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Kids Running Series | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Star Community Association | North Star, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tri Village Summer Recreation | New Madison, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Corsp Gateway Aces | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospice of Darke County Inc | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Madison Public Library | New Madison, OH | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
28 of 49 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Cancer Association of Darke County
HELP CLIENTS WITH TRANSPORTATION - Darke County Center for the Arts
ARTIST & FAMILY THEATRE SERIES - Greenville Community Unity Group
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY - YMCA of Darke County
REPLACE STARTER BLOCKS FOR POOL - Greenville Public Library
RESTORE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS - Greenville Municipal Concert Band
OPERATING COSTS & UPGRADES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 44 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $54,400 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $53,800 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 24 | $51,000 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $54,100 | $1,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund's own Form 990-PF 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: 507 South Broadway, Greenville, OH, 45331. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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