Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship

Private foundation · Grantmaker Dallas, TX EIN: 88-6062233

Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Dallas, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.4M. Net investment income was $4K.

Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship at a glance

In short: Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship gave $1.4M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.4M), mostly in Virginia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,388,794
+2845.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,388,794
+2845.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,388,794
Primary geography
Virginia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Charities Aid Foundation America: $1.4MCharities Aid FoundationAmerica$1.4M

The largest 2025 recipient was Charities Aid Foundation America ($1.4M).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 4 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Alexandria

How Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship gives

  • Giving grew 5455% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M3 grants2019 1 grant2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $14K (2020) to $1.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.4M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Charities Aid Foundation America Alexandria, VAFBO Technion-Israel$1,388,794
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025—$5,545$1,395,943$1,388,7941$1,389,794$3,595$1,892
2024$1,386,458$330,421$81,598$47,1431$66,819$316,058$63,625
2023$1,140,458$32,896$88,331$60,7811$75,557$17,486$61,919
2022$1,196,273$-32,192$66,493$25,0001$49,139$11,995$62,411
2021$1,295,049$248,462$28,050——$11,974$232,520$68,092
2020$1,073,371$79,483$34,573$13,6661—$67,115$56,604
2019$1,028,580$65,266$163,163$140,4553—$56,105$58,736

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship reported a distributable amount of $2K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship's only listed officer is Bank Of America, Trustee on every filing since 2021 (uncompensated).

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Bank Of America

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $20K (2021) → $0 (2025)

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Bank Of America N A (2019–2020) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Bank of America — Trustee: $20KBank of AmericaTrustee$20K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $20K, to Bank of America (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship

How much does Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship give each year?

Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship gave $1.4M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $47K across 1 grant.

What is Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship?

Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Dallas, TX.

Where does Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship operate?

Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship has awarded grants in Virginia.

How much is Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship required to give away each year?

Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship reported a distributable amount of $2K on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

What is Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship's EIN?

Otto Schwarz Memorial Graduate Scholarship's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 88-6062233. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 3, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 30, 2026)
  3. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 9, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 22, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 6, 2022)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 11, 2023)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 16, 2024)

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