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The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

Public charity · Grantmaker Boston, MA EIN: 13-1982786 Website

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF) is preparing the next generation of professionals to serve and empower vulnerable people to live healthier lives and create healthier communities, and to become, thereby, a global corps of change-agent leaders.

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship at a glance

Total assets
$1,476,099
+5.3% vs 2023
Revenue (2024)
$95,989
+19.8% vs 2023
Net investment income (2024)
$39,960
+8.6% vs 2023
Expenses (2024)
$77,600
-3.1% vs 2023
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

How to apply to The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

Who The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

6states

Cities

DavidsonBirminghamColumbusLebanonLos AngelesTulsa

How The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship gives

  • Giving grew 30% from 2018 to 2021. Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K2 grants2018 2 grants2019 0 grants2020 3 grants2021 Total only2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024

From 2018 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $1K (2022) to $54K (2021). In 2022 it reported $1K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles, CADuring 2021, funds were transferred to chapters that were establishing themselves as independent 501(c)(3) entities.$31,192
North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Inc Davidson, NCDuring 2021, funds were transferred to chapters that were establishing themselves as independent 501(c)(3) entities.$22,000
Tulsa Fellows Program Tulsa, OKDuring 2021, funds were transferred to chapters that were establishing themselves as independent 501(c)(3) entities.$606
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$1,476,099$95,989$77,600——$39,960
2023$1,401,298$80,124$80,056——$36,803
2022$1,295,904$99,969$55,242$1,099Total only$36,670
2021$1,565,734$230,217$106,021$53,7983$157,032
2020$1,421,545$116,213$43,605——$43,276
2019$1,292,753$131,767$134,490$25,4212$39,941
2018$1,340,559$247,006$433,435$41,3452$115,332

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

Based on IRS filings

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2018 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $1.5M in total assets. Net investment income was $40K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship is led by Samuel Bradley, Chair & President since 2024 (on filings since 2023); none of the 8 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Samuel Bradley

    Chair & President

    Director → Chair & President, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lachlan Forrow

    Board Chair Emertius

    Chair of Board & President → President & Chair, 2023

    President & Chair → Board Chair Emertius, 2024

    On filings since 2018

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stefan Kertesz

    Director

    Vice Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alice G. Thompson

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erica Pan

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Reichlin

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Odonnell

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Lahey

    Secretary

    New on the 2024 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: Harvey Bines Esq. (2018–2023) — Chair of the Finance Committee
  • Former: Joseph O'Donnell MD (2018–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Timothy Lahey (2023) — Director
  • Former: Bruce Auerbach MD (2018–2021) — Former Director
  • Former: James O'Connell MD (2018–2021) — Former Director
  • Former: Jimmy Hara MD (2018–2021) — Former Director
  • Former: Mark Wolf (2018–2021) — Former Director
  • Former: Philip Pulaski MD (2018–2021) — Former Director
  • Former: Robert Abernethy (2018–2021) — Former Director
  • Former: Robert Lawrence (2018–2021) — Former Director
  • Former: Stephan Kertesz MD (2018–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Claude-Alix Jacob (2018) — Director
  • Former: Jacqueline Haley (2018) — Interim Executive Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2018–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

How large is The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship?

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship reported $1.5M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $96K.

What is The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship?

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship is a public charity focused on International, Foreign Affairs & National Security, based in Boston, MA. It holds $1.5M in total assets as of 2024.

Where does The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship operate?

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship has awarded grants in Alabama, California, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma.

What is The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship's EIN?

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1982786. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2018–2024.

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

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2018 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 15, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 31, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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