The Kleinschmidt Family Foundation
Vero Beach, FL · EIN 27-0112179. Reported 203 grants totalling $2,654,602 to 93 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. The Kleinschmidt Family Foundation 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $245,540. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation for Cultural Review (new Criterion) | Nyc, NY | $327,936 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Institute | New York, NY | $320,190 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reason Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $309,734 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art | Vero Beach, FL | $301,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uw Oshkosh Foundation | Oshkosh, WI | $251,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $127,822 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vero Beach Opera | Vero Beach, FL | $123,360 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adirondack Experience Inc | Blue Mountain Lake, NY | $96,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cap-21 | Old Forge, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Riverside Theatre | Vero Beach, FL | $57,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Encounter for Culture Education | New York City, NY | $49,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Windsor Charitable Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $44,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | Santa Rosa, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $36,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Debutante Collition and Christmas Ball | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fire | Philidelphia, PA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Edward's School | Vero Beach, FL | $15,160 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fiaf (alliance Francaise) | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| View Arts Center | Old Forge, NY | $12,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Learning Alliance | Vero Beach, FL | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intl Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buckley Institute | New Haven, CT | $9,270 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metroploitan Opera | New York, NY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mountain Lake Community Service | Lake Wales, FL | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perc | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Foundation for Economic Education | Atlanta, GA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Fair Shake of Youth | New York, NY | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornell University | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dennison University | Granville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation | Jackson, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Fabry Disease Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center | Coral Gables, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The William F Buckley Program at Yale | New Haven, CT | $4,740 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 101 East 69TH St Conservancy | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 564 Park Ave Preservation Fund | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy | Midland, MI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists | New York City, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hudson Institute | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Free Speech | Alexandra, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Prager University Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vero Beach Rowing Club | Vero Beach, FL | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington National Opera | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charity | Chicago, IL | $2,440 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vero Beach Volunteer Fire Dept | Vero Beach, FL | $2,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ayn Rand Institute | Irvine, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bronxville Historical Conservancy | Bronxville, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Historic Colony House Inc | Lake Wales, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Institute for Justice | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Irc Volunteer Ambulance | Vero Beach, FL | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Navy Seal Museum | Fort Pierce, FL | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smu | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Turning Point USA | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vero Beach Dog Park | Vero Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Quail Valley Charities | Vero Beach, FL | $1,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vero Beach Theatre Guild | Vero Beach, FL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sigma Tau Gamma Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adirondack Land Trust | Blue Mountain Lake, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornell Star and Crescent Foundation | Ithica, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cradle of Liberty Council | Wayne, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curepsp | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Sulgrave Manor | Sulgrave, Banbury | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goldwater Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Colony House Foundation | Lake Wales, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Landmark Legal Foundation | Leesburg, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laura (riding) Jackson Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leukemia and Lymphona Society | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mckee Botanical Gardens | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Play for Pink | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Edwards School | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Thomas Episcopal Chapel | Coral Gables, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Streetsquash | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community Foundation | Utica, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vna Hospice Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ximinez-Fatio House | St Augustine, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Side House Settlement | Bronx, NY | $850 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Indian River Board of Public | Vero Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dogs for Life | Vero Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duchess County ASPCA | Hyde Park, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Float Hope of Irc Inc | Vero Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vero Beach Police Benevolent Assn | Vero Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kipps Bay Boys & Girls Club | Bronx, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frat Ooder of Police Lodge 79 | Indian River Shores, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florida State Fraternal Order of Police | Tallahassee, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Old Forge Vol Ambulance Corp | Old Forge, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vero Beach Police Benevolent Association | Vero Beach, FL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
49 of 93 (53%) 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 70%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 94 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | $752,802 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $687,272 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $529,742 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $684,786 | $1,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 $1,000. 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 New York.
- 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 The Kleinschmidt Family Foundation'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: 2911 Cardinal Drive, Vero Beach, FL, 32963. 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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