The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid
Louisville, KY · EIN 61-1349891. Reported 90 grants totalling $218,601 to 59 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 Lyndon & Helen M Schmid 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 $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $15,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine University | Louisville, KY | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Champions for Children | Louisville, KY | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cobble Street | Wheatridge, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cobbled Streets | Wheatridge, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisville Orchestra | Louisville, KY | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Appleton Community Music Inc | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Home of the Innocents | Louisville, KY | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Louisville | Louisville, KY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Opera Association Inc | Louisville, KY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Elderserve | Louisville, KY | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holston Home for Children Inc | Greeneville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shamrock Pet Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sos | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sos International Inc | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Center for Women & Families | Louisville, KY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family & Children's Place | New Albany, IN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harbor House of Louisville | Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Holston United Methodist | Greeneville, TN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged of Louisville Ky | Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cedar Lake | Louisville, KY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maxsquad for Michelle Inc | Louisville, KY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St John Center Inc | Louisville, KY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Joseph Catholic Orphan Society | Louisville, KY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girl Scounts of Kentuckiana | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kentucky Opera | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sycamore Farm Ky Inc | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | Louisville, KY | $2,101 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Awake Ministries | Shelbyville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc | Appleton, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| USA Cares | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bellewood and Brooklawn | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryhurst | Lagrange, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| River of Life Ministries | Paris, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sycamore Farm | Louisville, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Shelter for Women & Families | Henderson, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Younglife - Woodford County | Versailles, KY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Ky | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feeding America Fox Valley | Appleton, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gildas Club | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Inc | Owensboro, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harbor House of Wi | Madison, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hildegard House | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holler Health Justice | Charleston, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kentucky School for the Blind | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ky Harm Reduction Coalition | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Louisville Women's Club | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lupus Foundation of America | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| NAMI Fox Valley | Appleton, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pillars | Appleton, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Presbyterian Homes & Svcs of Ky Inc | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joe's Children's Home | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John Center for Homeless Men | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uniting Partners for Women and Children | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womans Club of Louisville Charity Fund Inc | Louisville, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Muhammad Ali Center | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood House | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
19 of 59 (32%) 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 22%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Girl Scounts of Kentuckiana
BUILD GIRLS OF COURAGE AND CHARCTER - Bellarmine University
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN/BELLARMINE CTR - Kentucky Opera
INTRODUCE AUDIENCES TO OPERATIC ART - Cedar Lake
PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - Little Sisters of the Poor
ST.JOSEPH'S GREEN INT. PROJECT - Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc
PROVIDE FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $53,101 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $53,000 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $54,000 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 9 | $58,500 | $5,000 |
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. 70% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kentucky. 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 $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 Kentucky.
- 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 Lyndon & Helen M Schmid'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: 2225 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY, 40206. 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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