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The Schmidt Family Foundation XXXXX3004

Chicago, IL · EIN 13-6808881. Reported 166 grants totalling $10.4M to 64 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$10.4Mgranted, 2021-2024
64recipients, as named on its returns
74%of grantees funded again the next year
$12.2Massets, latest filing

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 Schmidt Family Foundation XXXXX3004 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $3,051,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
25 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
32 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
65 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
17 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
11 grants
$100,000 and Up
16 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Boca Raton Regional Hospital FoundationBoca Raton, FL$5,709,000442024
Catholic Relief ServicesBaltimore, MD$700,000442024
Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life IncDelray Beach, FL$550,000332024
Boca Raton Historical SocietyBoca Raton, FL$507,500222024
Fau Foundation Inc - Fau High SchoolBoca Raton, FL$503,000442024
Lynn University IncBoca Raton, FL$445,000332024
Spirit of Giving Network IncBoca Raton, FL$205,000442024
Bethlehem UniversityWashignton, DC$190,000442024
Florida Atlantic University FoundationBoca Raton, FL$134,000112024
American Association of Caregiving YouthBoca Raton, FL$106,000442024
George Snow Scholarship FundBoca Raton, FL$80,000442024
Fau Foundation-College of NursingBoca Raton, FL$75,000332023
Boca Raton Museum of ArtBoca Raton, FL$70,000442024
YMCA of South Palm Beach CountyBoca Raton, FL$70,000442024
Home Safe IncLake Worth, FL$65,000442024
Boca Raton Arts DistrictBoca Raton, FL$50,000112022
Festival of the Arts BocaBoca Raton, FL$50,000112024
Florence Fuller Child Development CentersBoca Raton, FL$42,500222022
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin County IncWest Palm Beach, FL$40,000442024
Boca Helping HandsBoca Raton, FL$40,000442024
Boca Raton Housing Authority Pearl City CatsBoca Raton, FL$40,000442024
Boca Raton's PromiseBoca Raton, FL$40,000442024
Caridad Center IncBoynton Beach, FL$40,000442024
Fuller CenetrBoca Raton, FL$40,000222024
Habilitation Center for the HandicappedBoca Raton, FL$40,000442024
Lewis UniversityRomeoville, IL$40,000442024
Milagro CenterDelray Beach, FL$40,000442024
Achievement Centers for Children and FamiliesDelray Beach, FL$30,000442024
Trustbridge Hospice FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL$30,000112021
Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park IncBoca Raton, FL$27,500332024
Boca Raton Champions Golf CharitiesBoca Raton, FL$25,000112021
Stepping Stone Foundation of HopeSchaumburg, IL$22,000222022
Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia IncBoca Raton, FL$20,000442024
Elizabeth H Faulk FoundationBoca Raton, FL$20,000222022
Fau-for Louis & Anne Green MemoryBoca Raton, FL$20,000332024
Faulk Center for CounselingDelray Beach, FL$20,000222024
Habitat for Humanity of South Palm BeachDelray Beach, FL$20,000222022
Junior League of Boca Raton IncBoca Raton, FL$20,000442024
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Southern FloridaFort Lauderdale, FL$20,000442024
Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach CountyBoca Raton, FL$20,000442024
Avda IncDelray Beach, FL$16,500442024
Vets Helping HeroesincBoca Raton, FL$15,000222023
Kino Border Initiative IncNogales, AZ$12,000112022
Fau- School of Social WorkBoca Raton, FL$10,500112022
American Disabilities FoundationAtlanta, GA$10,000222024
Boca Raton Rotary Fund IncBoca Raton, FL$10,000112023
Center for Youth Activites IncBoca Raton, FL$10,000112021
Gateway Community Outreach IncDeerfield Beach, FL$10,000112021
Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights of Hospitaller of FlBoca Raton, FL$10,000332024
Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach IncBoca Raton, FL$7,500332024
Abraham Path Initiative IncMaplewood, NJ$5,000112021
Farmworkers Childrens Council IncBoynton Beach, FL$5,000222024
O MiamiMiami Shores, FL$5,000112021
The Healing Sounds of MusicCoconut Creek, FL$5,000442024
Soroptimist International of the Americas IncBoca Raton, FL$4,000222023
Impact 100 Palm Beach CountyWest Palm Beach, FL$3,200332024
Baptist Health (herbert H Greene MD Legacy Fund)Coral Gables, FL$2,500112021
Coastal Stewards IncBoca Raton, FL$2,500112024
Order of St John Florida Commandery IncBoca Raton, FL$2,500112022
Rotary ClubBoca Raton, FL$2,500112021
Rotary Club of Downtown Boca Raton Embassy Suites By HiltonBoca Raton, FL$2,500112024
Connected Warriors IncBoca Raton, FL$1,500112022
Brrh League of RibbonsBoca Raton, FL$1,000112023
Junior Golf CorpRiviera Beach, FL$1,000112022

44 of 64 (69%) 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 74%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 67 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
18 grants
Human Services
18 grants
Education
8 grants
Community Improvement
5 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202143$4,120,550$10,000
202244$4,239,000$10,000
202338$900,050$10,000
202441$1,101,600$10,000

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

91% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Florida
$9.4M
Maryland
$700K
District of Columbia
$190K
Illinois
$62K
Arizona
$12K
Georgia
$10K
New Jersey
$5K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund21 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation for Palm Beach and17 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsPublix Super Markets Charities Inc13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc13 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Schmidt Family Foundation XXXXX3004's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. 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.

EIN 13-6808881 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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