· Private foundation
Arthur J Schmitt Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $50k–250k12 grants · $860k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Marquette University | $80,000 |
| Loyola University | $80,000 |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $80,000 |
| Link Unlimited | $80,000 |
| University of Notre Dame | $75,000 |
| DePaul University | $75,000 |
| High Sight | $70,000 |
| University of St Francis | $65,000 |
| University of St Xavier | $65,000 |
| Benedictine University | $65,000 |
| Dominican University | $65,000 |
| Lewis University | $60,000 |
| Loyola University Arrupe College | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarquette University7× · 2017–2025 · $555k · revenue +46%
- DUDEPAUL UNIVERSITY7× · 2017–2025 · $540k · revenue +25%
- LULOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO7× · 2017–2025 · $508k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- LILink Incorrporatedone grant, 2017 · $70k
- DMDaniel Murphy Educational Foundationone grant, 2017 · $70k
- CTCatholic Theological Unionone grant, 2017 · $45k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
To be a great catholic university dedicated to excellence in learning, achieved by teaching, research, & scholarly activities in franciscan & liberal arts tradition.
We are a catholic university named for saint john henry newman and founded by the adorers of the blood of christ for the purpose of empowering graduates to transform society. our core values (see schedule o for continuation)
We are a Catholic, co-educational, liberal arts university founded in 1843 by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa. Clarke educates students at the post-secondary level in the liberal arts and sciences, the…
Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
- Who funds LINK Unlimited Scholars ↗
- Who funds Benedictine University ↗
- Who funds DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS ↗
- Who funds Lewis University ↗
- Who funds HIGHSIGHT ↗
- Who funds SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Arthur J Schmitt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur J Schmitt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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