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John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$571k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 28
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$22M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$571k28%
FY202320$1.8M20%
FY202228$369k39%
FY202125$342k52%
FY202015$290kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$1.3MReligion$545kInternational$354kArts & Culture$301kEmployment$264kEducation$225kPhilanthropy$135kYouth Development$120kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kenya Works Inc$240,625510%
Riverview Gardens Inc$239,15056%
Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated$205,50033%
Cots Inc$120,00052%
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc$115,15050%
Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc$110,00021%
Music That Matters Inc$110,00054%
Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust Inc$42,50053%
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center$42,06040%
US Venture Associates Caring Together Fund Inc$40,00049%
Valley Packaging Industries Inc$25,00010%
Pillars Inc$22,50030%
Fox Valley Literacy Council Inc$15,00031%
Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc$15,00030%
Community Benefit Tree Inc$10,50041%
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association$10,00020%
Appleton Community Music Inc$10,00012%
Soar Fox Cities Inc$10,00021%
Great Headwaters Trails Foundation Inc$10,00022%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$7,50010%
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley Inc$7,50020%
Earthjustice$7,50020%
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia$6,50020%
Bay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America$5,00010%
Leaven Inc$5,00010%
Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Inc$5,0001n/a
Trout Museum of Art Inc$5,00011%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$5,00010%
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US$5,00010%
United Way Fox Cities Inc$4,00040%
Bright Futures Trenton$3,5002n/a
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$3,50010%
Turning Points for Children$3,00010%
Green Hills Womens Shelter Inc$2,50010%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$2,50010%
Philadelphia Film Society$2,50010%
Beaming Inc$2,50011%
Fairmount Park Conservancy$2,00020%
Afs Intercultural Programs Inc$2,00010%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$1,50020%
Agrisafe Network Inc$1,00010%
Children's Tumor Foundation$1,00010%
Northwoods Living Care Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Eden Peopleplanet$1,00010%
American Library Association$1,00010%
The Infant Welfare Circle Inc$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKenya Works Inc: $240,625 over 5y, 10% of budgetRiverview Gardens Inc: $239,150 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetFriends of Appleton Library Incorporated: $205,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCots Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc: $115,150 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBasic Needs Giving Partnership Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMusic That Matters Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetNortheast Wisconsin Land Trust Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetFox Cities Performing Arts Center: $42,060 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUS Venture Associates Caring Together Fund Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetValley Packaging Industries Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPillars Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFox Valley Literacy Council Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHarbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Benefit Tree Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNational Tuberous Sclerosis Association: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAppleton Community Music Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSoar Fox Cities Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGreat Headwaters Trails Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEarthjustice: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNationalities Service Center of Philadelphia: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeaven Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrout Museum of Art Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way Fox Cities Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Points for Children: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Hills Womens Shelter Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetClean Air Task Force Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Film Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeaming Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFairmount Park Conservancy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAfs Intercultural Programs Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAgrisafe Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Tumor Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEden Peopleplanet: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Library Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Infant Welfare Circle Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

J J Keller Foundation IncWI54.9× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J J Keller Foundation Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation · The Boldt Family Fund Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · The William J and Barbara a Schmidt Family Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation

How much does John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation give?
John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $571,197 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (36%), Religion (15%), International (10%).
Who are John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kenya Works Inc ($241k), Riverview Gardens Inc ($239k), Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated ($206k).
Does John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J J Keller Foundation Inc, US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc.
Where is John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation based?
John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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