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Karl and Karen Schmidt Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Karl and Karen Schmidt Family Foundation Inc

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.

$69k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$41k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$612kEducation$186kEnvironment$63kHuman Services$55kArts & Culture$51kPhilanthropy$20kYouth Development$12kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $61k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPRING LAKE CHURCH$41,000
ST PAUL SAN PABLO LUTHERAN CHURCH SCHOOL$10,000
GREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN$10,000
ASPIRO INC$2,500
CRISIS CAFE$2,500
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL$2,000
PEO INTERNATIONAL$1,000
EVANS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CRISIS CAFE: $3k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $12k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
OR
IA
IN
CO
AZ
TN
NC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$811k · 11 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
37

Total granted

$811k
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+62%

Still filing today

45%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GG
    GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $13k · revenue +68%
  • BC
    BELLIN COLLEGE INC
    2× · 2017–2023 · $2k · revenue +43%
  • ES
    EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • Y
    YMCA
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
  • EG
    EXPERIENCE GREATER GREEN BAY CAMPAIGN
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • SB
    SISTER BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +58%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Inc

To strengthen member businesses, enhance economic and workforce development, and improve the quality of life in our community and region.

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2
Big Brothers Big Sisters Wi Shoreline Inc

Big brothers big sisters creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

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3
The Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation

The mission of the greater beloit economic development corporation ("corporation") is to foster investment and job growth in the economy thereby improving the quality of life, educational attainment, housing availability and prosperity for…

Community Improvement
4
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation Inc

The wisconsin broadcasters association foundation contribution to broadcasting in wisconsin encompasses a strategic, long term vision for enhancing, promoting and supporting the broadcast industry by encouraging the preservation of…

Arts & Culture
5
Wisconsin Bankers Association

We actively advocate, educate and support our members to help them positively impact the wisconsin communities they serve.

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6
Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance

To champion and support regional collaboration and initiatives that help grow the great lakes bay region.

Community Improvement
7
Wisconsin Maritime Museum Inc

The wisconsin maritime museum connects all people with wisconsin's waterways, by engaging and educating the public about wisconsin's maritime history, wisconsin's world war ii submarines, uss cobia, and the great lakes. the wisconsin…

Arts & Culture
8
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
9
Westconsin Credit Union

The organization is a cooperative, nonprofit corporation, incorporated under wisconsin state law to encourage thrift among its members, create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable cost, and provide an opportunity for its members to…

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10
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
11
Wisconsin Section of the Pga of America Inc

To promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf and to contribute to the growth of the golf professional and the golf industry. the wisconsin section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf professionals…

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12
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Tinnitus Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 54 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
20/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPRING LAKE CHURCH: $596,000 · OtherSPRING LAKE CHURCHPROVIDENCE ACADEMY: $106,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE ACADEMYYMCA: $33,333 · Other+37 more: $114,720 · Other+37 moreGREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $63,365 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationBRIAN LAVIOLETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $3,934 · EducationASPIRO INC: $2,500 · EducationEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationSISTER BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $600 · Arts & CultureGREATER GREEN BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · PhilanthropyDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $13,182 · Human ServicesEVANGELISM IN ACTION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMISSIONS OF HONOR INC: $8,870 · Public BenefitPaddle 4 Troops Inc: $500 · Public Benefit
Other$850,053Environment$63,365Education$58,434Arts & Culture$25,600Philanthropy$19,000Human Services$15,682Public Benefit$9,370

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $63,365 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIAN LAVIOLETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetGREATER GREEN BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $13,182 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSIONS OF HONOR INC: $8,870 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW NORTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $4,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $3,934 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVANGELISM IN ACTION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetASPIRO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLIN COLLEGE INC: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $1,025 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBONITA BAY HURRICANE RELIEF FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREEN BAY INC: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPaddle 4 Troops Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER BAY AND LIBERTY GROVE: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
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 GREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SISTER BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIAN LAVIOLETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER GREEN BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSIONS OF HONOR INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW NORTH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds ST NORBERT COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANGELISM IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPIRO INC ↗
  • Who funds BELLIN COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BONITA BAY HURRICANE RELIEF FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREEN BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Paddle 4 Troops Inc ↗

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.

George Kress Foundati…Wisconsin Public Serv…John and Engrid Meng …Greater Green Bay Com…Green Bay Packers Fou…Weyers Family Foundat…Easter Foundation IncElizabeth B and Phili…K C Stock Foundation …Chernick Family Found…Schneider National Fo…Cloud Family Foundati…
George Kress Foundation IncWI30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George Kress Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · John and Engrid Meng Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Weyers Family Foundation Inc · Easter Foundation Inc · Elizabeth B and Philip J Hendrickson Foundation Ltd · K C Stock Foundation Inc · Chernick Family Foundation Inc · Schneider National Foundation Inc · Cloud Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Karl and Karen Schmidt Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karl and Karen Schmidt Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 54 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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