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Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$126k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$585k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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
FY2025still arriving15$126k40%
FY202411$94k36%
FY202318$87k61%
FY202221$92k43%
FY202120$107k55%
FY202025$260k48%
FY201926$378k31%
FY201836$266k56%
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$304kPhilanthropy$299kPublic Safety & Disaster$235kArts & Culture$218kReligion$142kHealth$88kPublic Benefit$78kHousing & Shelter$49kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
WY
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
LA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$209,00090%
Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools$146,45050%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$66,00060%
Catholic Community Foundation for Eastern Sd$54,0002n/a
The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc$52,00031%
Covenant House$46,00070%
City Harvest Inc$26,50020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$25,75080%
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc$25,00050%
US Naval Academy Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$11,00020%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$11,00030%
Lodigiano Film Development Inc$10,00011%
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc$10,00040%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$10,00030%
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc$10,00010%
Achilles International Inc$9,00010%
The Palm Beach Foundation Inc$6,0002n/a
Blair Academy$5,00010%
Partnership to End Addiction$5,00010%
Diocese of Palm Beach$5,0001n/a
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance$4,00030%
St Edwards Church$3,6002n/a
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$3,50010%
Special Olympics Inc$3,50030%
Archdiocese for the Military Services USA$2,7503n/a
Sephardic Community Youth Center Inc$2,50010%
Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc$2,5001n/a
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach Inc$2,50010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$2,50010%
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary$2,0001n/a
Women in Need Inc$2,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,00010%
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$1,00010%
American Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens Inc$1,00010%
Christ Fellowship Church Inc$1,0001n/a
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$1,00010%
Lourdes Foundation Inc$1,00010%
St Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc$1,00010%
Morselife Health System Inc$1,00010%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$1,00010%
Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department Inc$1,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,00010%
South Florida Pbs Inc$1,00010%
Success Academy Charter Schools Inc$1,00010%
Young America's Foundation$75010%
The Lord's Place Inc$50010%
Providence House Inc$50010%
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc$50010%
B Robert Williamson Jr Foundation$50010%
Cath League for Religious & Civil Rights$5001n/a
The Doe Fund Inc$30020%
Family Research Council$25010%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$20010%
The National World War II Museum Inc$10010%
Florida Sheriffs Association Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($861k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $209,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPartnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools: $146,450 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $66,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $52,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCovenant House: $46,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $26,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $25,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNy Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUS Naval Academy Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLodigiano Film Development Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRaymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlair Academy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership to End Addiction: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetElaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSephardic Community Youth Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChamber Music Society of Palm Beach Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen in Need Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedomworks Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLourdes Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lukes Chamber Ensemble Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorselife Health System Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Florida Pbs Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSuccess Academy Charter Schools Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lord's Place Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB Robert Williamson Jr Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Doe Fund Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Research Council: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Piedmont Environmental Council: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 46.

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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.

Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc

How much does Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc give?
Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $125,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Philanthropy (18%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
Who are Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc ($209k), Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools ($146k), Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc ($66k).
Does Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc 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 Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
Where is Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc based?
Priscilla & Richard J Schmeelk Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 117 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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