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Robert a Schmidt Md & Viola G 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.

$21k
Granted FY2019
8
Grants FY2019
7
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 43% of ROBERT A SCHMIDT MD & VIOLA G SCHMI FAMILY FOUNDATION INC’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2019 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$147k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPE SAFEHOUSE$7,500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA$2,500
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DOPHINES$2,500
NORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER$2,500
JUDICIAL WATCH$500
MIDWEST DACHSHUND RESCUE$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER: $3k → 10%ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: $500 → 9%RED ROVER: $500 → 12%NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE: $500 → 6%PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE: $250 → 13%JUDICIAL WATCH: $500 → 14%PYRAMID INC: $500 → 16%TOY BREED RESCUE: $3k → 19%HOPE SAFEHOUSE: $8k → 10%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $3k → 9%SMILING DOG FARMS: $500 → 15%MIDWEST DACHSHUND RESCUE: $500 → 15%THE NATIONAL HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIE: $500 → 9%VOORHEES ANIMAL ORPHANAGE: $3k → 12%RESERVATION ANIMAL RESCUE: $500 → 8%PETA: $500 → 19%KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTURARY: $250 → 12%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $500 → 8%NORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER: $3k → 10%ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: $500 → 9%RED ROVER: $500 → 12%JUDICIAL WATCH: $500 → 14%PYRAMID INC: $500 → 16%TOY BREED RESCUE: $3k → 19%HOPE SAFEHOUSE: $3k → 10%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $3k → 9%SMILING DOG FARMS: $250 → 15%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $500 → 8%NORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER: $1k → 10%JUDICIAL WATCH: $500 → 14%HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA: $3k → 16%TOY BREED RESCUE: $3k → 19%HOPE SAFEHOUSE: $3k → 10%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $3k → 9%HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA: $1k → 16%HOTEL FOR DOGS & CATS ANIMAL ADOPTI: $500 → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA: $1k → 16%GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DOPHINES: $3k → 16%GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DOPHINES: $3k → 16%GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DOPHINES: $3k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$54k · 14 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2019, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$54k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+114%

Still filing today

64%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
AnimalsPublic BenefitHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HS
    HOPE SAFEHOUSE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $13k · revenue +83%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +31%
  • NA
    NORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $6k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • VA
    Voorhees Animal Orphanage Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +64%
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +147%
  • NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +18%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Raskels Rescue
Animals
2
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
5
Mountain View Animal Rescue

Rescue of abused or abandoned animals

Animals
6
Pet Rescue Miami Inc
Animals
7
Idaho Animal Rescue Network

Idaho Animal Rescue Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Idaho that works in Idaho and Eastern Washington to educate, advocate, and network with other rescues and law enforcement in Idaho regarding animal cruelty and neglect. We are…

Animals
8
Animal Dominion Rescue

Animal Dominion Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing cats and dogs worldwide, ensuring they find permanent, loving homes. The organization emphasizes direct support to rescuers on the ground, promoting animal welfare,…

Animals
9
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
10
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
11
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
12
Pet Rescue Alliance Inc

Rescue animals from shelter

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Animal Nations Dba Redrover and the most unlike its peers is Pyramid Inc. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
16/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HOPE SAFEHOUSE INC — $12,500 · AnimalsHOPE SAFEHOUSE INCBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $7,500 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA FL INC — $4,500 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA FL INCVoorhees Animal Orphanage Inc — $3,000 · AnimalsVoorhees Animal Orphanage Inc+8 more — $4,750 · Animals+8 moreGULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DOPHINES — $7,500 · OtherGULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL DOPHINESIndividual grant recipient — $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC — $6,000 · OtherNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INCUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER — $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY PREVENTION CRUELTY — $1,000 · Other+6 more — $2,750 · Other+6 moreJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $1,500 · Public BenefitPYRAMID INC — $1,000 · Health
Animals$32,250Other$25,750Public Benefit$1,500Health$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHOPE SAFEHOUSE INC — $12,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC — $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA FL INC — $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVoorhees Animal Orphanage Inc — $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPYRAMID INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRing Dog Rescue Inc — $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASTLETON RANCH HORSE RESCUE INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC11.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert a Schmidt Md & Viola G Schmidt Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Robert a Schmidt Md & Viola G Schmidt Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Robert a Schmidt Md & Viola G Schmidt Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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