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Schmid 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.

$26k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$114kHealth$31kHuman Services$15kReligion$15kYouth Development$11kRecreation & Sports$11kFood & Nutrition$8kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,200
Median grant
2
States reached
$11k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTVERDE ACADEMY$10,000
LOVE MADE VISIBLE$5,000
CLERMONT KNIGHTS YOUTH SPORTS INC$5,000
MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOL$1,500
KIWANIS CLUB OF SOUTH LAKE FOUNDATION$1,200
Wong Trust$1,000
Dolphins Cancer Center$1,000
NEW BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$700
CHABAD OF S LAKE COUNTY INC$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAITH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5k → 10%FAITH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $3k → 10%FAITH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $750 → 10%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%WEST ORANGE DREAM CENTER: $5k → 13%THE DREAM ACADEMY: $500 → 10%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $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

MI
IA
PA
CA
CO
TN
DC
TX
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$142k · 16 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
57

Total granted

$142k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+44%

Still filing today

56%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MA
    MONTVERDE ACADEMY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $66k · revenue +58%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2023 · $30k · revenue +67%
  • FA
    Feed And Instruct The Hungry Neighborhood Center
    3× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +840%

Funded once

  • SL
    South Lake Hospital Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +162%
  • LC
    LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS CHARITIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +110%
  • SL
    SOUTH LAKE COMMUNITY MINISTRIESINCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +589%
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
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
2
Lake Seminole Square Scholarship Fund Inc
Education
3
Central Florida Advanced Nursi

To foster and encourage to promote and improve the care given to patients

Environment
4
The South Florida Charity Classic
Human Services
5
Orlando Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the orlando health foundation is to support the strategic priorities of orlando health through philanthropy. this is accomplished through special events and annual major and planned gift fundraising efforts.

Health
6
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
7
Florida Research Center for Agricultural Sustainability Inc
Philanthropy
8
Lakeland Community Foundation
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9
Step Up for Students - Florida Inc

Step up for students empowers families to pursue and engage in the most appropriate learning options for their children, with an emphasis on families who lack the information and financial resources to access these options. by pursuing…

Education
10
North Florida School of Special Education Inc

To discover and foster each student's unique abilities revealing their highest potential within an engaged community.

—
11
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
12
Lakeland Leadership League
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Lake Hospital Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Shooting Star Foundation 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

36 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. 36 of the 77 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)
33/36
Grantees still filing
23/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTVERDE ACADEMY INC: $65,500 · OtherMONTVERDE ACADEMY INCSOUTH LAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $8,300 · OtherSOUTH LAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCLOVE MADE VISIBLE: $5,000 · OtherBOYSGIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL FLORIDA: $5,000 · OtherClermont Knights Youth Sports Inc: $5,000 · Other+50 more: $46,480 · Other+50 moreUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL…MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $6,500 · EducationMINNEOLA CHARTER SCHO…Eight Waves Corporation: $5,000 · EducationEight Waves Corporati…+4 more: $1,400 · EducationFeed And Instruct The Hungry Neighborhood Center: $8,250 · Human ServicesFeed And I…WEST ORANGE DREAM CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWEST ORANG…Cornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $3,700 · Human ServicesCornerston…Kiwanis Club of So Lake Foundation: $3,200 · Human ServicesKiwanis Cl…+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesSouth Lake Hospital Inc: $6,000 · HealthNATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $5,000 · HealthThe Art of Medicine Foundation Inc: $1,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthLAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS CHARITIES INC: $5,750 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Lake and Sumter Counties Inc: $1,500 · PhilanthropySOUTH LAKE COMMUNITY MINISTRIESINC: $5,300 · ReligionThe Green Turtle Cay Foundation: $5,000 · International
Other$135,280Education$42,900Human Services$20,650Health$14,250Philanthropy$7,250Religion$5,300International$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONTVERDE ACADEMY INC: $65,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH LAKE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $8,300 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFeed And Instruct The Hungry Neighborhood Center: $8,250 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Lake Hospital Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS CHARITIES INC: $5,750 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetSOUTH LAKE COMMUNITY MINISTRIESINC: $5,300 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetThe Green Turtle Cay Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEight Waves Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetWEST ORANGE DREAM CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $3,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $3,650 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKiwanis Club of So Lake Foundation: $3,200 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCentral Florida Pediatric Therapy Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBEACON COLLEGE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Lake and Sumter Counties Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH ORLANDO KIWANIS LITTLE LEAGUE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMOUNT DORA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCUPID CHARITIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH LAKE ALL-SPORTS BOOSTERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetShooting Star Foundation Inc: $400 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINTER GARDEN ART ASSOCIATION: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL INC: $275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE-SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Live Well Foundation …Community Foundation …United Way of Lake an…Acahand FoundationDuke Energy FoundationPublix Super Markets …Junebug Foundation IncW T Bland Jr Charitab…Second Harvest Food B…Raymond James Charita…Enterprise Holdings F…Edward Jones Foundati…
Live Well Foundation of South Lake IncFL26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Live Well Foundation of South Lake Inc · Community Foundation of South Lake County Inc · United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties Inc · Acahand Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Junebug Foundation Inc · W T Bland Jr Charitable Tua · Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation

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 Schmid Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schmid Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Beacon College Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Lake Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Minneola Charter Schools Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get 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.
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How do I get to Schmid Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Schmid 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 77 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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