California · Private foundation
Schmidt Ocean Institute
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.
- $707k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $180,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $109M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Schmidt Ocean Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $707k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $456k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.6M | 56% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $396k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $381k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consortium for Ocean Leadership | $372,503 | 3 | 4% |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | $282,225 | 3 | 0% |
| University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | $212,015 | 2 | 0% |
| Nautilusthink Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Marine Technology Society Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Mate Inspiration for Innovation | $150,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Regents of the University of California | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Ocean Observatory | $110,978 | 4 | 27% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $40,689 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Schmidt Ocean Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Gates Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Schmidt Ocean Institute
- How much does Schmidt Ocean Institute give?
- Schmidt Ocean Institute reported 19 grants totaling $707,331 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Schmidt Ocean Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Arts & Culture (28%), Science & Tech (20%).
- Who are Schmidt Ocean Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Consortium for Ocean Leadership ($373k), University of South Florida Foundation Inc ($282k), University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ($212k).
- Does Schmidt Ocean Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Schmidt Ocean Institute 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 Schmidt Ocean Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, Gates Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Schmidt Ocean Institute based?
- Schmidt Ocean Institute is based in CA.
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