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The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$653k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 14
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $293k 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
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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 arriving12$653k58%
FY202412$748k50%
FY202311$655k18%
FY202213$803k46%
FY202113$752k54%
FY20208$518k50%
FY201914$676k71%
FY201810$559k60%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.6MArts & Culture$725kHuman Services$312kHealth$270kReligion$266kPublic Safety & Disaster$89kRecreation & Sports$63kFood & Nutrition$60kOther$0

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 38 grantees
All grantees of The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Rochester$2,762,50090%
Rochester Institute of Technology$266,72240%
Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council$180,00091%
St John Fisher University$150,00010%
Nazareth University$150,00020%
Rochester Museum & Science Center$140,00011%
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$124,04040%
Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum$100,00011%
Uncommon Schools Inc$100,00020%
The Little Theatre Film Society Inc$75,00023%
Cameron Community Ministries Inc$66,70733%
Rochester Rotary Charitable Trusts Inc$62,50041%
Mercy Chefs Inc$50,0001n/a
The Harley School$50,00010%
Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc$50,00010%
Foodlink Inc$50,00030%
Mercy House of the Southern Tier Inc$50,00022%
Genesee Country Museum$45,00030%
Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc$35,00020%
St John Bosco Schools$30,00012%
Aurora House of Western Monroe County Inc$30,000112%
Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc$30,00010%
Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc$30,00011%
Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York Inc$25,00012%
Lifetime Assistance Inc$25,00010%
Families Thrive Inc$24,00015%
Flower City Arts Center Inc$20,00012%
Edceptional Inc$20,00014%
Nextcorps Inc$20,00010%
Autismup Inc$15,00010%
Rochester Contemporary Art Center Inc$10,00012%
Saint's Place$10,0001n/a
Rochester Friendly Home$10,00010%
Hospeace House Inc$10,0001n/a
Rochester Public Library$8,93020%
Hope Hall$7,50010%
Pluta Cancer Center Foundation Inc$7,50011%
East House Corporation$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Rochester: $2,762,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $266,722 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWxxi Public Broadcasting Council: $180,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetSt John Fisher University: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNazareth University: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRochester Museum & Science Center: $140,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRochester Philharmonic Orchestra Inc: $124,040 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMargaret Woodbury Strong Museum: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUncommon Schools Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Little Theatre Film Society Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCameron Community Ministries Inc: $66,707 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetRochester Rotary Charitable Trusts Inc: $62,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetThe Harley School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Community Center of Greater Rochester Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFoodlink Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy House of the Southern Tier Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetGenesee Country Museum: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMary Cariola Children's Center Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt John Bosco Schools: $30,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAurora House of Western Monroe County Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLifespan of Greater Rochester Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Upstate New York Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLifetime Assistance Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies Thrive Inc: $24,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFlower City Arts Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetEdceptional Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetNextcorps Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAutismup Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRochester Contemporary Art Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRochester Friendly Home: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Public Library: $8,930 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Hall: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPluta Cancer Center Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEast House Corporation: $5,000 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 35.

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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.

Rochester Area Community FoundationNY55.7× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Greater Rochester Health 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.

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About The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc

How much does The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc give?
The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $652,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Arts & Culture (12%), Human Services (5%).
Who are The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Rochester ($2.8M), Rochester Institute of Technology ($267k), Wxxi Public Broadcasting Council ($180k).
Does The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, Esl Charitable Foundation, Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt Foundation Inc based?
The Kilian J and Caroline F Schmitt 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 63 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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