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The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$59k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 33
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEmploymentFood & 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
FY2024still arriving9$59k33%
FY202327$54k33%
FY202221$53k43%
FY202133$53k45%
FY202032$55kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$85kArts & Culture$35kYouth Development$33kEducation$22kCrime & Legal$13kHousing & Shelter$13kHealth$11kInternational$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Champions for Children Inc$20,0005n/a
Bellarmine University Incorporated$17,50050%
Cobbled Streets-Helping Homeless & Foster Kids Move Forward$15,00012%
The Louisville Orchestra Inc$12,00050%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$10,00040%
Appleton Community Music Inc$10,00012%
Sos International Inc$10,00020%
Kentucky Opera Association Inc$8,00030%
Catholic Charities of Louisville Inc$8,00020%
Elderserve Inc$6,50040%
Harbor House of Louisville Inc$6,00030%
Sycamore Farm Ky Inc$5,50041%
Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center$5,00010%
Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc$5,00010%
The Center for Women and Families Inc$5,00030%
Holston Home for Children Inc$5,00010%
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Inc$4,00020%
Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable$4,00031%
St Joseph Catholic Orphan Society$3,5002n/a
St John Center Inc$3,50020%
Maxsquad for Michelle Incorporated$3,5002n/a
Cedar Lake Inc$3,5002n/a
Maryhurst Inc$3,00020%
USA Cares Inc$2,00010%
Nami Fox Valley Inc$2,00020%
Hildegard House Incorporated$2,00020%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$2,00010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc$2,00010%
Pillars Inc$2,00020%
Open Door of Hope Inc$2,00010%
Uspiritus Inc (Bellewood & Brooklawn)$1,50010%
River of Life Ministries$1,5001n/a
Dare to Care Inc$1,00010%
The Woman's Club of Louisville Charity Fund Inc$1,00011%
Girls Incorporated of Owensboro-Dav County$1,00010%
Community Clothes Closet$1,00010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$1,00010%
Presbyterian Homes and Services of Kentucky Inc$1,00010%
St Joseph Food Program Inc$1,00010%
Holler Health Justice Inc$1,00010%
Uniting Partners for Women and Children$1,00010%
Gilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc$1,00010%
Muhammad Ali Museum and Education Center$50010%
Neighborhood House Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($72k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBellarmine University Incorporated: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCobbled Streets-Helping Homeless & Foster Kids Move Forward: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetThe Louisville Orchestra Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Home of the Innocents Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAppleton Community Music Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSos International Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKentucky Opera Association Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of Louisville Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElderserve Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHarbor House of Louisville Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSycamore Farm Ky Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetRocky Mountain Children's Law Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHarbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center for Women and Families Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHolston Home for Children Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Kentuckiana Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky School for the Blind Charitable: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSt John Center Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaryhurst Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA Cares Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNami Fox Valley Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHildegard House Incorporated: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPillars Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Door of Hope Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUspiritus Inc (Bellewood & Brooklawn): $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDare to Care Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Woman's Club of Louisville Charity Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Owensboro-Dav County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Clothes Closet: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLupus Foundation of America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresbyterian Homes and Services of Kentucky Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph Food Program Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoller Health Justice Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniting Partners for Women and Children: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGilda's Club Kentuckiana Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuhammad Ali Museum and Education Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood House Inc: $500 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 39.

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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.

The Gheens Foundation IncKY44.4× affinity19 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 The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $58,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Arts & Culture (13%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Champions for Children Inc ($20k), Bellarmine University Incorporated ($18k), Cobbled Streets-Helping Homeless & Foster Kids Move Forward ($15k).
Does The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Gheens Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc.
Where is The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Lyndon & Helen M Schmid Charitable Foundation Inc is based in KY.

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 68 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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