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The Schmaier Family Foundation at a glance

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The Schmaier Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$10MEnvironment$465kSocial Science$340kInternational$330kFood & Nutrition$255kScience & Tech$250kCivil Rights$195kHealth$120kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $1.1M
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY$200,000
TURNING GREEN$200,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$150,000
FREE NOW FOUNDATION$150,000
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL$120,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$100,000
INDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE$50,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$50,000
ORGANIC CONSUMER ASSOCIATION$50,000
ORGANICEYE INC$30,000
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$25,000
THE KIRSCH FOUNDATION$25,000
HUMANS OF SAN QUENTIN$20,000
MARTIS CAMP FOUNDATION$17,000
MEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WELCOMING HOME: $5k → 8%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

ID
MN
WI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
AZ
NM
DC
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.

7%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$864k · 9 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
17

Total granted

$864k
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
0%

Still filing today

89%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $853k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationInternationalEnvironmentFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • Center for Food Safety
    2× · 2023–2025 · $225k · revenue +45%
  • EW
    ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
    3× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +2%
  • TS
    TOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $40k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • PF
    President Fellows of Harvard Colleg
    one grant, 2020 · $10M
  • Education For Just Peace in Middle East
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • UF
    USA FOR UNFPA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
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 Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
The California Medical Innovations Institute Inc

The Institute is a scientific research center dedicated to conducting basic and applied research to advance the understanding of human disease and the improvement of human health. The Institute fosters an innovative research environment…

Education
5
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
Toxic-Free Future F/K/a Washington Toxics Coalition

As a national leader in environmental health research and advocacy, toxic- free future uses the power of science, education, and activism, to drive strong laws and corporate responsibility that protect the health of all people and the…

Environment
8
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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9
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
10
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Defense; the most unlike its peers is Taos Pueblo Foundation. 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

34 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. 34 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
17/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

President Fellows of Harvard Colleg: $10,000,000 · OtherPresident Fellows of Harvard Colleg+17 more: $620,000 · Other+17 moreTurning Green: $200,000 · HealthFREE NOW FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthINDEPENDENT MEDICAL ALLIANCE: $50,000 · HealthThe Kirsch Foundation: $25,000 · HealthCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $250,000 · EducationTOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $40,000 · EducationRiekes Center for Human Enhancement: $30,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $13,000 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $150,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $100,000 · InternationalEducation For Just Peace in Middle East: $50,000 · InternationalA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $25,000 · InternationalCenter for Food Safety: $225,000 · Food & NutritionORGANICEYE INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $120,000 · EnvironmentCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $20,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $10,000 · EnvironmentORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Public BenefitHUMANS OF SAN QUENTIN: $20,000 · Public Benefit
Other$10,620,000Health$450,000Education$358,000International$325,000Food & Nutrition$255,000Environment$150,000Public Benefit$70,000

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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Food Safety: $225,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTurning Green: $200,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $120,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEducation For Just Peace in Middle East: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTOWN SCHOOL FOR BOYS: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetStern Grove Festival Association: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRiekes Center for Human Enhancement: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUSA FOR UNFPA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANS OF SAN QUENTIN: $20,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetCHILENO BAY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBAY AREA CANCER CONNECTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAOS PUEBLO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetMEN'S SECOND CHANCE LIVING: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH CENTER AT THE PRESIDIO: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWelcoming Home: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWorking on Wellness Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTHE FIT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…The Board of Trustees…ImpactassetsincThe Yelp FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Boston Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…Tides Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY15.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Impactassetsinc · The Yelp Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Tides 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 The Schmaier Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schmaier Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 41 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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