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The Schmidt Family Foundation

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.

$118
Granted FY2021
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Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$118
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.

Religion$947kEducation$150kPhilanthropy$34kCivil Rights$14kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$750Other$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$118
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FROM SCHEDULE K-1 - MATER DEI - SUGARLAND LLC$118
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NET MINISTRIES: $8k → 6%PREISTS FOR LIFE: $2k → 11%FROM SCHEDULE K-1 - MATER DEI - SUGARLAND LLC: $118 → 9%TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $1k → 10%TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 10%ST EDWARDS UNIVERSITY: $1k → 10%GODS EMBRACE RENEWAL CENTERS LTD: $199k → 11%SWEET HOME PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH: $2k → 12%BLINN COLLEGE: $500 → 14%TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $1k → 16%TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $13k → 16%SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $500 → 20%BRIDGES ACADEMY: $20k → 21%40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $8k → 22%CATHOLIC INFORMATION CENTER: $5k → 14%REGINA CAELI ACADEMY INC: $10k → 13%COALITION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PASTORS USA: $190k → 13%CONCERTS FOR HOPE: $34k → 9%ST ROSE OF LIMA CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $73k → 11%FULLNESS OF TRUTH: $20k → 16%CENTRO SANTA CATALINA: $750 → 21%ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CENTER: $500k → 22%PAT PARENTS AS TEACHERS: $17k → 11%PASSTHROUGH FROM MATER DEI-SUGARLAND LLC K1: $271 → 16%ST PIUS X PARISH: $1k → 21%ST MARYS CATHOLIC CENTER: $6k → 22%SCHULENBURG AREA FOOD PANTRY: $5k → 11%ST ROSE OF LIMA: $500 → 16%SAINT ROSE OF LIMA PARISH CATHOLIC CHURCH: $100 → 11%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

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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 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.

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Sangre De Cristo School

Religeous education. to glorify god by preparing students to serve in various aspects of christian service, with an emphasis on being effective teachers and preachers of gods word, with exegetical skills and a reformed theological…

Religion
2
Catholic Publishers Foundation Inc

To engage catholics in lifetime habits of reading, listening to, and interacting with catholic content. to form catholic leaders to prepare them for faith-filled witness and service in an ever-changing environment to spread the gospel…

Religion
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National Cursillo Movement

The mission of the national cursillo movement ("ncm") is to support and facilitate the cursillo movement throughout the catholic dioceses in the united states by providing educational materials, workshops, training, and support services,…

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4
American Catholic Press

American catholic press exists to promote the good of the liturgy, academic research and instruction, especially in liturgical and theological studies and the spread of christion culture, especially hymns and other liturgical music.

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5
Christ Life Academy

Christ life academy is a kingdom education school, partnering with christian parents in their role of educating and discipling their children, by providing academic excellence and training students to think biblically and critically in all…

Education
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A Choice for Life Inc

Bsideu for life is committed to presenting the gospel of our lord in word and deed by educating women facing crisis pregnancies, responding to their needs and protecting the lives of unborn children.bsideu for life also equips mothers and…

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Cleveland Right to Life Education Inc

Organization general purpose: cleveland right to life education, inc. ("corporation"), is organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, educational, and scientific purposes in accordance with section 501(c)(3) of the…

Civil Rights
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Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

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The John Paul Ii Foundation for Life and Family

The foundation is a catholic apostolate dedicated to building a culture of life and love. these goals are accomplished through integrated education initiatives that proclaim the gospel of life and form families as intimate communities of…

Religion
10
Europe Campus Ministry

The Organization is formed for Christian evangelism and discipleship training as afundamentalist, evangelical, and non-denominational faith-based missionorganization. Its mission is to reach out to students with the whole of gospel ofJesus…

Religion
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Ave Maria University Inc

University education grounded in the traditions and faith of the roman catholic church

Education
12
Texas Right to Life Committee Inc

To educate & inform the public about abortion, euthanasia, infanticide and other issues involving human life from conception to natural death and promote legal protection of human life from conception to natural death through passage of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 40 Days for Life; the most unlike its peers is Concerts for Hope. 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

13 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. 13 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH COLLEGE STATION TEXAS: $506,000 · OtherST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH COLLEGE STATION TEXASGODS EMBRACE RENEWAL CENTERS LTD: $199,200 · OtherGODS EMBRACE RENEWAL CENTERS LTDST ROSE OF LIMA CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $72,775 · OtherST ROSE OF LIMA CATHOLIC SCHOOL+18 more: $78,348 · Other+18 moreCoalition of Americans for Action and Principles: $190,000 · ReligionCoalition of Americans…FULLNESS OF TRUTH: $20,250 · ReligionFULLNESS OF TRUTHAdore Ministries Inc: $15,000 · ReligionAdore Ministries IncCONCERTS FOR HOPE: $33,500 · PhilanthropyREGINA CAELI INC: $10,000 · Education40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $7,500 · EducationSt Edwards University: $1,000 · EducationTEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $13,300 · Civil RightsSCHULENBURG AREA FOOD PANTRY: $4,800 · Food & NutritionCENTRO SANTA CATALINA: $750 · International
Other$856,323Religion$225,250Philanthropy$33,500Education$18,500Civil Rights$13,300Food & Nutrition$4,800International$750

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCoalition of Americans for Action and Principles: $190,000 over 1y, 66% of budgetCONCERTS FOR HOPE: $33,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetFULLNESS OF TRUTH: $20,250 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetEL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMY: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetAdore Ministries Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $13,300 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetREGINA CAELI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget40 DAYS FOR LIFE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Edwards University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO SANTA CATALINA: $750 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

  • Who funds Coalition of Americans for Action and Principles ↗
  • Who funds CONCERTS FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds FULLNESS OF TRUTH ↗
  • Who funds EL PASO BRIDGES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Adore Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds REGINA CAELI INC ↗
  • Who funds 40 DAYS FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds SCHULENBURG AREA FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds St Edwards University ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO SANTA CATALINA ↗

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.

Shell USA Company FoundationTX11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Schmidt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schmidt Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 The Schmidt Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Schmidt Family Foundation 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 31 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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