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The Schmieding Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
108
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$604k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$4.0MEducation$3.6MCrime & Legal$1.1MHuman Services$1.0MPublic Benefit$704kYouth Development$455kAnimals$278kArts & Culture$246kOther$0
02FY2025 · 108 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k48 grants · $117k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $933k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $522k
  • $250k+2 grants · $854k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UAMS FOUNDATION FUND$603,500
ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$250,500
JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY$171,500
BALDWIN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$75,000
CHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER$75,000
SPRINGDALE SENIOR CENTER$50,000
COMPASSION CENTER OF NWA INC$39,000
PROVIDENCE ACADEMY$32,000
FITTING FUTURES$32,000
THE JONES CENTER$30,000
SPRINGDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$27,000
SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH$26,800
ABILITY TREE$26,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$25,247
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $431k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%THE BRANDON BURLSWORTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $27k → 14%LOAVES & FISHES FOOD BANK OF THE OZARKS INC: $5k → 16%LOAVES & FISHES FOOD BANK OF THE OZARKS INC: $4k → 16%LOAVES & FISHES FOOD BANK OF THE OZARKS INC: $4k → 16%LOAVES & FISHES FOOD BANK OF THE OZARKS INC: $2k → 16%ABILITY TREE: $31k → 8%LOAVES & FISHES FOOD BANK OF THE OZARKS INC: $1k → 16%ABILITY TREE: $30k → 8%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $38k → 13%ABILITY TREE: $26k → 8%KIND AT HEART MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 8%KIND AT HEART MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 8%KIND AT HEART MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 8%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $15k → 13%KIND AT HEART MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 8%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $15k → 13%KIND AT HEART MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 8%ABILITY TREE: $1k → 8%ABILITY TREE: $500 → 8%CREDIT COUNSELING OF ARKANSAS: $3k → 14%WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 17%WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 17%WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $16k → 17%BALDWIN FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER: $500 → 12%BALDWIN FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER: $500 → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10k → 8%BUCKAROO FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $10k → 8%LIFESOURCE INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 14%SAVING GRACE INC: $5k → 8%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $25k → 8%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $15k → 8%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $4k → 8%LIFESOURCE INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 14%ARKANSAS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $2k → 14%ARKANSAS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $1k → 14%ARKANSAS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $1k → 14%ARKANSAS SUPPORT NETWORK: $2k → 14%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

MA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 122 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

122 repeat relationships: 87 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

122
64

Total granted

$14M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
0%

Still filing today

63%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $242k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AC
    ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +186%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $531k · revenue +31%
  • JB
    JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $504k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • VD
    VARIOUS DONATIONS UNDER 25000 EACH
    one grant, 2020 · $421k
  • AP
    AGING PARTNERS CITY OF LINCOLN
    one grant, 2021 · $168k
  • MH
    MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION - NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
    one grant, 2020 · $59k
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 Arkansas Center for Independence

Habilitation and residential services for adults with developmental disabilities

Human Services
2
The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

The food bank of northeast arkansas provides hunger relief to people in need in twelve counties in northeast arkansas by raising awareness, securing resources, and distributing food through a network of non-profit agencies and programs.

Human Services
3
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc

To promote excellence in health care through evaluation and education

Health
4
Arkansas Community Foundation Inc

Arkansas community foundation engages people, connects resources and inspires solutions to build community.

Philanthropy
5
Opportunity Arkansas Foundation

Renewing the land of opportunity by simplifying government and solving generational problems for the next generation.

Philanthropy
6
Casa of North Arkansas

The organization and its volunteers serve as advocates for abused and neglected children.

Civil Rights
7
Arkansas Nonprofit News Network

Producing journalism that matters to Arkansans.

Arts & Culture
8
Arkansas Bankers Association Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Central Arkansas Development Council

To provide services to low income individuals.

Community Improvement
10
Food Bank of North Central Arkansas

Food bank that distributes food supplies to families in need in nine counties.

Food & Nutrition
11
Arkansas Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc

The organization provides a therapeutic shelter and care for homeless and/or abused children.

Housing & Shelter
12
Legal Aid of Arkansas

To provide legal assistance & housing counseling to the underprivileged citizens of north arkansas.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sock It to Alzheimers. 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

118 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 118 of the 207 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
112/118
Grantees still filing
56/118
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UAMS FOUNDATION FUND: $1,532,445 · OtherUAMS FOUNDATION FUNDMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $907,000 · OtherMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION NORTHWEST ARKANSASUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: $675,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASCity of Springdale: $515,213 · OtherCity of SpringdaleVARIOUS DONATIONS UNDER 25000 EACH: $420,680 · OtherSPRINGDALE SENIOR CENTER: $333,000 · OtherSPRINGDALE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $284,000 · Other+119 more: $3,492,273 · Other+119 moreARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2,211,000 · HealthARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOU…Baptist Health Foundation Inc: $301,000 · HealthBaptist Health Foundati…Arisa Health Inc: $221,500 · HealthArisa Health Inc+17 more: $333,963 · Health+17 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $531,310 · EducationUNIVERSIT…JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY: $503,500 · EducationJOHN BROW…Fayetteville Public Library Foundation: $95,500 · EducationFayettevi…UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $62,750 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN CITY LIBRARIES: $53,525 · Education+12 more: $74,930 · Education+12 moreCHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER: $1,075,000 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'…CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF BENTON COUNTY: $55,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $79,500 · Crime & Legal+3 moreWashington Regional Medical Foundation: $123,500 · Human ServicesABILITY TREE INC: $88,250 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $70,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $68,000 · Human ServicesWORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $66,270 · Human ServicesCENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $60,288 · Human ServicesTHE COBBLESTONE PROJECT: $50,000 · Human ServicesKIND AT HEART MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS INC: $44,100 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $39,500 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ARKANSAS WOMEN'S SHELTER: $39,000 · Human Services+10 more: $48,500 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $175,746 · Arts & CultureArts Live Theatre Inc: $45,200 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NW ARKANSAS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureDowntown Bentonville Inc: $21,500 · Arts & CultureArkansas Air and Military Museum: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $270,070 · Animals+4 more: $8,500 · Animals
Other$8,159,611Health$3,067,463Education$1,321,515Crime & Legal$1,209,500Human Services$747,908Arts & Culture$284,946Animals$278,570

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2,211,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetCHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER: $1,075,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $907,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $531,310 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY: $503,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Inc: $301,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION: $270,070 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetArisa Health Inc: $221,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $175,746 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMONCRIEF GAME CHANGER INC MONCRIEF LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $126,780 over 5y, 29% of budgetWashington Regional Medical Foundation: $123,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFayetteville Public Library Foundation: $95,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFITTING FUTURES: $92,600 over 5y, 19% of budgetABILITY TREE INC: $88,250 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetARKANSAS SINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $76,800 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $76,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc: $76,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $70,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN: $68,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $66,270 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHope Cancer Resources: $65,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $62,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $60,288 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 16 WESTARK AREA COUNCIL: $60,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCOMPASSION CENTER OF NWA INC: $59,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCASA OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $57,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF BENTON COUNTY: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNT SEQUOYAH CENTER INC: $54,610 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN CITY LIBRARIES: $53,525 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOOD BANK: $51,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COBBLESTONE PROJECT: $50,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetKIND AT HEART MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - DIAMONDS OF ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA & TEXAS: $48,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGOODNESS VILLAGE: $47,045 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAPPLE SEEDS INC: $46,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetArts Live Theatre Inc: $45,200 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON CO INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWELCOMEHEALTH: $44,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS INC: $44,100 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY NETWORK INC: $40,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: $39,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS WOMEN'S SHELTER: $39,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INC: $38,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetVol Auxiliary for Univ of AR Hospital: $37,480 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetLINCOLNLANCASTER COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $37,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTabitha Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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 ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S SAFETY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Baptist Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Arisa Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds BALDWIN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds MONCRIEF GAME CHANGER INC MONCRIEF LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Washington Regional Medical Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Fayetteville Public Library Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FITTING FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS SINGLE PARENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF LINCOLN ↗
  • Who funds WORLD SERVICES FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Hope Cancer Resources ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL ARKANSAS AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 16 WESTARK AREA COUNCIL ↗

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.

Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR88× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Wal-Mart Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Alice L Walton Foundation · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Inc · Excellerate Foundation Charitable Support · Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation Inc · McKinney C & a Charitable Trust · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Riggs Benevolent Fund

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 Schmieding Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schmieding Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    30report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Schmieding Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Schmieding 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 207 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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