Utah · Private foundation
Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt 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.
- $123k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 45
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $123k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $145k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $148k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $164k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $153k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $639k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $308k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $191k | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballet West | $238,610 | 9 | 0% |
| Utah Symphony & Opera | $152,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $93,986 | 9 | n/a |
| Maliheh Free Clinic | $90,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Salt Lake City Rotary Foundation | $83,900 | 5 | 6% |
| Bear Lake Watch | $60,200 | 9 | 7% |
| Utah Youth Village | $32,000 | 7 | 0% |
| World Cup Dreams Foundation Fka Sfi Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Diablo Valley College Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Global Prosperity and Peace Initiative | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 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 Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Making a Difference Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Douglas & Shelley Felt Family Found · King Family Foundation · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · C Scott & Dorothy E Watkins Charitable Foundation · Willard L Eccles Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation
- How much does Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation give?
- Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $123,225 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Health (28%), Education (17%).
- Who are Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ballet West ($239k), Utah Symphony & Opera ($152k), University of Utah ($94k).
- Does Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Utah, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation.
- Where is Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation based?
- Theodore & Elizabeth Schmidt Family Foundation is based in UT.
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