Montana · Private foundation
Volker 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $387k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Volker Schmidt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $9k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Mount | $38,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Haven | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc | $12,225 | 4 | 0% |
| Bridgercare | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wilkinson Family Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Thrive Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
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: Mysun Charitable Foundation · Split Rock Charitable Foundation Inc · Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · One Valley Community Foundation · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Treacy Foundation · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Volker Schmidt Family Foundation
- How much does Volker Schmidt Family Foundation give?
- Volker Schmidt Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Volker Schmidt Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (47%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Volker Schmidt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Eagle Mount ($38k), Haven ($15k), Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc ($12k).
- Does Volker Schmidt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Volker 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 Volker Schmidt Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mysun Charitable Foundation, Split Rock Charitable Foundation Inc, Yellowstone Club Community Foundation.
- Where is Volker Schmidt Family Foundation based?
- Volker Schmidt Family Foundation is based in MT.
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