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Walter and Leona Schmitt Family Foundation at a glance

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Walter and Leona Schmitt 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$223kInternational$81kHuman Services$48kEnvironment$40kReligion$33kHealth$31kHousing & Shelter$17kCrime & Legal$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$7,000
PRODEO ACADEMY$5,000
ALIGHT$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$4,000
FRIENDS OF SAN LUCAS$4,000
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE$3,500
ADOPTACLASSROOMORG$3,500
OPEN WINDOWS BOOKS$3,000
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS$3,000
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO$2,000
DAMIANO CENTER$2,000
DOMESTIC ABUSE PROJECT$2,000
PROGRAM FOR AID TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT$2,000
GROVES ACADEMY$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY MEANS: $3k → 6%FAMILY MEANS: $3k → 6%FAMILY MEANS: $2k → 6%DAMIANO CENTER: $4k → 15%FAMILY MEANS: $2k → 6%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $2k → 11%DAMIANO CENTER: $4k → 15%INTERFAITH CAREGIVERS OF BURNETTE COUNTY: $2k → 12%FAMILY MEANS: $2k → 6%DAMIANO CENTER: $3k → 15%BURNETT COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 12%DAMIANO CENTER: $2k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $2k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $2k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $2k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $2k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $2k → 15%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $5k → 11%SOLID GROUND: $2k → 14%SOLID GROUND: $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

ME
VT
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$409k · 35 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
36

Total granted

$409k
$107k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+19%

Still filing today

77%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • UO
    University of St Thomas
    9× · 2017–2025 · $51k · revenue +49%
  • GA
    GROVES ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +58%
  • DO
    DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +330%

Funded once

  • CO
    COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue -1%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +0%
  • OO
    ORDER OF ST BENEDICT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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2
Avivo

Avivo increases well-being through recovery and career advancement while working to end homelessness.

Human Services
3
Global Minnesota

Global minnesotas mission is to advance international understanding and engagement. we are committed to serving minnesota from a foundation built on the values of respect, collaboration, nonpartisanship, global competency, inclusion and…

International
4
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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5
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
6
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
Men As Peacemakers

Map is a local, statewide, and national resource for communities looking to develop and implement proven, innovative, community-centered strategies that address gender-based violence. using map's "we are all connected" (waac) prevention…

Civil Rights
9
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
10
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
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
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Sanneh Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

53 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. 53 of the 77 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
40/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of St Thomas: $50,500 · EducationUniversity of St ThomasGROVES ACADEMY: $41,000 · EducationGROVES ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $15,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATIO…PRODEO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL #4213: $10,000 · EducationPRODEO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL #4213PROTECT MINNESOTA: $9,000 · EducationPROTECT MINNESOTACOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT: $9,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICTWHITE BEAR LAKE AREA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDAT: $7,500 · Education+8 more: $24,500 · Education+8 moreLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $21,500 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POORTHOMAS IRVINE DODGE NATURE CENTER: $20,500 · OtherTHOMAS IRVINE DODGE NATURE CENTERST JOHN'S PREPATORY SCHOOL: $14,500 · OtherST JOHN'S PREPATORY SCHOOLST PETER'S SCHOOL: $14,000 · OtherST PETER'S SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherST JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS: $9,500 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATIONS: $9,000 · OtherHILL-MURRAY SCHOOL: $7,500 · OtherWOMEN'S ADVOCATES INC: $9,000 · OtherDomestic Abuse Project Inc: $9,000 · OtherALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $8,000 · Other+23 more: $67,800 · Other+23 moreALIGHT: $15,000 · InternationalALIGHTDIRECT RELIEF: $8,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFSave The Children Federation Inc: $7,000 · InternationalSave The Chil…HELP THE HELPLESS: $6,500 · InternationalHELP THE HELP…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL…THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $5,500 · InternationalTHE CENTER FO…HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $5,000 · InternationalHIMALAYAN CAT…International Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 · InternationalInternational…CENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $3,000 · International+2 more: $4,000 · International+2 moreDAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesDAMIANO OF…FAMILYMEANS: $12,000 · Human ServicesFAMILYMEAN…PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT FO…BURNETT COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesBURNETT CO…Solid Ground: $3,000 · Human ServicesSolid Grou…SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH VOL CAREGIVERS OF BURNETT COUNTY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthJ ARON ALLEN LEGACY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,000 · Health+2 more: $1,100 · HealthRAMSEY COUNTY LIBRARY FRIENDS: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWHITE BEAR CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF SAN LUCAS: $18,000 · Philanthropy
Education$167,000Other$200,300International$64,000Human Services$50,000Health$19,100Arts & Culture$18,500Philanthropy$18,000

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 budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $50,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGROVES ACADEMY: $41,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $23,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHOMAS IRVINE DODGE NATURE CENTER: $20,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF SAN LUCAS: $18,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAMSEY COUNTY LIBRARY FRIENDS: $12,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILYMEANS: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRODEO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL #4213: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT MINNESOTA: $9,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S ADVOCATES INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDomestic Abuse Project Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE BEAR LAKE AREA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDAT: $7,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELP THE HELPLESS: $6,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJ ARON ALLEN LEGACY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetSHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFridley Schools Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetADOPT-A-CLASSROOM INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity of Peace Academy: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBURNETT COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Ground: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROGRAM FOR AID TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH VOL CAREGIVERS OF BURNETT COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE BEAR CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 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 University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds GROVES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS IRVINE DODGE NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SAN LUCAS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CHATTANOOGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALIGHT ↗
  • Who funds RAMSEY COUNTY LIBRARY FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILYMEANS ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRODEO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL #4213 ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds Domestic Abuse Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds WHITE BEAR LAKE AREA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds HELP THE HELPLESS ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE ↗
  • Who funds J ARON ALLEN LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHINING HOPE FOR COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SANNEH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer TrustXcel Energy FoundationThe Sauer Family Foun…The Richard M Schulze…St Croix Valley Found…Fred C and Katherine …The Casey Albert T On…Osilas FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN29.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · St Croix Valley Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · The Casey Albert T Oneil Fdn · Osilas Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust

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 Walter and Leona Schmitt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter and Leona Schmitt Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 77 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home