Does William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable 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 William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Desert Community Foundation, HN and Frances C Berger Foundation, California Community Foundation.

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William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable 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.

$81k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 26
Grants FY2025: 24
Organizations funded FY2024: 29%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $1,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $16,000
Organizations funded a year: 24 to 42; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 5
Total assets, FY2025: $629k
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationInternationalEnvironmentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	26	$81k	42%
FY2024	24	$68k	29%
FY2023	24	$77k	50%
FY2022	25	$64k	20%
FY2021	33	$90k	21%
FY2020	42	$75k	40%
FY2019	30	$49k	30%
FY2018	34	$73k	35%

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What it funded, over time

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

Health$173kHuman Services$136kHousing & Shelter$118kFood & Nutrition$46kRecreation & Sports$32kEnvironment$28kInternational$16kEducation$14kOther$0

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
Family YMCA of the Desert	$41,043	5	0%
Food Share Inc	$32,600	9	0%
Living Desert The	$27,823	7	0%
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission	$26,975	9	0%
Union Rescue Mission	$16,600	9	0%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc	$11,000	7	0%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc	$8,400	5	0%
The Salvation Army	$7,550	5	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco	$7,000	1	0%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation	$3,720	7	0%

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All grantees of William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Family YMCA of the Desert	$41,043	5	0%
Food Share Inc	$32,600	9	0%
Living Desert The	$27,823	7	0%
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission	$26,975	9	0%
Union Rescue Mission	$16,600	9	0%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc	$11,000	7	0%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc	$8,400	5	0%
The Salvation Army	$7,550	5	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco	$7,000	1	0%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation	$3,720	7	0%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$3,050	2	0%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation	$2,000	1	0%
Desert Cancer Foundation	$2,000	2	0%
National Foundation For Cancer Research	$1,375	1	0%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc	$1,250	1	0%
The PTA of Ps 133k Inc	$1,000	1	1%
Save The Children Federation Inc	$1,000	1	0%
American Institute for Cancer Research	$850	2	0%
Rescue Mission Alliance	$800	1	0%
The Houston Food Bank	$750	2	0%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc	$750	1	0%
Blood Cancer United Inc	$750	1	0%
American Heart Association Inc	$700	2	0%
Sjogren's Foundation Inc	$700	2	0%
The Roxbury Arts Group Inc	$600	2	0%
Pacific Pride Foundation	$550	2	0%
Homeward Bound of Marin	$550	1	0%
Direct Relief	$500	1	n/a
Goebel Senior Center Commission Inc	$500	1	0%
Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation	$500	1	n/a
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association	$500	1	n/a
Children's Hospital of Orange County	$500	1	0%
Make the Road New York	$500	1	0%
Kids in Need Foundation	$500	1	0%
The Electric Company Theatre	$500	1	1%
Choc Foundation	$500	1	0%
Gathering Place	$500	2	n/a
Oak Park Education Foundation Nonprofit Public Benefit Corp	$250	1	0%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc	$250	1	0%
Kind Inc	$250	1	0%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc	$200	1	0%
USA West Province Society of Jesus	$200	1	n/a
Galilee Center Inc	$100	1	0%
Catholic Relief Services	$100	1	n/a
Finca International Inc	$100	1	n/a
Assistance League of Conejo Valley	$48	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($439k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Desert Community FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Desert Community Foundation · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving 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.

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About William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation

How much does William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation give?: William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $80,718 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Human Services (21%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
Who are William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Family YMCA of the Desert ($41k), Food Share Inc ($33k), Living Desert The ($28k).
Does William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable 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 William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Desert Community Foundation, HN and Frances C Berger Foundation, California Community Foundation.
Where is William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation based?: William a Schmidt & Teresa Elliot Schmidt Charitable Foundation is based in CA.