Minnesota · Private foundation
William C Schmoker Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $408k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of William C Schmoker Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Trustees Of Hamilton College, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year William C Schmoker Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $408k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations William C Schmoker Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $358k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $426k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $360k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $319k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $236k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $74k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Children's Museum | $550,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wilderness Inquiry Inc | $443,000 | 7 | 3% |
| True Friends | $320,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Delta Gamma Foundation | $230,998 | 2 | 3% |
| Southern Methodist University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northland Area Family Service Ctr | $35,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Minnesota Land Trust | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Brittany Rescue Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meetinghouse Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Children's Museum | $550,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wilderness Inquiry Inc | $443,000 | 7 | 3% |
| True Friends | $320,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Delta Gamma Foundation | $230,998 | 2 | 3% |
| Southern Methodist University | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northland Area Family Service Ctr | $35,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Minnesota Land Trust | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Brittany Rescue Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meetinghouse Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| N C Little Memorial Hospice Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ironman Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Student Mobilization Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $1,200 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Northwestern - St Paul | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wooddale Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plymouth Evangelical Covenant Church Plymouth Mn | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($454k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William C Schmoker 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 Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Catherine Marie Schmoker Family Foundation · Schmoker Family Foundation · Lisa Stuart Schmoker Family Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare William C Schmoker Family Foundation with peer funders
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About William C Schmoker Family Foundation
- How much does William C Schmoker Family Foundation give?
- William C Schmoker Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $408,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William C Schmoker Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Recreation & Sports (20%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are William C Schmoker Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Children's Museum ($550k), Wilderness Inquiry Inc ($443k), True Friends ($320k).
- Does William C Schmoker Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William C Schmoker Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William C Schmoker Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Catherine Marie Schmoker Family Foundation.
- Where is William C Schmoker Family Foundation based?
- William C Schmoker Family Foundation is based in MN.
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