· Private foundation
William E Schmidt Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $245k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SARASOTA OPERA ASSOCIATION | $60,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $42,500 |
| TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE | $32,400 |
| MANATEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $30,000 |
| MIAMI UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| DAN SCISM COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $25,000 |
| TRANSFORMATION NASHVILLE | $20,000 |
| HELEN B GOODLIN FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | $15,000 |
| MATTINGLY CHARITIES | $8,270 |
| AUDITION AIR | $8,000 |
| GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC | $8,000 |
| ARAPAHO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $6,000 |
| NAVY LEAGUE MEMPHIS COUNCIL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Sarasota Opera Association Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $375k · revenue +98%- TGTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $365k · revenue +133%
- LCLAUREL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC4× · 2020–2023 · $348k · revenue +28% · 27% of their budget
Funded once
- TLTHE LITTLE PANTRY THAT COULDone grant, 2021 · $33k · revenue +20%
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EVANSVILLEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +126%
- FEFEED EVANSVILLE INCone grant, 2021 · $25k
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.
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.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
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The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
The louisville academy of music welcomes everyone to join our musical community. lam nurtures lifelong learners, not solely as musicians but also as creative, inspired people. equity in music education is a force to realize potential,…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
How this is measured
45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 75 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Sarasota Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LAUREL CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE ↗
- Who funds EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAL ↗
- Who funds BEA GADDYS FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds THE LITTLE PANTRY THAT COULD ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EVANSVILLE ↗
- Who funds THE HOMEPLACE OF GREEN RIVER INC ↗
- Who funds CHIMES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED ↗
- Who funds THE CHIMES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UMOJA PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER INC ↗
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- Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF OWENSBORO-DAV COUNTY ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William E Schmidt Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William E Schmidt Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Tower Hill School Association: 0% of income from government
- Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
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