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The Eric And Wendy Schmidt Fund For Strategic Innovation

Palo Alto, CA  ·  EIN 463460261  ·  Website (ProPublica) ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$1.6B

Total Giving

$98.6M

Grants on File

181

Average Grant

$545K

Giving Radius

Where The Eric And Wendy Schmidt Fund For Strategic Innovation Has Given

AK — no grants on file AL — no grants on file AR — no grants on file AZ — $525K across 2 grants CA — $12.4M across 57 grants CO — $300K across 1 grant CT — $150K across 1 grant DC — $4.9M across 17 grants DE — no grants on file FL — $349K across 2 grants GA — no grants on file HI — no grants on file IA — no grants on file ID — no grants on file IL — $146K across 1 grant IN — no grants on file KS — no grants on file KY — no grants on file LA — no grants on file MA — $15.6M across 14 grants MD — $664K across 2 grants ME — no grants on file MI — no grants on file MN — $300K across 1 grant MO — no grants on file MS — no grants on file MT — no grants on file NC — no grants on file ND — no grants on file NE — no grants on file NH — no grants on file NJ — no grants on file NM — no grants on file NV — no grants on file NY — $10.5M across 34 grants OH — $205K across 2 grants OK — no grants on file OR — no grants on file PA — no grants on file RI — $11K across 1 grant SC — no grants on file SD — $100K across 1 grant TN — no grants on file TX — $228K across 2 grants UT — $150K across 1 grant VA — $4.3M across 7 grants VT — no grants on file WA — no grants on file WI — $500K across 1 grant WV — no grants on file WY — no grants on file
Historical grants to 132 recipients across 18 states. Top concentrations: CAMBRIDGE ($11.4M, 7 grants), NEW YORK ($7.9M, 16 grants), PALO ALTO ($7.9M, 44 grants), WASHINGTON ($4.9M, 17 grants), ALEXANDRIA ($4.0M, 4 grants). Plus international giving not shown on this map.

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
With Honor Action INC $100K 2022
World Science Foundation $200K 2022
Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd $200K 2022
William Marsh Rice University $174K 2022
Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd $300K 2022
Westchester Library System $250K 2022
Vehicles for Change INC $594K 2022
Wilbe Skills Limited $250K 2022
Villars Institute Foundation $20K 2022
University of Utah $150K 2022
Vv $10K 2022
Upwardly Global $900K 2022
Vb $5K 2022
University of Cape Town Fund INC $100K 2022
University of Glasgow Court $1.0M 2022
University of Dc Foundation $100K 2022
University of Reading $2.1M 2022
University of British Columbia $500K 2022
Uk Office of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation $2.0M 2022
Uk Office of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation $500K 2022
United Way of the Greater Capital Region INC $30K 2022
University College London $500K 2022
Us Digital Response $458K 2022
The Rhodes Trust $5.1M 2022
Trustees of Boston University $500K 2022

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Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year Total Assets Qualifying Distributions Total Revenue Total Expenses
2023 $1.4B $54.2M $357.9M $374.7M
2022 $1.1B $67.9M $126.5M $186.1M
2021 $1.7B $61.2M $412.2M $78.3M
2020 $1.1B $32.6M $407.0M $57.8M
2019 $585.8M $22.9M $128.6M $69.0M
2015 $304.8M $15.5M $5.0M $11.5M
2014 $321.3M $13.7M $40.4M $15.0M
2013 $316.2M $2.7M $293.5M $6.4M

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