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The Schmidt Family Foundation

Palo Alto, CA  ·  EIN 204170342  ·  Website (ProPublica) ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$2.0B

Total Giving

$107.8M

Grants on File

606

Average Grant

$178K

Giving Radius

Where The Schmidt Family Foundation Has Given

AK — $105K across 2 grants AL — $315K across 3 grants AR — no grants on file AZ — $2.0M across 8 grants CA — $32.2M across 182 grants CO — $1.3M across 10 grants CT — $729K across 9 grants DC — $11.6M across 54 grants DE — $75K across 1 grant FL — $963K across 10 grants GA — $400K across 3 grants HI — $1.4M across 8 grants IA — $525K across 5 grants ID — $80K across 2 grants IL — $1.1M across 6 grants IN — no grants on file KS — no grants on file KY — no grants on file LA — $150K across 2 grants MA — $3.3M across 31 grants MD — $205K across 3 grants ME — $300K across 1 grant MI — $275K across 3 grants MN — $4.1M across 17 grants MO — $1.1M across 5 grants MS — $65K across 1 grant MT — $730K across 8 grants NC — $1.5M across 14 grants ND — $100K across 1 grant NE — $140K across 1 grant NH — $5K across 1 grant NJ — $3.0M across 2 grants NM — $1.9M across 21 grants NV — $200K across 1 grant NY — $19.4M across 57 grants OH — $285K across 3 grants OK — no grants on file OR — $2.1M across 22 grants PA — $1.7M across 10 grants RI — $1.3M across 17 grants SC — no grants on file SD — $250K across 4 grants TN — $450K across 3 grants TX — $890K across 7 grants UT — $100K across 1 grant VA — $1.4M across 10 grants VT — $256K across 1 grant WA — $3.8M across 15 grants WI — $265K across 3 grants WV — no grants on file WY — $190K across 1 grant
Historical grants to 450 recipients across 44 states. Top concentrations: NEW YORK ($16.5M, 41 grants), WASHINGTON ($11.4M, 53 grants), OAKLAND ($7.0M, 36 grants), SAN FRANCISCO ($6.6M, 28 grants), SEATTLE ($3.6M, 11 grants). Plus international giving not shown on this map.

Section I

How to Apply

Online process, please see details at the websites: - https://tsffoundation.org/ - https://www.schmidtmarine.org/

On Unsolicited Proposals yes

Restrictions

Online process. Please see details at the websites: https://tsffoundation.org/ and https://www.schmidtmarine.org/

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
Lutheran Social Services $98K 2022
Conservation X Labs INC $51K 2022
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project $40K 2022
Zanzibar Seaweed Cluster Initiative $35K 2022
Ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit $25K 2022
Youth Mentoring Action Network $125K 2022
Yale University $21K 2022
Youth in Action INC $75K 2022
Yellow Bird Life Ways Center $50K 2022
Yale University $350K 2022
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution $300K 2022
Wopanaak Language and Cultural Weetyoo INC $50K 2022
Wukchumni Tribe $75K 2022
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution $125K 2022
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project INC $250K 2022
Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated $40K 2022
Wildearth Guardians $200K 2022
Wildaid INC $250K 2022
Western Environmental Law Center $50K 2022
Western Iowa Journalism Foundation $100K 2022
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project INC $5K 2022
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project INC $75K 2022
We Are Healers INC $250K 2022
West Harlem Environmental Action INC (We Act for Environmental Justice) $100K 2022
Water Foundation $150K 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 $1.8B $86.1M $116.3M $168.5M
2022 $1.6B $88.0M $105.0M $144.7M
2021 $2.3B $105.4M $105.2M $125.0M
2020 $1.8B $78.7M $171.2M $112.6M
2019 $1.4B $58.5M $287.1M $113.5M
2015 $368.6M $19.2M $16.6M $37.4M
2014 $399.4M $18.6M $38.1M $35.7M
2013 $412.0M $14.4M $102.0M $27.5M
2012 $312.2M $9.3M $150.5M $26.9M
2011 $178.0M $8.1M $26.6M $16.0M