John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 84-3036130. Reported 110 grants totalling $3,212,482 to 52 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 9 grants totalling $203,500 to them. That is 10% of the $1,966,985 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc | grantmaking organization | Wisconsin | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Foundation for the Fox Valley | community foundation | Wisconsin | $83,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Green Bay Community | community foundation | Wisconsin | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way Fox Cities Inc | federated giving programme | Wisconsin | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $6,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,450 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,120,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victory Community Development Centre (vicodec) | Nairobi, Nairobi Municipal | $1,234,497 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Congregational United Church of Christ | Appleton, WI | $420,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Riverview Gardens Inc | Appleton, WI | $229,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated | Appleton, WI | $205,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kenya Works Inc | Appleton, WI | $185,625 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trout Museum of Art Inc | Appleton, WI | $130,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc | Green Bay, WI | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc | Appleton, WI | $95,150 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cots Inc | Appleton, WI | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Music That Matters Inc | Appleton, WI | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc | Appleton, WI | $83,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Inc | Appleton, WI | $42,060 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust Inc | Appleton, WI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Venture Associates Caring Together Fund Inc | Appleton, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valley Packaging Industries Inc | Appleton, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pillars Inc | Appleton, WI | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fox Valley Literacy Council Inc | Appleton, WI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Appleton Community Music Inc | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Nashua, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Tuberous Sclerosis Association Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Soar Fox Cities Inc | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Benefit Tree Inc | Kaukauna, WI | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc | Green Bay, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fox Cities Building for the Arts | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Headwaters Trails Foundation Inc | Eagle River, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley Inc | Menasha, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic - Safe - Proj | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womens Fund for the Fox Valley Region Inc | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bright Futures Trenton | Trenton, MO | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turning Points for Children | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way Fox Cities Inc | Menasha, WI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beaming Incorporated | Neenah, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philadelphia Film Society | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afs Intercultural Programs Inc | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fairmount Park Conservancy | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates | Philadelphia, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Agrisafe Network Inc | Peosta, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Library Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eden Reforestation Projects | Glendora, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Infant Welfare Circle Inc | Appleton, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwoods Living Care Foundation Inc | Phelps, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
28 of 52 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Victory Community Development Centre (vicodec)
to purchase a property for all of the Kenya Works foundational programs; shelter works, ending period poverty, human rights/empowerment forums and education - Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated
Building Beyond Words Capital Campaign - Trout Museum of Art Inc
Capital Campaign for New Museum - Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc
USVenture Open/Basic Needs Giving Fund - Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc
Great Futures 2020 Capital Campaign Pledge - Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
Where There's a Will, There's a Way Fund
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 93 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | $386,075 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $413,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $1,842,210 | $10,060 |
| 2024 | 28 | $571,197 | $7,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
59% of its giving went to organizations in Wisconsin.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 84-3036130 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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