The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for
Palo Alto, CA · EIN 46-3460261. Reported 639 grants totalling $503.6M to 387 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". The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for 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
6 of the organizations The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for funded make grants themselves, and it reported 10 grants totalling $8,461,261 to them. That is 3% of the $300.0M 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $7,807,511 | 4 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $385,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Ffwd | grantmaking organization | California | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| The Bronx Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | New York | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Legacy Global Programs | grantmaking organization | Arizona | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | community foundation | District of Columbia | $18,750 | 1 | 1 | 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 $250,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $50,000 and $751,705; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $15.8M.
Every organization it funded
387 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | $67.0M | 13 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Rhodes Trust | Oxford | $40.4M | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $24.4M | 13 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kyutai | Paris | $21.5M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Rhodes Trust | Oxford, England | $20.6M | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Future House Inc | Sherborn, MA | $19.2M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $15.3M | 18 | 4 | 2024 |
| Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10.0M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | $9,724,368 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $9,594,431 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique | Paris | $9,001,880 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| European Organization for Nuclear Research (cern) | Geneva | $8,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | $8,096,620 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $7,807,511 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | $7,783,841 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $6,853,734 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $6,641,430 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $6,557,486 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Science Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $4,365,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Science and Technology Futures Inc | Cambridge, MA | $4,330,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | London, England | $3,944,131 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | $3,605,498 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Western Ontario | London, Ontario | $3,572,413 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, England | $3,570,039 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | $3,532,360 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $3,515,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | Santa Barbara, CA | $3,500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eedi Ltd | London, England | $3,300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | London | $3,180,550 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $3,058,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fondazione Bologna University Business School | Bologna | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swaniti Initiative | Houston, TX | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $2,911,611 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $2,879,520 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Cary, NC | $2,670,963 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,619,030 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Reading | Reading | $2,595,972 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $2,504,259 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Uk Office of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation | Cheltenham | $2,500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| UC San Diego Foundation | San Diego, CA | $2,473,614 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornell University | New York, NY | $2,462,981 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $2,453,661 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Homeworld Collective Inc | Somerville, MA | $2,350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Reading | Whiteknights, Reading | $2,082,028 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Arts and Sciences Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,043,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Craft Education System | Palo Alto, CA | $1,981,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $1,964,998 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $1,950,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Digital Response | Oakland, CA | $1,929,613 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Columbus, OH | $1,888,490 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eedi Ltd | London | $1,850,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,833,857 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $1,830,800 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Cape Town | Rondebosch, Cape Town | $1,809,233 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rising International Education and Learning Limited | Ebene Cybercity | $1,800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Science for America Inc | Cambridge, MA | $1,800,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Reading | Reading, England | $1,788,435 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Learning Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Every Cure Inc | La Jolla, CA | $1,693,890 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $1,650,503 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | $1,546,070 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore | $1,546,070 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rising International Education and Learning Limited | Ebene, Cybercity | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upwardly Global | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Climb Hire Inc | San Jose, CA | $1,496,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | $1,467,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $1,448,254 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Exeter | Devon | $1,401,724 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elicsir Foundation Ets | Bologna | $1,375,895 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $1,369,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Propel America | Boston, MA | $1,250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Entos Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,200,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Actuate Innovation Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,190,228 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Learning Agency LLC | Washington, DC | $1,190,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arizona State University Foundation | Tempe, AZ | $1,130,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Municipality of Bologna | Bologna | $1,086,538 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Merit America | Washington, DC | $1,029,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Universit De Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines | Versailles | $1,014,696 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Council of the US Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Fund for Women Inc | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meridian Prime Inc | Dillion, CO | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organ Alliance Inc | White Plains, NY | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Precision Development | Newton, MA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern Education Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Glasgow Court | Glasgow | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wolfram Research Inc | Champaign, IL | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Energy for Growth Hub | Washington, DC | $998,306 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| California Biomanufacturing Center | Vacaville, CA | $990,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vehicles for Change Inc | Halethorpe, MD | $990,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $915,260 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Npower Inc | Brooklyn, MA | $900,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $885,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $846,266 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Western Ontario | London | $825,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $818,378 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lsst Inc | Tucson, AZ | $801,730 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Deep Science Ventures Limited | Ingatestone | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $792,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | $773,128 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Universite De Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines | Versailles, Cedex | $751,705 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Govern for America Inc | Katonah, NY | $731,846 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Technische Universiteit Delft | Delft | $714,512 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Biobuilder Educational Foundation Inc | Newton, MA | $640,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Npower Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | $597,740 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of East Anglia | Norwich, Norfolk | $584,019 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Ghana | Legon, Accra | $555,093 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University Medical Center Groningen | Groningen | $551,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Conference on Citizenship | Washington, DC | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of East Anglia | Norfolk, Virginia | $503,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artha Global | London | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Talent Network Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions Private Limited | Koramangala | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interact Atx | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Labor Mobility Partnerships Inc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Center for Civic Innovation Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nava Pbc | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, MA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, OH | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parsley Solutions Pbc | Madison, WI | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | Madison, WI | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of British Columbia | Vancouver | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Department of Education | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wellbeing Elevated Inc | Park City, UT | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wits Health Consortium (pty) Ltd | Johannesburg | $500,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Queen's University of Belfast | Belfast | $499,917 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hala Systems Inc | Wilmington, DE | $490,370 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berkeley Lab Foundation | Oakland, CA | $480,735 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Democracies Foundation | Kobenhavn | $475,000 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Economic Security Project Inc | New York, NY | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $470,478 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| US Ignite Inc | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Universite De Montreal | Montreal, Quebec | $420,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Miller Center Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $417,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Better World Fund | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Millennium Campus Network | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| People-Centered Internet | Palo Alto, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Digital Inclusion Alliance | Columbus, OH | $396,220 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $385,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of DC Foundation | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tecnologico De Monterrey Foundation | Miami, FL | $373,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | $373,319 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Finance Inc | Boston, MA | $333,333 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dakota State University Foundation | Madison, SD | $331,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $309,717 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Games for Change Inc | New York, NY | $308,000 | 6 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | Riverside, CA | $300,068 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Information Equity Initiative Inc | Boulder, CO | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for Local Self-Reliance | Minneapolis, MN | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prevail Fund | New Haven, CT | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Recidiviz Inc | Provo, UT | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $299,942 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety Inc | San Francisco, CA | $298,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amplify Education Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $285,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mathigon Inc | London | $285,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Array Education Inc | New York, NY | $283,388 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Conservation X Labs Inc | Washington, DC | $262,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology | Fairfax, CT | $254,275 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Praekelt Pbc | Denver, CO | $254,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Albany Can Code Inc | East Greenbush, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association for the Advancement of the Global Bioeconomy Ev (verein Zur Fo | Barcelona | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlantic Council of the U S Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Checkr Inc | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Access Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Computers for Children Inc | Buffalo, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Program Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Menon Labs | London | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercatus Center Inc | Arlington, TX | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercatus Center Inc | Arlington, VA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meto Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Older Adults Technology Services Inc | Brooklyn, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Good Labs | Woodacre, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social Good Labs | Princeville, HI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spark Climate Solutions Inc | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spirit of America Worldwide | Arlington, VA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| STEM Alliance of Larchmont-Mamaroneck Inc | Mamaroneck, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Mind Trust Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unitary Fund | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Teaching Hospital | Lusaka | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westchester Library System | Elmsford, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wilbe Skills Limited | London, England | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rethink Charity | Mineral, VA | $243,370 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eth Zurich Foundation USA Inc | New York, NY | $230,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Argeninta | Buenos Aires | $200,523 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | $200,487 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Australian Strategic Policy Institute | Barton | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ffwd | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fundacion Dr Manuel Quintela | Montevideo | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House New York Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Society for Science & the Public | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Cape Town | Cape Town | $200,000 | 5 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Science Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Igem Foundation Inc | Cambridge, MA | $195,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $188,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | $179,809 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kinfolk Tech Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Menon Labs | London, England | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| William Marsh Rice University | Houston, TX | $173,794 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| George Mason University Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Queens Public Library Foundation | Jamaica, NY | $167,849 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fundacion Televisa Ac | Santa Fe, Alvaro Obregon | $165,208 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (fiocruz) | Rio De Janeiros | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Application Inc | Arlington, VA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| FP21 | Berkeley, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Growth Teams Inc | Bradenton, FL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Key Housing LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University College London | London | $150,000 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | Chicago, IL | $146,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iambic Therapeutics Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $140,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coding It Forward Inc | Cambridge, MA | $137,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Albany Public Library Foundation Inc | Albany, NY | $133,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Convergence Center for Policy Resolution | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| General Assembly Space Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Royal Institute of International Affairs | London, England | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Synbiobeta LLC | Lafayette, CA | $112,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arb Ltd | Nassau | $105,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Armand Hammer United World College of the American West | Montezuma, NM | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Public Media Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Decentralized Pictures Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dimagi Inc | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Electric South Lab (rf) Npc | Cape Town, Western Cape | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Folks Capital LLC | Kansas City, MO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Citizen Year Inc | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Integrated Capital Strategies LLC | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Koa Health Bv Sucursal En Espaa | Barcelona | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nucleate Bio Inc | Brighton, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust | Leh, Ladakh Kashmir | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ditchley Foundation | Ditchley | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Naturalistic Decision Making Association | Spotsylvania, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trimtab Impact Pb LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Cape Town Fund Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
87 of 387 (22%) 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 24%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Convergent Research Inc
TO SUPPORT CONVERGENT RESEARCH AND ITS FOCUSED RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS - The Rhodes Trust
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT RISE-RELATED GIFT TO RHODES - Kyutai
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF KYUTAI FOR SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPEN SOURCE AI RESEARCH. - Barack Obama Foundation
TO SUPPORT THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER - Future House Inc
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FUTUREHOUSE AI SCIENTIST PROGRAM - European Organization for Nuclear Research (cern)
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE NEXTGEN TRIGGERS PROJECT.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 359 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 | 106 | $35.7M | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 130 | $81.8M | $240,924 |
| 2023 | 176 | $174.5M | $364,484 |
| 2024 | 227 | $211.6M | $250,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for has 92 of them, worth $189.6M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| European Organization for Nuclear Research (cern) | Geneva | $39.5M |
| Kyutai | Paris | $33.1M |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | $17.3M |
| Future House Inc | Sherborn, MA | $10.0M |
| Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10.0M |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | $6,000,000 |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | $6,000,000 |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | $3,000,000 |
| The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | $3,000,000 |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | $2,864,440 |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $2,700,000 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $2,409,535 |
| University of Reading | Reading, England | $2,245,565 |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Arts and Sciences Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,043,250 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | $2,029,500 |
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31% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for'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: 555 Bryant St 374, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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