The Kleinschmidt Family Foundation
Vero Beach, FL · EIN 27-0112179. Reported 267 grants totalling $3,444,727 to 108 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Kleinschmidt Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $245,540. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Beach Museum of Art | Vero Beach, FL | $506,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Foundation for Cultural Review (new Criterion) | Nyc, NY | $429,936 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Reason Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $384,734 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Manhattan Institute | New York, NY | $370,190 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Uw Oshkosh Foundation | Oshkosh, WI | $301,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Vero Beach Opera | Vero Beach, FL | $151,360 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Adirondack Experience Inc | Blue Mountain Lake, NY | $136,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, NY | $127,822 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cap-21 | Old Forge, NY | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Riverside Theatre | Vero Beach, FL | $62,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Windsor Charitable Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $52,950 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | Santa Rosa, CA | $52,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Encounter for Culture Education | New York City, NY | $49,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $46,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Frick Collection | New York, FL | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Debutante Collition and Christmas Ball | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fire | Philidelphia, PA | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Buckley Institute | New Haven, CT | $18,195 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| View Arts Center | Old Forge, NY | $17,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Edward's School | Vero Beach, FL | $15,160 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fiaf (alliance Francaise) | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Oflag 64 | Herndon, VA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Learning Alliance | Vero Beach, FL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Perc | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Intl Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mass General | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mountain Lake Community Service | Lake Wales, FL | $9,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 101 East 69TH St Conservancy | New York, NY | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metroploitan Opera | New York, NY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| School of American Ballet | New York, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Foundation for Economic Education | Atlanta, GA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Quail Valley Charities | Vero Beach, FL | $6,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| A Fair Shake of Youth | New York, NY | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 564 Park Ave Preservation Fund | New York, NY | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cornell University | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dennison University | Granville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Independent Institute | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation | Jackson, WY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy | Midland, MI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Fabry Disease Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ny Community Trust Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center | Coral Gables, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The William F Buckley Program at Yale | New Haven, CT | $4,740 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hudson Institute | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Goldwater Institute | Phoenix, AZ | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Vero Beach Rowing Club | Vero Beach, FL | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists | New York City, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute for Free Speech | Alexandra, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institute for Justice | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prager University Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Smu | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Washington National Opera | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vero Beach Volunteer Fire Dept | Vero Beach, FL | $2,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Irc Volunteer Ambulance | Vero Beach, FL | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Navy Seal Museum | Fort Pierce, FL | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vero Beach Dog Park | Vero Beach, FL | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charity | Chicago, IL | $2,440 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adirondack Land Trust | Blue Mountain Lake, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Legislative Exchange Council | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ayn Rand Institute | Irvine, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bronxville Historical Conservancy | Bronxville, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Historic Colony House Foundation | Lake Wales, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Historic Colony House Inc | Lake Wales, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Landmark Legal Foundation | Leesburg, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Saint Edwards School | Vero Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Turning Point USA | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vero Beach Theatre Guild | Vero Beach, FL | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sigma Tau Gamma Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aomda | Jefferson Valley, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cornell Star and Crescent Foundation | Ithica, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cradle of Liberty Council | Wayne, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curepsp | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dogs for Life | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Food Bank for Nyc | Hartsdale, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Sulgrave Manor | Sulgrave, Banbury | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Free Speech | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Laura (riding) Jackson Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leukemia and Lymphona Society | West Palm Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mckee Botanical Garden | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mckee Botanical Gardens | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Play for Pink | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Thomas Episcopal Chapel | Coral Gables, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Johns Evangelical Church | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Streetsquash | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tax Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Community Foundation | Utica, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vero Beach Police Benevolent Assn | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Vna Hospice Foundation | Vero Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Whiffenpoofs of Yale | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ximinez-Fatio House | St Augustine, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Side House Settlement | Bronx, NY | $850 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Indian River Board of Public | Vero Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duchess County ASPCA | Hyde Park, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Float Hope of Irc Inc | Vero Beach, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Old Forge Amb Corp | Old Forge, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Town of Webb Historic Association | Old Forge, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Frat Ooder of Police Lodge 79 | Indian River Shores, FL | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kipps Bay Boys & Girls Club | Bronx, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bedford Playhouse Inc | Bedford, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Florida State Fraternal Order of Police | Tallahassee, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Old Forge Vol Ambulance Corp | Old Forge, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vero Beach Police Benevolent Association | Vero Beach, FL | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
60 of 108 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 71%, across 4 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.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 129 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 | 62 | $752,802 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $687,272 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $529,742 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $684,786 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 64 | $790,125 | $1,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
40% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Kleinschmidt Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 2911 Cardinal Drive, Vero Beach, FL, 32963. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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