Funding search · EIN 204170342 · Palo Alto, CA

The Schmidt Family Foundation

$431.2M
in grants paid: 1,851
grants: 925
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$8.0M
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$6.7M
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building, fostering youth development and leadership, protecting human rights (us or general), protecting human rights in africa
$3.5M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building, protecting human rights in africa, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
$3.4M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, protecting human rights (us or general)
$3.2M
Realize Impact · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$3.2M
Sogorea Te Land Trust · Oakland, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$3.0M
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement
$2.7M
Rsf Social Finance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa
$2.5M
Grist Magazine · Seattle, WA · 2024
Capacity building
$2.4M
Myriad USA · New York City, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa, protecting human rights (us or general), encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$2.1M
Justice Outside · Oakland, CA · 2024
Fostering youth development and leadership
$2.0M
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$2.0M
Apparel Impact Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Advancing sustainable materials
$2.0M
Conservation X Labs · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1.9M
California Farmlink · Aptos, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$1.8M
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
Capacity building
$1.4M
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, fostering youth development and leadership, supporting humanitarian relief
$1.4M
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$1.3M
Resource Matters · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement
$1.2M
Food & Water Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$1.2M
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$1.1M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$1.0M
Swaniti Initiative · Houston, TX · 2024
Capacity building
$1.0M
Fisheye Collaborative · Arlington, VA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$1.0M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Capacity building
$1.0M
American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement
$1.0M
The Voter Participation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement
$980,000
The University of Western Australia · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$900,000
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$884,000
Illuminative · Lafayette, CO · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$865,000
Groundswell International · Washington, DC · 2024
Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$857,500
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, strengthening civic engagement, protecting human…
$856,666
Oo Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$850,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, strengthening civic engagement
$840,000
First Nations Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$800,000
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, ocean stewardship and research
$800,000
Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024
Fostering education in journalism
$800,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute · Moss Landing, CA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$785,000
American Jewish World Service · New York, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa, protecting human rights in haiti
$770,000
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa · 2024
Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa
$750,000
Communities for a Better Environment · Huntington Park, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$745,000
University of Haifa · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$735,000
Physicians for Social Responsibility · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, local community support in california
$717,000
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples · Eureka, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$700,000
Fund for Global Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2024
Protecting human rights (us or general), protecting human rights in africa
$700,000
National Black Food and Justice Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$700,000
Mother Jones · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capacity building
$680,000
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$650,000
Advocates for Community Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa
$650,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project · Billings, MT · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, strengthening civic engagement, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$640,000
Virunga Foundation · 2024
Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa, fostering youth development and leadership
$625,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2024
Protecting human rights in africa
$600,000
Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$596,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, ocean stewardship and research, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$590,000
Ocean Research & Conservation Association · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$560,000
Community Alliance With Family Farmers Foundation · Davis, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$553,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$550,000
Central California Environmental Justice Network · Fresno, CA · 2024
General operating support
$550,000
University of Massachusetts · New Bedford, MA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$525,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$500,000
Tule River Indian Tribe · Porterville, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$500,000
Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education · Albany, GA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$500,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement, supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$500,000
Justice Action Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Protecting human rights (us or general)
$500,000
Coalition for Green Capital · Washington, DC · 2024
Capacity building
$500,000
New York University · Ny, NY · 2024
Protecting human rights in haiti
$500,000
Katchi Technologies · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$500,000
Native Conservancy · Cordova, AK · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$500,000
Congressional Progressive Caucus Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$480,833
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$480,000
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center · Occidental, CA · 2024
Advancing sustainable materials, working towards a resilient and equitable food system, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$475,500
Center for Coalfield Justice · Washington, PA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, advancing sustainable materials
$475,000
Ytt Northern Chumash Nonprofit · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation
$467,859
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$460,000
Pesticide Action Network North America Regional Center · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$450,000
Seedchange · 2024
Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa
$450,000
Comite Civico Del Valle · Brawley, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$450,000
Community Foundation for Nantucket · Nantucket, MA · 2024
Supporting local communities
$450,000
People Food & Land Foundation · Prather, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$450,000
Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Energy · Oakland, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$433,000
North Side Learning Center of Syracuse · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$430,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system, ocean stewardship and research, capacity building
$430,000
Stichting Deep Sea Conservation Coalition · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$427,241
Community Initiatives · Oakland, CA · 2024
Fostering youth development and leadership, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$425,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement, protecting human rights in africa
$405,000
California Environmental Justice Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels, local community support in california
$405,000
National Young Farmers Coalition · Hudson, NY · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system
$404,500
Inquiring Systems · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, advancing sustainable materials
$401,500
Jubilee Justice · Alexandria, LA · 2024
Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, centering unrepresented voices in the environmental movement
$400,000
National Religious Partnership for the Environment · Washington, DC · 2024
Fostering youth development and leadership
$400,000
Four Directions- Rfa · Gainesville, VA · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement
$400,000
Adas Cafe · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Local community support in california
$400,000
Native Movement · Fairbanks, AK · 2024
Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-determination, and cultural representation, encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$400,000
Capital B News · New York, NY · 2024
Strengthening civic engagement, general operating support
$400,000
New Energy Economy · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels
$400,000
Ocean Visions · Leesburg, VA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$400,000
The Great Bubble Barrier · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$400,000
Land Together (Formerly Insight Garden Program) · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Capacity building, protecting human rights (us or general)
$397,000
Far Away Projects · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Ocean stewardship and research
$388,947
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College · Burlington, VT · 2024
Advancing sustainable agriculture in africa

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.