Funding search · EIN 843036130 · Wilmington, DE
John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 82
- grants reported
- $2.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Victory Community Development Centre (Vicodec)3 grants · $1.2M
- First Congregational United Church of Christ3 grants · $300,000
- Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated3 grants · $205,500
- Riverview Gardens3 grants · $170,650
- Kenya Works4 grants · $154,050
- Trout Museum of Art5 grants · $125,000
- Basic Needs Giving Partnership3 grants · $110,000
- Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley4 grants · $75,150
- Music That Matters3 grants · $75,000
- Cots3 grants · $70,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 82 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.1M
Victory Community Development Centre (Vicodec) · 2023
to purchase a property for all of the Kenya Works foundational programs; shelter works, ending period poverty, human rights/empowerment forums and education
- $200,000
Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated · Appleton, WI · 2023
Building Beyond Words Capital Campaign
- $100,000
First Congregational United Church of Christ · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
First Congregational United Church of Christ · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $100,000
First Congregational United Church of Christ · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $65,650
Riverview Gardens · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $64,497
Victory Community Development Centre (Vicodec) · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $55,000
Riverview Gardens · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,600
Kenya Works · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Basic Needs Giving Partnership · Green Bay, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Trout Museum of Art · Appleton, WI · 2024
Capital Campaign for New Museum
- $50,000
Basic Needs Giving Partnership · Green Bay, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Kenya Works · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Trout Museum of Art · Appleton, WI · 2023
Capital Campaign for New Museum
- $50,000
Victory Community Development Centre (Vicodec) · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Kenya Works · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $50,000
Riverview Gardens · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $41,500
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region · Appleton, WI · 2022
US Venture Open fund
- $25,000
Cots · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Music That Matters · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Valley Packaging Industries · Appleton, WI · 2024
Capital Campaign
- $25,000
Cots · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Music That Matters · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $25,000
Music That Matters · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $20,000
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley · Appleton, WI · 2024
to support Great Futures
- $20,000
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley · Appleton, WI · 2023
Capital Campaign Pledge
- $20,000
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley · Appleton, WI · 2022
Great Futures 2020 Capital Campaign Pledge
- $20,000
Cots · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $15,150
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley · Appleton, WI · 2023
Charitable Event
- $12,000
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,060
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center · Appleton, WI · 2023
Charitable Event
- $10,000
Appleton Community Music · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
US Venture Associates Caring Together Fund · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Basic Needs Giving Partnership · Green Bay, WI · 2023
US Venture Open
- $10,000
Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Trout Museum of Art · Appleton, WI · 2023
Charitable Event
- $10,000
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center · Appleton, WI · 2022
Annual Partner fund
- $10,000
Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Pillars · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
Trout Museum of Art · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $10,000
US Venture Associates Caring Together Fund · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $7,500
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $7,500
Pillars · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $7,500
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Where There's a Will, There's a Way Fund
- $5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
To be used at Napenda Kuishi-Ongata Rongai, Kenya
- $5,000
Community Benefit Tree · Kaukauna, WI · 2024
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Nashua, NH · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Fox Valley Literacy Council · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Soar Fox Cities · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Trout Museum of Art · Appleton, WI · 2024
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable Event
- $5,000
Fox Valley Literacy Council · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Soar Fox Cities · Appleton, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic - Safe - Proj · Arlington, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Nashua, NH · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Fox Valley Literacy Council · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated · Appleton, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $5,000
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $3,500
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $3,450
Kenya Works · Appleton, WI · 2024
Education Works Scholarship Fund
- $3,000
Community Benefit Tree · Kaukauna, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $3,000
Turning Points for Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Beaming Incorporated · Neenah, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Bright Futures Trenton · Trenton, MO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $2,500
Womens Fund for the Fox Valley Region · Appleton, WI · 2022
The Monthlies Project
- $1,000
Children'S Tumor Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Infant Welfare Circle · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Community Benefit Tree · Kaukauna, WI · 2023
Charitable Event
- $1,000
United Way Fox Cities · Menasha, WI · 2023
US Venture's United Way campaign
- $1,000
Agrisafe Network · Peosta, IA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
American Library Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
Fairmount Park Conservancy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $1,000
United Way Fox Cities · Menasha, WI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
- $500
Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated · Appleton, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
- $500
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
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