Funding search · EIN 845135302 · Burlingame, CA

The Schmaier Family Foundation

Name: The Schmaier Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

48
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Harvard Business School3 grants · $340,000
Center for Food Safety2 grants · $225,000
Turning Green1 grant · $200,000
Doctors Without Borders1 grant · $150,000
Free Now Foundation1 grant · $150,000
Environmental Working Group2 grants · $110,000
Human Rights Watch1 grant · $100,000
Center for Biological Diversity1 grant · $50,000
Education for Just Peace in the Middle East1 grant · $50,000
Independent Medical Alliance1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$73,000

2022

$267,000

2023

$420,000

2024

$1.2M

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Center for Food Safety · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$200,000
Turning Green · Sausalito, CA · 2025
General support
$150,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$150,000
Free Now Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
General support
$120,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General support
$120,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$100,000
Harvard Business School · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General support
$80,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Oakland, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Independent Medical Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$50,000
Organic Consumer Association · Finland, MN · 2025
General support
$50,000
Education for Just Peace in the Middle East · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Organiceye · La Farge, WI · 2025
General support
$30,000
USA for Unfpa · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$30,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
The Kirsch Foundation · Los Altos, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Jewish Voice for Peace · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Center for Food Safety · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Humans of San Quentin · San Rafael, CA · 2025
General support
$20,000
Riekes Center · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Stern Grove Festival Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Childrens Health Defense · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2023
General support
$20,000
Chileno Bay Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General support
$20,000
Town School for Boys · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Jicarilla Apache Nation · Dulce, NM · 2022
Support for charitable purposes
$20,000
Town School for Boys · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$17,000
Martis Camp Foundation · Truckee, CA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Pueblo of San Felipe · San Felipe Pueblo, NM · 2022
Support for charitable purposes
$10,000
Bay Area Cancer Connections · San Mateo, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
League To Save Lake Tahoe · South Lake Tahoe, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Save the Redwoods League · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Stern Grove Festival Association · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Riekes Center · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Taos Pueblo Foundation · Taos, NM · 2022
General support
$6,000
Men'S Second Chance Living · Hailey, ID · 2025
General support
$5,000
Interfaith Center at the Presidio · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Welcoming Home · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula · Garden Grove, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$4,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General support
$3,000
Working On Wellness · Taos, NM · 2022
General support
$2,000
Project Tvd · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2023
General support
$1,000
Fit Kids · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
General support

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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.