Funding search · EIN 274267762 · Wilmington, DE

The Schmetterling Foundation

Name: The Schmetterling 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.

134
grants reported: $7.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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San Juan Diego Catholic High School2 grants · $1.6M
Young Mens Christian Association2 grants · $1.5M
Calumet College2 grants · $900,000
Into Action Recovery1 grant · $750,000
Childrens Hospital Medical Center3 grants · $520,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of America3 grants · $240,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society6 grants · $235,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology3 grants · $200,000
Austin Zoo4 grants · $175,000
Chicago Zoological Society4 grants · $175,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$2.2M

2024

$2.3M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 134 grants.

$1.0M
San Juan Diego Catholic High School · Austin, TX · 2023
2nd Floor Fund
$750,000
Young Mens Christian Association · Austin, TX · 2025
Four Points YMCA Tomorrow Academy
$750,000
Into Action Recovery · Tewksbury, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$750,000
Young Mens Christian Association · Austin, TX · 2024
Four Points YMCA Tomorrow Academy
$600,000
San Juan Diego Catholic High School · Austin, TX · 2022
operating fund, capital fund and scholarship fund
$500,000
Calumet College · Whiting, IN · 2025
Capital campaign
$500,000
Childrens Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
for the outdoor space
$400,000
Calumet College · Whiting, IN · 2022
capital fund and scholarship fund
$200,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of America · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
The Olivia Colleen Starblazer Award
$100,000
Nations of Coaches · Decatur, AL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Rose Hulman Ventures
$50,000
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Entrance enhancement project
$50,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · Terre Haute, IN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Austin Zoo · Austin, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Rose Hulman Ventures
$50,000
Austin Zoo · Austin, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Maui Strong fund
$50,000
Austin Zoo · Austin, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Global Center Butterfly Conservatory fund
$45,000
Sports Reach · Campbellsvlle, KY · 2024
To support basketball trip to Columbia
$40,000
Ibca Indiana All Stars · North Vernon, IN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Greenwood Christian Academy · Greenwood, IN · 2025
STEM program funding
$35,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Butterflies at the Indianapolis Zoo
$35,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Butterflies at the Indianapolis Zoo
$32,000
St Jude Catholic Church Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Ibca Indiana All Stars · North Vernon, IN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Austin Zoo · Austin, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of America · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Chicago Zoological Society · Brookfield, IL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Grand Rapids Cable Access Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
For GRTV's digital archive
$20,000
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Foundation · New Castle, IN · 2022
Charitable Event
$19,000
Gem Sessions Foundation · McCordsville, IN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Indianapolis Zoological Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of America · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Grand Rapids Cable Access Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Grand Rapids Cable Access Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
For WYCE Fall Fund Drive
$10,000
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Frederick, MD · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Fight for the Future Education Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Headbang for Science · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Last Prisoner Project · Denver, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Literacy Center of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · El Segundo, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Frederick, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Philmont Staff Association · Cimarron, NM · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Childrens Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Headbang for Science · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Foundation · New Castle, IN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · San Diego, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Literacy Center of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Bch, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Frederick, MD · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Philmont Staff Association · Cimarron, NM · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Pinki Michael Hutchins Scholarship fund
$10,000
Childrens Hospital Medical Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Headbang for Science · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Indiana Ballet Theatre Nw · Merrillville, IN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · San Diego, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Last Prisoner Project · Denver, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Literacy Center of West Michigan · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
National Womens Law Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network · Manhattan Bch, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation · Frederick, MD · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Philmont Staff Association · Cimarron, NM · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$9,000
Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Pacers Basketball Corp Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Clagett Sailing · Portsmouth, RI · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Friends of the Forest Hills Park Association · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Grand Rapids Cable Access Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2025
For WYCE to upgrade the Shift Editor software
$5,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · South Bend, IN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Clagett Sailing · Portsmouth, RI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Grand Rapids Cable Access Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
WYCE for several hours of the '24 Spring fund drive
$5,000
Grand Rapids Cable Access Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Leigh Purtill Ballet Company · Glendale, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
National Womens Law Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Sailing Angels Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
St Jude Catholic Church Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · South Bend, IN · 2023
For maintenance and improvements to Scout camps
$5,000
Clagett Sailing · Portsmouth, RI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Gem Sessions Foundation · McCordsville, IN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Grand Rapids Cable Access Center · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Indiana Ballet Theatre Nw · Merrillville, IN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Last Prisoner Project · Denver, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
National Womens Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Pasadena Humane Society · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted

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