Funding search · EIN 341665968 · Bluffton, SC

The Schmitz Family Foundation

Name: The Schmitz 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.

49
grants reported: $591,529
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,000
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

clays fundraiser memorial sporting

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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.

Wlmb-Tv Dominion Broadcasting4 grants · $145,000
Church of the Cross3 grants · $110,000
Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation3 grants · $70,000
St Johns Jesuit High School3 grants · $48,500
Palmetto Animal League3 grants · $38,229
Operation Patriots Fob3 grants · $24,600
Lakota Sports Organization4 grants · $24,000
Vantage Point Foundation3 grants · $20,500
Erie Shores Council - Boy Scouts of America2 grants · $15,000
Erie Shores Council - Scouting America1 grant · $12,500

Giving over time

$167,899

2022

$187,530

2023

$93,000

2024

$143,100

2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
Wlmb-Tv Dominion Broadcasting · Toledo, OH · 2023
Charitable operations
$50,000
Church of the Cross · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable operations
$50,000
Church of the Cross · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Support
$40,000
Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Charitable operations
$40,000
Wlmb-Tv Dominion Broadcasting · Toledo, OH · 2022
Support
$30,000
Wlmb-Tv Dominion Broadcasting · Toledo, OH · 2024
Charitable operations
$26,000
St Johns Jesuit High School · Toledo, OH · 2023
Charitable operations
$20,000
Wlmb-Tv Dominion Broadcasting · Toledo, OH · 2025
Charitable operations
$20,000
Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable operations
$20,000
St Johns Jesuit High School · Toledo, OH · 2022
Support
$19,600
Operation Patriots Fob · Okatie, SC · 2025
Charitable operations
$13,430
Palmetto Animal League · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable operations
$12,500
Erie Shores Council - Scouting America · Toledo, OH · 2025
Charitable operations & sporting clays fundraiser
$12,500
Palmetto Animal League · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Charitable operations
$12,299
Palmetto Animal League · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Support
$12,000
Ballet Magnificat · Jackson, MS · 2022
Support
$11,500
Vantage Point Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Charitable operations
$10,000
Church of the Cross · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Charitable operations
$10,000
Spirit of Sebastian · Bluffton, SC · 2025
Charitable operations
$10,000
Erie Shores Council - Boy Scouts of America · Toledo, OH · 2024
Charitable operations
$10,000
Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable operations
$10,000
Church On Strayer · Maumee, OH · 2023
Charitable operations
$10,000
Berkeley Hall · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support
$6,000
Lakota Sports Organization · West Chester, OH · 2025
Charitable operations
$6,000
Lakota Sports Organization · West Chester, OH · 2024
Charitable operations
$6,000
Lakota Sports Organization · West Chester, OH · 2023
Charitable operations
$6,000
Lakota Sports Organization · West Chester, OH · 2022
Support
$5,000
Duke Cancer Institute · Durham, NC · 2025
Memorial donation
$5,000
Neighborhood Outreach Connection · Hilton Head, SC · 2025
Charitable operations
$5,000
Grace Church · Perrysburg, OH · 2023
Charitable operations
$5,000
Erie Shores Council - Boy Scouts of America · Toledo, OH · 2022
Support
$5,000
Toledo School of Ministry · Toledo, OH · 2022
Support
$5,000
Vantage Point Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
Support
$4,000
Vantage Point Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Charitable operations
$2,500
Springfield Schools Foundation · Holland, OH · 2025
Charitable operations
$2,500
House of Prayer · Hilton Head, SC · 2024
Charitable operations
$2,500
Meals On Wheels · Anderson, SC · 2024
Charitable operations
$2,500
Med-I-Assist · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable operations
$2,500
Operation Patriots Fob · Okatie, SC · 2024
Charitable operations
$2,500
Springfield Schools Foundation · Holland, OH · 2024
Charitable operations
$2,500
St Johns Jesuit High School · Toledo, OH · 2024
Charitable operations
$2,500
House of Prayer · Hilton Head, SC · 2023
Charitable operations
$2,500
Operation Patriots Fob · Okatie, SC · 2023
Charitable operations
$1,600
Pockets Full of Sunshine · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Charitable operations
$1,500
Springfield Schools Foundation · Holland, OH · 2023
Charitable operations
$1,500
Goodwill Industries · Toledo, OH · 2022
Support
$600
Springfield Schools Foundation · Holland, OH · 2022
Support
$500
Pockets Full of Sunshine · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Charitable operations
$500
Church of Wauseon · Wauseon, OH · 2022
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.