Funding search · EIN 356793905 · White Bear Lake, MN

Walter and Leona Schmitt Family

Name: Walter and Leona Schmitt Family grants, 2022–2025
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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.

64
grants reported: $232,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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

journalism

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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.

University of St Thomas4 grants · $26,000
Groves Academy4 grants · $16,000
Damiano Center4 grants · $13,000
Alight3 grants · $12,000
Dodge Nature Center4 grants · $11,500
Friends of San Lucas3 grants · $11,000
Hill-Murray1 grant · $10,000
Prodeo Academy2 grants · $10,000
College of St Benedict1 grant · $9,000
Little Sisters of the Poor3 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$50,000

2022

$58,000

2023

$64,000

2024

$60,000

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Hill-Murray · Maplewood, MN · 2025
General fund
$9,000
College of St Benedict · St Joseph, MN · 2022
General fund
$7,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2025
360 journalism program
$7,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2024
360 journalism program
$7,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
General fund
$7,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2023
360 journalism program
$5,000
Alight · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Prodeo Academy · Columbia Heights, MN · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Groves Academy · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Prodeo Academy · Columbia Heights, MN · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Shining Hope for Communities · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
St John'S Preparatory School · Collegeville, MN · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Groves Academy · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Friends of Crex Meadows · Grantsburg, WI · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Groves Academy · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
General fund
$5,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2022
360 journalism program
$4,000
Friends of San Lucas · Eagan, MN · 2025
General fund
$4,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington Dc, DC · 2025
General fund
$4,000
Damiano Center · Duluth, MN · 2024
General fund
$4,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General fund
$4,000
Friends of San Lucas · Eagan, MN · 2024
General fund
$4,000
The Sanneth Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024
General fund
$4,000
Alight · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General fund
$4,000
Cure Alzheimers Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2023
General fund
$4,000
Damiano Center · Duluth, MN · 2023
General fund
$4,000
Foundation for Saving Sight · West Hills, CA · 2023
General fund
$3,500
Adoptaclassroomorg · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General fund
$3,500
National Park Service · Herndon, VA · 2025
General fund
$3,500
Fridley Schools Foundation · Fridley, MN · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Friends of the Boundary Waters · St Paul, MN · 2025
General fund
$3,000
Open Windows Books · Cold Spring, MN · 2025
General fund
$3,000
Friends of the Boundary Waters · St Paul, MN · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Help the Helpless · Vadnais Heights, MN · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Open Windows Books · Cold Spring, MN · 2024
General fund
$3,000
Central Asia Institute · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Open Window · Inver Grove Heights, MN · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Penobscot Marine Museum · Searsport, ME · 2023
General fund
$3,000
Alight · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Center for Victims of Torture · West St Paul, MN · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Damiano Center · Duluth, MN · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Family Means · Stillwater, MN · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Friends of San Lucas · Eagan, MN · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Protect Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General fund
$3,000
Women'S Advocates · St Paul, MN · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Little Sisters of the Poor · St Paul, MN · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Little Sisters of the Poor · St Paul, MN · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2022
General fund
$2,500
Little Sisters of the Poor · St Paul, MN · 2022
General fund
$2,000
Damiano Center · Duluth, MN · 2025
General fund
$2,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General fund
$2,000
Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
General fund
$2,000
Program for Aid To Victims of Sexual Assault · Duluth, MN · 2025
General fund
$2,000
Family Means · Stillwater, MN · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Gifford Law Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Sharing and Caring Hands · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General fund
$1,500
Solid Ground · White Bear Lake, MN · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Groves Academy · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
General fund
$1,000
University of Iowa Center for Advancement · Iowa City, IA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
White Bear Lake Area Food Shelf · White Bear Lake, MN · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Program for Aid To Victims of Sexual Assault · Duluth, MN · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General fund

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