The Schmidt Family Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 20-4170342 · Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA 94301-1704 · Website
NTEE code: B82 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $806,727,171.00 (2019–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 2279 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($675,562,434.00); $131,164,737.00 across 644 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $86,959,081.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Watch Inc. | New York, NY | $8,480,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349108109 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | $8,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349104316 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc. | New York, NY | $6,665,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349104316 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | $6,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202123189349100327 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $5,220,000.00 | FY2020 | 202123189349100327 |
| Alliance for Open Society International Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333199349108523 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc. | New York, NY | $4,325,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203189349107165 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $4,321,250.00 | FY2019 | 202023189349103137 |
| Rsf Social Finance Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $3,881,900.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349108109 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $3,537,500.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349104316 |
| Climate Central Inc. | Princeton, NJ | $3,525,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349108109 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $3,400,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349104316 |
| Realize Impact | Bainbridge Is, WA | $3,200,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349104316 |
| Sogorea Te Land Trust | Oakland, CA | $3,175,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349104316 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $3,140,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443209349108109 |
| American Jewish World Service Inc. | New York, NY | $3,053,431.00 | FY2019 | 202023189349103137 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc. | New York, NY | $3,035,000.00 | FY2019 | 202023189349103137 |
| Kqed Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349104316 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203189349107165 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | Monterey, CA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333199349108523 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $86,959,081.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $209,140,998.00 | qualifying_distributions | 695 | 546 | 149 | $36,784,962.00 |
| FY2023 | $164,231,009.00 | qualifying_distributions | 546 | 439 | 107 | $23,026,121.00 |
| FY2022 | $135,979,021.00 | qualifying_distributions | 629 | 503 | 126 | $14,624,586.00 |
| FY2021 | $101,718,513.00 | qualifying_distributions | 367 | 295 | 72 | $13,562,057.00 |
| FY2020 | $110,122,350.00 | qualifying_distributions | 378 | 286 | 92 | $19,852,473.00 |
| FY2019 | $85,535,280.00 | qualifying_distributions | 308 | 210 | 98 | $23,314,538.00 |
| All years on file | $806,727,171.00 | 2923 | 2279 | 644 | $131,164,737.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/a8b7f4ff-5bc1-423c-bbea-31b8d8f7c69a
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 20-4170342.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).