The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 46-3460261 · Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA 94301-1704
NTEE code: T20 · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $948,886,715.00 (2018–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 570 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($605,129,525.00); $343,757,190.00 across 603 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 $111,234,988.00 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convergent Research Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $15,800,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413209349105781 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Convergent Research Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $9,164,687.00 | FY2022 | 202333199349104368 |
| Convergent Research Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $8,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413209349105781 |
| Convergent Research Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $8,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc. | Baltimore, MD | $6,094,431.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $6,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Institute of International Education Inc. | New York, NY | $5,232,180.00 | FY2023 | 202413209349105781 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202223189349106787 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $4,826,269.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $4,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Convergent Research Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $3,800,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413209349105781 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $3,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413209349105781 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $3,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202223189349106787 |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | Santa Barbara, CA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Convergent Research Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202413209349105781 |
| Convergent Research Inc. | Cambridge, MA | $3,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Institute of International Education Inc. | New York, NY | $2,864,440.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108364 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $2,452,981.00 | FY2023 | 202413209349105781 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $111,234,988.00 | |||
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 | $318,839,462.00 | qualifying_distributions | 379 | 177 | 202 | $100,985,061.00 |
| FY2023 | $254,695,590.00 | qualifying_distributions | 233 | 129 | 104 | $84,480,181.00 |
| FY2022 | $160,588,690.00 | qualifying_distributions | 184 | 85 | 99 | $59,938,820.00 |
| FY2021 | $62,542,310.00 | qualifying_distributions | 106 | 50 | 56 | $19,277,804.00 |
| FY2020 | $53,486,616.00 | qualifying_distributions | 99 | 44 | 55 | $19,492,528.00 |
| FY2019 | $68,605,552.00 | qualifying_distributions | 81 | 38 | 43 | $43,703,437.00 |
| FY2018 | $30,128,495.00 | qualifying_distributions | 91 | 47 | 44 | $15,879,359.00 |
| All years on file | $948,886,715.00 | 1173 | 570 | 603 | $343,757,190.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/8e021ae6-4003-4952-9371-5ca0f6c6beaa
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 46-3460261.
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).