About Schmidt Family Foundation
The Schmidt Family Foundation appears to be a local Sarasota-focused funder that concentrates large, targeted gifts to a small number of community institutions. Their giving mixes support for arts and cultural organizations with investments in direct human services—notably senior care/PACE—and service-dog programs that serve people with disabilities. Grants are sizable and strategic rather than widely distributed, suggesting a preference for visible, mission-driven local impact.
Focus Areas
Local Sarasota arts and cultural institutions (e.g., Ringling College, Florida Studio Theatre)Senior care and PACE-style healthcare services for older adults (Care Guide Partners PACE)Service and guide dog programs for people with disabilities (Southeastern Guide Dogs)
Who They Fund
nonprofit/charitable organizations (recipient organizations)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, small portfolio approach: a few large grants per year focused on local institutions. Grants skew toward mid-to-large single payments rather than many small awards; no evidence of broad geographic diversification or many first-time microgrants.
Funding Style
About Schmidt Family Foundation
A $300,000 grant to Care Guide Partners PACE is the clearest signal in the Schmidt Family Foundation’s recent record: this is a funder that makes large, targeted gifts to organizations working in senior care, disability services, arts, and community support. The foundation’s grant history shows a small set of recurring recipients rather than broad dispersal, with Sarasota institutions appearing alongside select organizations in Kentucky, California, and Georgia. Sarasota anchors much of the giving. Ringling College of Art and Design received $150,000 in 2023 and another $50,000 in 2025, while Florida Studio Theatre received $100,000 in 2023. Those gifts sit alongside support for service-dog organizations such as Southeastern Guide Dogs and Dogs Inc, and for community-serving groups like Sparcc. The pattern suggests a foundation that backs established nonprofits with clear local roles and defined program needs, using grants large enough to be meaningful but still concentrated among a limited number of grantees.
What Schmidt Family Foundation Funds
Arts and cultural institutions are a visible part of the foundation’s giving. Ringling College of Art and Design received $150,000 in 2023 and $50,000 in 2025, while Florida Studio Theatre received $100,000 in 2023. Sarasota Opera also appears with $18,000 grants in both 2023 and 2024, showing repeat support for local arts organizations. Human services are another consistent theme. Care Guide Partners PACE received $300,000 in 2025, pointing to support for services for older adults. The foundation also funded Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children with $10,000 in 2023 and All Star Children’s Foundation with $10,000 in 2023. Disability-related work shows up through service-dog programs. Southeastern Guide Dogs received $55,000 in 2024, $35,000 in 2025, and $33,500 in 2023, and Dogs Inc received $30,000 in 2025.
How Schmidt Family Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $10,000, with the 25th percentile at $5,000 and the 75th percentile at $19,000. The recent record also includes larger strategic awards, including $300,000 and $150,000 gifts, alongside many smaller grants in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Ringling College of Art and Design, Southeastern Guide Dogs, Sarasota Opera, Sparcc, Habitat for Humanity, Casa of the Heartland, and Greenspace Inc. The foundation gives through general grantmaking and invitation-only organizational programs, and it also has a general grant requests portal listed among its active programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$495K
Total Assets
$4.6M
Total Revenue
$452K
Total Expenses
$512K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $19K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$19K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
About 42% of grants go to recipients in KY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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