Private foundation · EIN 46-3460261 · Palo Alto, CA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for's grants went
It reported $195M in grants paid across 233 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 52.9% of those dollars to 90 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $103M 120 lines
- No confident match $22M 23
- Individuals, not shown $20.9M 56
- Outside the US $49.2M 34
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 169 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convergent Research Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3013217 | $15,800,000 | TO SUPPORT CONVERGENT RESEARCH AND ITS FOCUSED RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Kyutai Paris, FR · outside the US | $11,035,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE ENDOWMENT OF KYUTAI FOR SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL OPEN SOURCE AI RESEARCH. | Foreign |
| Future House Sherborn, MA · no confident EIN match | $9,200,000 | SUPPORT FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE FOCUSED ON ACCELERATING BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING | Unmatched Help match |
| European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) Geneva, SZ · outside the US | $8,500,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE NEXTGEN TRIGGERS PROJECT. | Foreign |
| Convergent Research Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3013217 | $8,000,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR EVE (EVERYTHING VS. EVERYTHING) FRO. | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| The Rhodes Trust Oxford, UK · outside the US | $7,539,634 | TO SUPPORT THE RISE PROGRAM | Foreign |
| Institute of International Education New York, NY · EIN 13-1624046 | $5,232,180 | QUAD FELLOWSHIP AWARD | Same address 1.00 |
| The Regents of the University of California Berkeley, CA · no confident EIN match | $3,845,837 | THE SCHMIDT CENTER DS4E | Unmatched Help match |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · EIN 95-1643307 | $3,800,000 | CLIMA: CLIMATE MODELING ALLIANCE 2023 | Same address 1.00 |
| The Rhodes Trust Oxford, UK · outside the US | $3,597,620 | RISE, AN INITIATIVE OF SCHMIDT FUTURES AND THE RHODES TRUST | Foreign |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2177139 | $3,500,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR INCUBATING A MARKET SHAPING HUB AND CONCEPTS COMPETITION AT UCHICAGO. | Known alias 1.00 |
| Convergent Research Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3013217 | $3,000,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PARALLELSQUARED TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE PHASE 1. | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Convergent Research Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3013217 | $3,000,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR IMMUNE-OMICS FRO [IFRO]. | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford New York, NY · EIN 98-6001062 | $2,670,963 | SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCS | Exact name 1.00 |
| University of Reading Reading, UK · outside the US | $2,595,972 | LAND ECOSYSTEM MODELS BASED ON NEW THEORY, OBSERVATIONS, AND EXPERIMENTS (LEMONTREE) | Foreign |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine London, UK · outside the US | $2,581,426 | SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCS | Foreign |
| Uc San Diego Foundation LA Jolla, CA · EIN 95-2872494 | $2,473,614 | SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCS | Exact name 1.00 |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY · EIN 15-0532082 | $2,452,981 | SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCS | Known alias 1.00 |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2177139 | $2,289,944 | SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCS | Known alias 1.00 |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · EIN 95-1643307 | $2,197,122 | CALTECH SOFTWARE ACADEMY | Same address 1.00 |
| Centre National de LA Recherche Scientifique Paris, FR · outside the US | $2,013,421 | THE SCALE-AWARE SEA ICE PROJECT (SASIP) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Foreign |
| Convergent Research Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3013217 | $2,000,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CHI FRO AI SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| New York University New York, NY · EIN 13-5562308 | $1,900,552 | M2LINES - MULTISCALE MACHINE LEARNING IN COUPLED EARTH SYSTEM MODELING | Known alias 1.00 |
| Governing Council of the University of Toronto Toronto, CA · outside the US | $1,838,371 | SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCS | Foreign |
| Science for America Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-2763460 | $1,800,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · EIN 95-1643307 | $1,768,450 | CALTECH SOFTWARE ACADEMY | Same address 1.00 |
| Cambridge in America New York, NY · EIN 52-6071299 | $1,735,000 | ADVANCING AI IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE | Same city 1.00 |
| University of Washington Foundation C/O University of Washington Seattle, WA · EIN 94-3079432 | $1,639,029 | THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE CENTER | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196932 | $1,529,818 | NATIONAL ACADEMIES SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS AWARD | Same city 1.00 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Baltimore, MD · EIN 45-2536579 | $1,500,000 | TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT. | Same address 1.00 |
| Science and Technology Futures Cambridge, MA · EIN 88-3129122 | $1,500,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OPEN DATASETS INITIATIVE. | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY · no confident EIN match | $1,467,000 | CREATION OF THE ORTHOPEDIC DATA INNOVATION LAB (ODIL) AT THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY | Unmatched Help match |
| Swaniti Initiative Houston, TX · EIN 45-3964226 | $1,460,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CARBON NEGATIVE RICE CULTIVATION IN INDIA. | Same address 1.00 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY · EIN 13-6171197 | $1,300,000 | WEAVING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THROUGHOUT THE MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM | Same address 1.00 |
| Homeworld Collective Somerville, MA · EIN 88-2741229 | $1,200,000 | BUILDING THE CLIMATE BIOTECH COMMUNITY THROUGH COMMON TARGETS AND FAST GRANTS. | Same city 1.00 |
| Actuate Innovation Palo Alto, CA · no confident EIN match | $1,200,000 | ACTUATE CLIMATE FOR DEEP DEMAND FLEXIBILITY | Unmatched Help match |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-0969449 | $1,193,428 | THE LINCC ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK: AN OPEN, SCALABLE SYSTEM FOR SCIENCE WITH THE LSST | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| University of Washington Foundation C/O University of Washington Seattle, WA · EIN 94-3079432 | $1,179,808 | LINCC ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK: AN OPEN, SCALABLE SYSTEM FOR SCIENCE WITH THE LSST | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| US Digital Response Oakland, CA · EIN 86-3759883 | $1,150,000 | USDR COMMONAPP COLLABORATION | TECH TALENT, COMMON APP | Same street 1.00 |
| University of Rochester Rochester, NY · EIN 16-0743209 | $1,149,057 | FETCH4: FATE, EMISSIONS, AND TRANSPORT OF CH4 IN PAST AND MODERN ATMOSPHERES | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · EIN 95-1643307 | $1,146,570 | AI ACCELERATING SCIENCE: NEURAL OPERATORS FOR LEARNING MULTI-SCALE MULTI-PHYSICS PROCESSES | Same address 1.00 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA · EIN 94-1156365 | $1,026,270 | A DATA-INFORMED FRAMEWORK FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF SUB-GRID SCALE GRAVITY WAVES TO IMPROVE CLIMATE PREDICTION (M2LINES) | Known alias 1.00 |
| Global Fund for Women San Francisco, CA · EIN 77-0155782 | $1,000,000 | IN SUPPORT OF BLACK WOMEN EXECUTIVE LEADERS (B-WEL). | Same street 1.00 |
| Eedi London, UK · outside the US | $1,000,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LEVI YEAR 2: EEDI. | Foreign |
| Meridian Prime Dillion, CO · no confident EIN match | $1,000,000 | AI SAFETY FUND WITH THE FRONTIER MODEL FORUM | Unmatched Help match |
| Cambridge in America New York, NY · EIN 52-6071299 | $964,687 | THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE VESRI CORE TEAM SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARE CENTER (VESRI-CC) LLC INTEREST DATE: 12/31/2023 FAIR MARKET VALUE: 964,687 | Same city 1.00 |
| Carnegie Learning Pittsburgh, PA · no confident EIN match | $900,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT LEARNING ENGINEERING VIRTUAL INSTITUTE YEAR 2: CARNEGIE LEARNING MATHSTREAM | Unmatched Help match |
| Rising International Education and Learning Limited Ebene Cybercity, MP · outside the US | $900,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LEARNING ENGINEERING VIRTUAL INSTITUTE YEAR 2: RISING ACADEMIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TUTORING IN AFRICA. | Foreign |
| Every Cure Philadelphia, PA · EIN 92-0240717 | $825,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR WORK APPLYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO BIOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE IN EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY THE MOST PROMISING THERAPE… | Exact name 1.00 |
| University of Western Ontario London, CA · outside the US | $825,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR WORK IDENTIFYING LONG COVID SUB-PHENOTYPES WITH A COMBINATION OF MACHINE LEARNING, LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS, TARGETED PROTEOMICS WITH PROXIMITY EXTENSION ASSAYS, TARGETED METABOLOMICS WITH LC-MS/1 H NMR, AND BIOINFORMATI | Foreign |
8 more lines ($1.61M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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22 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.