Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation

• This foundation funds education, scholarships, health & medicine, human & social services and emergency relief, so it suits nonprofits working in those areas.
• Its geographic focus is Minnesota (including Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington), Florida (including Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee), plus California and Colorado; for California and Colorado, giving is by invitation only, so unsolicited approaches there are not appropriate.
• In terms of size, most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 4,494 grants fall between $2,000 and $45,000, with a median grant of $5,000, so a modest request is realistic, though the largest grant on record was $10,000,000.
• Its application method is not stated, so check directly with the foundation for how to approach it and when.
• Seventy per cent of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the two prior filings, suggesting it leans towards relationships with organisations it already knows, so new applicants should be prepared for a competitive landscape.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• American Cancer Society · Health
  $10,000,0002024 tax year
• Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation · Health
  $3,000,0002024 tax year
• Catholic Schools Center of Excellence · Education
  $1,873,0002024 tax year
• University of St Thomas · Education
  $1,266,3252024 tax year
• Catholic Schools Center of Excellence · Education
  $1,050,0002024 tax year
• University of Minnesota Foundation · Education
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Childrens Health Care Foundation · Health
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• University of St Thomas · Education
  $952,3122024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.