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Grants paid by The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation, tax year 2020

EIN 46-3460261 · Palo Alto, CA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20

In tax year 2020, The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation (EIN 46-3460261) reported 86 grants paid totaling $36,320,561. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2020

Grants reported by The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation for tax year 2020
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2020	The Rhodes Trust Oxford	D	$4,239,611	paid	SCHMIDT SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION	202103199349104215
2020	The Rhodes Trust Oxford	D	$2,423,527	paid	AWARDS EARMARKED TO 43 INDIVIDUALS IN THE SCHMIDT SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM	202103199349104215
2020	University of Reading Reading	D	$2,178,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE LAND ECOSYSTEM MODELS BASED ON NEW THEORY, OBSERVATIONS, AND EXPERIMENTS (LEMONTREE) VESRI PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Mission Asset Fund San Francisco, CA	B	$1,750,000	paid	SUPPORT MAF RAPID RESPONSE FUND: EMERGENCY GRANTS TO VULNERABLE FAMILIES	202103199349104215
2020	New York University New York, NY	B	$1,725,864	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE M2LINES - MULTISCALE MACHINE LEARNING IN COUPLED EARTH SYSTEM MODELING (VESRI) PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Teachers College Columbia University New York, NY	B	$1,250,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE LEARNING ENGINEERING APPRENTICE PROGRAM (LEAP) PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	U	$1,230,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAREER ADVANCEMENT CHAIRS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR AI RESEARCHERS	202103199349104215
2020	Entos Inc Los Angeles, CA	U	$1,130,500	paid	TO SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY SUPPORTING ENVISION: A CHEMICAL DISCOVERY PLATFORM FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION	202103199349104215
2020	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA	C	$1,075,218	paid	SUPPORT FOR A DATA-INFORMED FRAMEWORK FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF SUB-GRID SCALE GRAVITY WAVES TO IMPROVE CLIMATE PREDICTION (VESRI) PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Activate Global Inc Berkeley, CA	C	$1,000,000	paid	SEEDING THE SCIENCE ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK	202103199349104215
2020	United Way of Dane County Inc Madison, WI	B	$1,000,000	paid	TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CONNECT RX WISCONSIN (ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON)	202103199349104215
2020	Regents of the University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	C	$800,000	approved, future	ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS TO TRACK THE EVOLVING GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE (KEELING CURVE)	202103199349104215
2020	Regents of the University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	U	$799,995	paid	SUPPORT THE LEARNING ENGINEERING: INSTRUMENTING A LARGE-SCALE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Ellen Macarthur Foundation Cowes	U	$755,699	paid	THE SCHMIDT MACARTHUR HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME	202103199349104215
2020	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	B	$750,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE PRINCETON GERRYMANDERING PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	The Learning Agency LLC Washington, DC	U	$750,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR SEEDING IMAGENETS FOR EDUCATION, WHICH DESIGNS AND LAUNCHES DATA SCIENCE CHALLENGES AND DERIVES INSIGHT FOR THE FIELD.	202103199349104215
2020	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	U	$700,000	paid	CUSTOMIZING A DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORM FOR RAPID, LOW-COST RESEARCH	202103199349104215
2020	William Marsh Rice University Houston, TX	B	$699,376	approved, future	SUPPORT FOR A DATA-INFORMED FRAMEWORK FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF SUB-GRID SCALE GRAVITY	202103199349104215
2020	Arizona State University Foundation Tempe, AZ	U	$500,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM - ENFUEGO PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Wellbeing Elevated Inc Park City, UT	U	$500,000	paid	PROVIDING A FREE TECH-ENABLED, PREVENTIVE MENTAL HEALTH SOLUTION FOCUSED ON SERVING COLLEGE STUDENTS.	202103199349104215
2020	Wattb Inc Bellevue, WA	U	$500,000	paid	SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY SUPPORTING THE UNLOCKING ELECTRICITY PRICE DATA AT SCALE PROJECT TO BUILD A CANONICAL, OPEN, PUBLIC-USE DATABASE OF ELECTRICITY PRICES ACROSS THE U.S.	202103199349104215
2020	Ohio State University Foundation Columbus, OH	C	$500,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR OPPORTUNITY PORT (ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM)	202103199349104215
2020	African Leadership Foundation New York, NY	C	$500,000	paid	SUPPORT THE PARAGON: FUTURE LEADERS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	U	$499,990	paid	INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTATIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AT THE COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL	202103199349104215
2020	Colorado Workforce Development Council Denver, CO	U	$495,000	paid	MY COLORADO JOURNEY PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	State of Michigan Office of Financial Management Lansing, MI	U	$488,020	paid	BUREAU OF LABOR MARKET INFORMATION AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Do Something Inc New York, NY	C	$450,000	paid	SUPPORT YOUTH ENGAGEMENT THROUGH VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS	202103199349104215
2020	The Rhodes Trust Oxford	D	$443,206	paid	RISE, AN INITIATIVE OF SCHMIDT FUTURES AND THE RHODES TRUST	202103199349104215
2020	Founders for Good Ltd London	U	$400,000	paid	SUPPORT CAPACITY AND OUTREACH	202103199349104215
2020	Banjo Inc South Jordan, UT	U	$399,880	paid	LIVE INTELLIGENCE OPIOID SOLUTION PROJECT TO USE DATA TO LOWER RECIDIVISM AND INCREASE TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTS	202103199349104215
2020	The Learning Agency LLC Washington, DC	U	$350,000	paid	SUPPORT THE COVID-19 AT HOME PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Buckminster Fuller Institute San Francisco, CA	B	$350,000	paid	SUPPORT LOW COST HEARING AIDS FOR ELDERLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES	202103199349104215
2020	The Rhodes Trust Oxford	D	$326,707	approved, future	RISE, AN INITIATIVE OF SCHMIDT FUTURES AND THE RHODES TRUST	202103199349104215
2020	Spurs Give San Antonio, TX	U	$285,000	paid	GENERAL SPONSORSHIP	202103199349104215
2020	Oxford Teachers Academy Minneapolis, MN	U	$250,000	paid	SUPPORT EXPANDING TEACHER ACCREDITATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE BACHELORS DEGREE PROGRAM	202103199349104215
2020	Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc Washington, DC	U	$250,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES AND WORKERS FUND	202103199349104215
2020	Baltimore Corps Inc Baltimore, MD	B	$250,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL EXPANSION OF BALTIMORE CORPS' IN THE TIME OF COVID-19	202103199349104215
2020	Mercatus Center Inc Arlington, VA	B	$250,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR EMERGENT VENTURES: SEED FUNDING FOR EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS	202103199349104215
2020	Mitchell Kapor Foundation Oakland, CA	B	$250,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE ONWARDUS INITIATIVE	202103199349104215
2020	Community Data Platforms Inc Nantucket, MA	U	$240,000	paid	SUPPORT INFORMATION BEING DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEFRAY COSTS OF ENGAGING IN THE PLATFORM	202103199349104215
2020	Universite de Montreal Montreal	U	$219,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE GRAVITATIONAL LENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF SKY SURVEYS PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Armand Hammer United World College of the American West Montezuma, NM	B	$200,000	approved, future	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349104215
2020	Regents of the University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	C	$200,000	paid	ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS TO TRACK THE EVOLVING GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE (KEELING CURVE)	202103199349104215
2020	Valorum Data LLC New York, NY	U	$200,000	paid	SEEDING A COVID-19 MODELING DATA COLLABORATIVE	202103199349104215
2020	President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA	B	$200,000	paid	ETHICS IN THE LAB: A NOVEL COLLABORATION FOR TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE	202103199349104215
2020	The Learning Agency LLC Washington, DC	U	$200,000	paid	SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COVID - VENTILATOR VIDEOS	202103199349104215
2020	Baker Edm Lab Inc Wayne, PA	U	$200,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR LEARNING ENGINEERING PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	National Center for Civic Innovation Inc New York, NY	B	$200,000	paid	SUPPORT INNOVATE NJ - DATA FOR THE AMERICAN PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA	B	$198,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE HARVARD-CORNELL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EXPERTISE IN COVID RESPONSE	202103199349104215
2020	New York University New York, NY	B	$190,981	paid	SUPPORT FOR A DATA-INFORMED FRAMEWORK FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF SUB-GRID SCALE GRAVITY WAVES TO IMPROVE CLIMATE PREDICTION (VESRI) PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$175,000	paid	TO SUPPORT IMPACT LABS.	202103199349104215
2020	Ff Creator Limited London	U	$175,000	paid	SUPPORT THE SEEDING OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL TALENT NETWORK AT ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ACROSS EUROPE BY DEVELOPING AND OFFERING TRAINING PROGRAMS	202103199349104215
2020	William Marsh Rice University Houston, TX	B	$173,130	paid	SUPPORT FOR A DATA-INFORMED FRAMEWORK FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF SUB-GRID SCALE GRAVITY W	202103199349104215
2020	Fund for the City of New York Inc New York, NY	U	$152,240	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE REIMAGINE NY COMMISSION TELEHEALTH FACILITATOR PILOT	202103199349104215
2020	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	B	$150,000	paid	ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM	202103199349104215
2020	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Berkeley, CA	D	$150,000	paid	NATIONAL MATH FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP	202103199349104215
2020	Arizona State University Foundation Tempe, AZ	U	$150,000	paid	ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM	202103199349104215
2020	Entangled Solutions LLC San Francisco, CA	U	$150,000	paid	TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL COMPETITION THAT SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF ACCELERATED TRAINING MODELS	202103199349104215
2020	Ohio State University Foundation Columbus, OH	C	$150,000	paid	ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM	202103199349104215
2020	Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Washington, DC	C	$150,000	paid	SUPPORT THE 88 CHINA HANDS VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT AND CONFERENCE	202103199349104215
2020	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Madison, WI	C	$150,000	paid	ALLIANCE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM	202103199349104215
2020	Sky9 Hk Limited Hong Kong	U	$140,000	paid	SUPPORT CORONAVIRUS RELIEF EFFORTS BY DISTRIBUTING FREE MEDICAL MASKS TO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS	202103199349104215
2020	Climate Science Ltd London	U	$133,000	paid	TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLIMATE SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL APPLICATION	202103199349104215
2020	Haqdarshak Empowerment Solutions Private Limited Bangalore	U	$120,000	paid	RELIEF OF POVERTY BY EDUCATING UNORGANIZED WORKER CITIZENS IN LOW-INCOME JOBS HOW TO GET BENEFITS OF GOVERNMENT WELFARE PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO	202103199349104215
2020	Technische Universitt Dortmund Dortmund	U	$108,000	paid	TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COGNITIVE ABILITY RESOURCE FOR LARGE SCALE INTERNATIONAL MOBILE APPLICATIONS	202103199349104215
2020	Armand Hammer United World College of the American West Montezuma, NM	B	$100,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349104215
2020	Policy Impact Sacramento, CA	U	$100,000	paid	SUPPORT THE PATRIOTS AND PRAGMATICS PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Global Citizen Year Inc Oakland, CA	D	$100,000	paid	TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LAUNCHING THE LEADERS OUR WORLD NEEDS NOW PROGRAM	202103199349104215
2020	Global Citizen Year Inc Oakland, CA	D	$100,000	approved, future	TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LAUNCHING THE LEADERS OUR WORLD NEEDS NOW PROGRAM	202103199349104215
2020	Watttime Corporation Oakland, CA	C	$100,000	paid	SUPPORT THE POWER PLAN MONITORING AND AUTOMATED EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Washington, DC	B	$94,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR UPGRADING ELECTION PROTECTION TOOLS TO ENABLE IMPROVED OPERATIONS	202103199349104215
2020	New Georgia Project Incorporated Atlanta, GA	B	$75,000	paid	TO PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN GEORGIA	202103199349104215
2020	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$75,000	paid	SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP	202103199349104215
2020	Society for Science & the Public Washington, DC	B	$50,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE VIRTUAL ISEF 2020 AND FAIR DIRECTORS' VIRTUAL INFORMATION GATHERING SESSION	202103199349104215
2020	Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY	C	$50,000	paid	SUPPORT TO THE THEORY OF THE FOUNDATION LEARNING COLLABORATIVE	202103199349104215
2020	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$50,000	paid	OPEN RESEARCH FUNDERS GROUP MEMBERSHIP	202103199349104215
2020	The Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DC	B	$50,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR TECH AND TALENT: ROUNDTABLE ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE TECHNOLOGY WORKSPACE	202103199349104215
2020	The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA	C	$50,000	paid	TO CREATE DIGITAL MATERIALS THAT SUPPORT POLL WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING	202103199349104215
2020	Carnegie Learning Inc Pittsburgh, PA	U	$50,000	paid	TO PROMOTE EDUCATION. SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF LIVEHINT: TUTORING FOR REMOTE TEXTBOOK USE PROJECT	202103199349104215
2020	Luminary Labs LLC New York, NY	U	$50,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE HHS COVID-X PLATFORM PROTOTYPE PROJECT THAT ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.	202103199349104215
2020	Dimagi Inc Cambridge, MA	U	$50,000	paid	CREATING DATA COLLECTION OF COVID INFORMATION FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS. TO SUPPORT CLOUDWORKS: A PLATFORM FOR SCALING DIAGNOSTICS AND ESERVICES.	202103199349104215
2020	Arizona Advocacy Foundation Inc Phoenix, AZ	D	$50,000	paid	TO DEFEND AND DEEPEN ARIZONAS COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY	202103199349104215
2020	Syzygy LLC Dover, DE	U	$50,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING HEALTHCARE CAPACITY WITH IMPACTED INDUSTRIES OF COVID-19	202103199349104215
2020	University of Rhode Island Foundation and Alumni Engagement Kingston, RI	B	$50,000	paid	TO CONDUCT AND DISSEMINATE RESEARCH THAT INFORMS SAFE AND SECURE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION	202103199349104215
2020	Vtc Tax Credits LLC Castle Rock, CO	U	$50,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR IMPACTING VETERAN UNEMPLOYMENT BY HELPING VETERANS AND BUSINESS LEVERAGE THE VETERAN TAX CREDIT PROGRAM	202103199349104215
2020	The Aspen Institute Inc Washington, DC	B	$50,000	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM ON PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION	202103199349104215
2020	The Brenthurst Foundation(pty) Ltd Johannesburg	U	$39,600	paid	SUPPORT FOR THE INTRA-AFRICAN STUDY OF COVID RESPONSE - PART 2	202103199349104215
2020	National Conference On Citizenship Washington, DC	C	$20,000	paid	TO PROMOTE CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.	202103199349104215
2020	Creo Family Office Syndicate Inc New York, NY	C	$12,500	paid	SPONSORSHIP / MEMBERSHIP	202103199349104215
2020	Council On Technology & Society Alameda, CA	C	$10,000	paid	SPONSORSHIP / MEMBERSHIP	202103199349104215
2020	Education Matters Africa Foundation North Haven, CT	B	$600	paid	GENERAL SUPPORT	202103199349104215

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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.

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