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Who does The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation fund?

The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation has awarded $576 million across 893 grants to 518 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $167,732, with most between $50,000 and $500,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $400,000 versus $60,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$576.1M
Typical grant
$168K
Grantees
518
Grants
893
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 518 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
The Rhodes Trust $88.5M162020–20242024—
Convergent Research INC $67.0M132022–20242024MA
California Institute of Technology $26.0M172022–20242024CA
K Kyutai $21.5M22023–20242024— —
Future House INC $19.2M22023–20242024CA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $14.8M152022–20242024MA
The Barack Obama Foundation $10.0M120242024IL
Digital Harbor Foundation INC $9.6M42023–20242024MD
Cambridge in America $8.9M92022–20242024NY
University of Reading $8.6M42020–20242024—
New York University $8.6M82020–20242024NY
E European Organization for Nuclear Research (cern) $8.5M120232023— —
T The Regents of the University of California $8.4M52023–20242024— —
Institute of International Education INC $8.1M22023–20242024NY
University of Chicago $7.5M82023–20242024IL
I Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine $7.1M82022–20242024— —
University of Washington Foundation $6.6M62023–20242024WA
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford $6.2M42023–20242024NC
C Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique $6.2M42022–20242024— —
E Eedi Ltd $4.8M42022–20242024— —
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $4.5M62020–20242024CA
University of Western Ontario $4.4M52023–20242024—
N National Science Foundation $4.4M42022–20242024— —
Science and Technology Futures INC $4.3M52022–20242024MA
The Trustees of Princeton University $4.3M62020–20242024NJ
M Massachusetts Institute of Technolo $4.2M112022–20242024— —
Ganna Walska Lotusland $3.5M220242024CA
Carnegie Mellon University $3.4M82023–20242024PA
R Rising International Education and Learning Limited $3.3M32022–20242024— —
T The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System $3.3M32020–20242024— —
T The Board of Trustees of the Leland $3.2M52022–20242024— —
J Johns Hopkins University $3.1M42022–20242024— —
F Fondazione Bologna University Business School $3.0M120222022— —
Swaniti Initiative $3.0M22023–20242024TX
Governing Council of the University of Toronto $2.9M52022–20242024—
Cornell University $2.9M52023–20242024NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $2.8M32020–20242024NY
T The Regents of the University of Ca $2.5M62022–20242024— —
University of Rochester $2.5M22023–20242024NY
U UK Office of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation $2.5M220222022— —
U C San Diego Foundation $2.5M120232023CA
U University of New Mexico $2.5M32023–20242024— —
Homeworld Collective INC $2.4M22023–20242024MA
U University of Cape Town $2.3M22023–20242024— —
T The Learning Agency LLC $2.3M52020–20232023— —
A Arizona State University Foundation $2.3M82020–20242024— —
U University of Washington $2.2M220242024WA
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Arts and Sciences Foundation $2.0M120242024NC
University of British Columbia $2.0M42022–20242024—
T The Craft Education System $2.0M22022–20232023— —
N National Academy of Sciences $2.0M22023–20242024— —
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $1.9M220232023NY
US Digital Response $1.9M32022–20242024CA
Battelle Memorial Institute $1.9M120242024OH
R Regents of the University of Michigan $1.8M120242024MI
I Imperial College of Science Technol $1.8M52022–20242024— —
Science for America INC $1.8M120232023MA
Y Yale University $1.8M42023–20242024— —
C Carnegie Learning INC $1.8M32020–20242024— —
Mission Asset Fund $1.8M120202020CA
Every Cure INC $1.7M22023–20242024PA
Northeastern University $1.6M42022–20242024MA
N National University of Singapore $1.5M220242024— —
N Nanyang Technological University $1.5M220242024— —
Upwardly Global $1.5M22022–20232023NY
Npower INC $1.5M22022–20232023NY
T The Board of Regents of the Univers $1.5M32022–20242024— —
T Technion - Israel Institute of Tech $1.5M32022–20242024— —
C Climb Hire INC $1.5M22022–20232023CA
H Hospital for Special Surgery $1.5M120232023— —
University of Arizona Foundation $1.4M120242024AZ
U University of Exeter $1.4M22023–20242024— —
E Elicsir Foundation Ets $1.4M120242024— —
C Chancellor Masters Scholars of the $1.3M32022–20242024— —
Teachers College Columbia University $1.2M120202020NY
Propel America $1.2M22022–20232023MA
T Technion - Israel Institute of Technology $1.2M120202020— —
E Entos INC $1.2M22020–20222022— —
Actuate Innovation INC $1.2M120232023CA
I Individual recipient $1.2M120242024— —
President and Fellows of Harvard College $1.2M42020–20242024MA
Ohio State University Foundation $1.1M32020–20222022OH
U University of East Anglia $1.1M22023–20242024— —
M Municipality of Bologna $1.1M120242024— —
Merit America $1.0M22022–20232023DC
U University of Texas at Austin $1.0M42023–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $1.0M120242024— —
U University College London $1.0M32022–20242024— —
Precision Development INC $1.0M22022–20232023MA
W Wolfram Research INC $1.0M120242024— —
Trustees of Boston University $1.0M22022–20242024MA
Activate Global INC $1.0M120202020CA
A Atlantic Council of the US INC $1.0M320222022— —
Tel Aviv University $1.0M22023–20242024—
Organ Alliance INC $1.0M22023–20242024NY
Southern Education Foundation INC $1.0M22023–20242024GA
U University of Glasgow Court $1.0M120222022— —
United Way of Dane County INC $1.0M120202020WI
University of Colorado Foundation $1.0M22023–20242024CO
Global Fund for Women INC $1.0M120232023CA

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