Jeremiah Program
RMSFF grantee, Jeremiah Program, prepares determined single mothers to excel in the workforce, readies their children to succeed in school, and reduces generational dependence on public assistance. Read more.
The Sunshine Foundation
RMSFF grantee, Sunshine Foundation of Central Florida, fulfills the dreams of children with life-long chronic conditions but who don’t qualify for other wish-granting organizations. Read more here.
Camp Fire Minnesota Tanadoona
Camp Fire Minnesota, an RMSFF grantee since 2007, captures the glory of a summer’s day at the beach or a winter’s hike in the woods: Tanadoona. Here, young people discover something many didn’t even know they were looking for. Themselves. Read more.
Our Foundation's Emphasis
“Can we make life better for those who don’t have as much or who suffer in multiple numbers of ways?”
– Richard M. Schulze
Applications
Grants
Spring 2020 Cycle LOI Deadline
Spring 2020 Invited Applications
Attention Mental Health Service Providers!
Funding guidelines have changed to an invitation only format. Read more here.
Scholarships
2020 New College Scholar Applicants
Early Learning Scholarships
Recent News
- The new Catholic Charities St. Paul Opportunity Center has a two-floor “opportunity center” and is named for the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, which made a lead $5 million donation to the effort. Read more here.
RMSFF Grantee, the American Cancer Society, announces two ACS-funded researchers were awarded the most prestigious honor in science, the Nobel Prize! Read more here.
- Gilda’s Club Twin Cities is looking for honest, personal reflections and original insights by writers 13-18 years old who demonstrate an authentic ability to move readers by sharing their cancer experience. Learn more in their brochure here. Listen to other stories here.
Who We Are
The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation began its work in 2004 with the charge from its founder to support transformational change for the benefit of mankind. The Foundation has consistently directed its primary efforts and resources toward matters of importance in human & social services, education, and health & medicine. It continues to do so today with a focus on investments that produce specific and measurable outcomes with a geographic emphasis on the Twin Cities (Minnesota) seven-county metropolitan area and Lee and Collier counties in Florida. In all of its activities, the foundation embraces its founder’s beliefs in the value of innovation and in improving the lives of middle- and working-class families.
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