Wendy Schmidt
@wendyschmidt.bsky.social
Philanthropist, investor, optimist. Working to make the world healthy, resilient and secure for all. https://wendyschmidt.com/
Threats to funding and freedom in art and science belie the deep connections between the two seemingly disparate disciplines, and their combined power to address our most pressing problems. Read my op-ed: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/14/a... @schmidtocean.bsky.social @schmidtsciences.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Threats to funding and freedom in art and science belie the deep connections between the two seemingly disparate disciplines, and their combined power to address our most pressing problems. Read my op-ed: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/14/a... @schmidtocean.bsky.social @schmidtsciences.bsky.social
For 20 years, Eric & I have pursued philanthropy to seek new frontiers, whether in the deep sea or in the profound connections that link people and our planet. With the Schmidt Observatory System, we're enabling multiple approaches to understanding the vast universe. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/s...
Google’s Former C.E.O. Wants to Build a Cosmic Search Engine
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January 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
For 20 years, Eric & I have pursued philanthropy to seek new frontiers, whether in the deep sea or in the profound connections that link people and our planet. With the Schmidt Observatory System, we're enabling multiple approaches to understanding the vast universe. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/s...
If you’re in D.C. over Christmas, please visit the Smithsonian to see the rare Pachycephalosaurus skull Eric and I donated through our foundation... wapo.st/45kOE0X
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you’re in D.C. over Christmas, please visit the Smithsonian to see the rare Pachycephalosaurus skull Eric and I donated through our foundation... wapo.st/45kOE0X
The Public Media Bridge Fund that we support through our foundation just announced $26 million in grants that will benefit 74 public media organizations. Together, they operate 186 radio and television stations that serve over 30 million Americans. publicmedia.co/bridge-fund-...
Bridge Fund Awards $26 Million - Public Media Company
Public Media Bridge Fund Awards $26 Million in Stabilization Grants for At-Risk Public Media Stations More than 70 grantees—operating over 180 radio and television stations— nationwide will receive cr...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Public Media Bridge Fund that we support through our foundation just announced $26 million in grants that will benefit 74 public media organizations. Together, they operate 186 radio and television stations that serve over 30 million Americans. publicmedia.co/bridge-fund-...
We are excited to support this simple, effective solution to repopulate kelp forests. It all starts with a seed attached to a rock.... www.seaforester.org/news/seafore...
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We are excited to support this simple, effective solution to repopulate kelp forests. It all starts with a seed attached to a rock.... www.seaforester.org/news/seafore...
Why is Bob Ross up for sale at an art auction tomorrow? Because the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been defunded. Read my op-ed to see what’s really at stake in a world without local public media: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Bob Ross is once again ready to help save public media
Works by the late painter will go up for auction in L.A. on Tuesday to support local TV and radio after "crooked trees" in D.C. pulled back funds approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Why is Bob Ross up for sale at an art auction tomorrow? Because the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been defunded. Read my op-ed to see what’s really at stake in a world without local public media: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
We need to improve our understanding of how carbon cycles through our soil, sea and skies to make better predictions for our future. That’s why @schmidtsciences.bsky.social will give up to $45 million for the Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle…. www.schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-scie...
October 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We need to improve our understanding of how carbon cycles through our soil, sea and skies to make better predictions for our future. That’s why @schmidtsciences.bsky.social will give up to $45 million for the Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle…. www.schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-scie...
Excited to share the latest issue of Nautilus, created in partnership with Schmidt Sciences, which profiles just a handful of the many scientists we support in their pursuit of discovery. www.schmidtsciences.org/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Excited to share the latest issue of Nautilus, created in partnership with Schmidt Sciences, which profiles just a handful of the many scientists we support in their pursuit of discovery. www.schmidtsciences.org/wp-content/u...
What an honor to celebrate Shantanu Agarwal, a grantee of the Schmidt Family Foundation, in the #Time100Next. See how his company, Mati Carbon, is revolutionizing carbon removal to benefit small farms in India: time.com/collections/...
Shantanu Agarwal Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next
Find out why Shantanu Agarwal is on this year’s list
time.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What an honor to celebrate Shantanu Agarwal, a grantee of the Schmidt Family Foundation, in the #Time100Next. See how his company, Mati Carbon, is revolutionizing carbon removal to benefit small farms in India: time.com/collections/...
I sat down with my Jigsaw colleague Alex Gibney and @fastcompany.com ’s Brendan Vaughan to talk about why storytelling—all of our stories—matter if our world is ever going to be healthy, resilient and secure: www.fastcompany.com/video/invest... #fastcompanyinnovationfestival
Investing in Impact: Alex Gibney and Wendy Schmidt on Storytelling That Matters
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has spent his career uncovering mass corruption and scandals across Big Tech, politics, and corporate America with films including Enron: The Sm...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I sat down with my Jigsaw colleague Alex Gibney and @fastcompany.com ’s Brendan Vaughan to talk about why storytelling—all of our stories—matter if our world is ever going to be healthy, resilient and secure: www.fastcompany.com/video/invest... #fastcompanyinnovationfestival
Reposted by Wendy Schmidt
Philanthropy is vital in advancing the science needed to address global challenges. Our co-founder @wendyschmidt.bsky.social is an inspiring example. Thank you for your unwavering support for science @schmidtocean.bsky.social @schmidtsciences.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
Why Billionaire Wendy Schmidt Is ‘Doubling Down’ On Climate Science In The Age Of Trump
How billionaire Wendy Schmidt became a crucial funder of science and climate research amid political rollbacks—backing ocean discovery, data access, and storytelling.
www.forbes.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Philanthropy is vital in advancing the science needed to address global challenges. Our co-founder @wendyschmidt.bsky.social is an inspiring example. Thank you for your unwavering support for science @schmidtocean.bsky.social @schmidtsciences.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/elisab...
More than 3 million people tuned into @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s expedition livestream off the coast of Argentina, sparking a dialogue about the value of scientific exploration. Watch the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTLt...
Celebrating the Deep | Underwater Oases of the Mar Del Plata Canyon
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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September 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
More than 3 million people tuned into @schmidtocean.bsky.social’s expedition livestream off the coast of Argentina, sparking a dialogue about the value of scientific exploration. Watch the footage here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTLt...
Public media is essential across the U.S. and across the partisan divide. With the loss of federal funds, we are working to save these vital sources of news, emergency alerts, cultural programming and civic engagement. 11thhourproject.org/foundations-...
August 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Public media is essential across the U.S. and across the partisan divide. With the loss of federal funds, we are working to save these vital sources of news, emergency alerts, cultural programming and civic engagement. 11thhourproject.org/foundations-...
What if we were missing a key part of Earth’s biodiversity—one that was right under our noses, or rather, our feet? Read about grantee SPUN’s latest finding, that less than 10% of mycorrhizal fungi are currently in environmentally protected areas. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/s...
There’s Fungus Among Us. But Where Exactly?
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July 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What if we were missing a key part of Earth’s biodiversity—one that was right under our noses, or rather, our feet? Read about grantee SPUN’s latest finding, that less than 10% of mycorrhizal fungi are currently in environmentally protected areas. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/s...
It was a pleasure chatting with @weareagog.bsky.social's @chipgiller.bsky.social and James Pollard of @apnews.com about how philanthropy can support science, ethical and inclusive AI and the power of immersive reality....
apnews.com/article/wend...
apnews.com/article/wend...
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It was a pleasure chatting with @weareagog.bsky.social's @chipgiller.bsky.social and James Pollard of @apnews.com about how philanthropy can support science, ethical and inclusive AI and the power of immersive reality....
apnews.com/article/wend...
apnews.com/article/wend...
The United Nations Ocean Conference made significant strides. What can we do now to keep momentum going until the next meeting in 2028? @donabertarelli.bsky.social of @dbphilanthropy.bsky.social and I answer that question: time.com/7298700/why-...
The Ocean Still Holds Mysteries. That's Why We Must Save It
The more we explore and protect the ocean, the more we benefit, whether in the form of economic returns or scientific breakthroughs.
time.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The United Nations Ocean Conference made significant strides. What can we do now to keep momentum going until the next meeting in 2028? @donabertarelli.bsky.social of @dbphilanthropy.bsky.social and I answer that question: time.com/7298700/why-...
We brought the deep sea to Times Square for World Ocean Month! @schmidtocean.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We brought the deep sea to Times Square for World Ocean Month! @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Proud to support, through @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, the advanced computational architecture and software tools needed to comb through data coming in from @vrubinobs.bsky.social -- first images here: rubinobservatory.org/news/first-i...
Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | Rubin Observatory
From distant stars and galaxies to asteroids whizzing through the Solar System, this next-generation facility unveils its first imagery and brings the night sky to life like never before
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June 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Proud to support, through @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, the advanced computational architecture and software tools needed to comb through data coming in from @vrubinobs.bsky.social -- first images here: rubinobservatory.org/news/first-i...
A tiger never changes its stripes, but unfortunately, the Earth does, and the redder stripes get, the more our planet warms. This summer equinox, #ShowYourStripes. Find out more about the effort @climatecentral.org www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
June 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A tiger never changes its stripes, but unfortunately, the Earth does, and the redder stripes get, the more our planet warms. This summer equinox, #ShowYourStripes. Find out more about the effort @climatecentral.org www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Empathy is the root of social action, and XR/VR has enormous potential to get us inside another person’s experience. That’s why @chipgiller.bsky.social and I founded @weareagog.bsky.social. If you’re in New York, please check out the immersive works at Tribeca! www.tribecafilm.com/festival/imm...
June 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Empathy is the root of social action, and XR/VR has enormous potential to get us inside another person’s experience. That’s why @chipgiller.bsky.social and I founded @weareagog.bsky.social. If you’re in New York, please check out the immersive works at Tribeca! www.tribecafilm.com/festival/imm...
What the world needs now...
May 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What the world needs now...
Mother’s Day morning perfection!
May 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Mother’s Day morning perfection!
Our hearts? Tripled. Our arms? Quadrupled. Our lives? Forever transformed by this baby.
Meet the juvenile colossal squid—complete with three hearts and eight arms (and two tentacles)—that’s stolen our hearts.
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/s...
Meet the juvenile colossal squid—complete with three hearts and eight arms (and two tentacles)—that’s stolen our hearts.
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/s...
It Took a Century to Find This Colossal Squid (Gift Article)
An expedition spotted a baby of the species in the South Sandwich Islands. This cephalopod can grow to more than 20 feet and has proved elusive in its deep-sea environs.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Our hearts? Tripled. Our arms? Quadrupled. Our lives? Forever transformed by this baby.
Meet the juvenile colossal squid—complete with three hearts and eight arms (and two tentacles)—that’s stolen our hearts.
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/s...
Meet the juvenile colossal squid—complete with three hearts and eight arms (and two tentacles)—that’s stolen our hearts.
@schmidtocean.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/s...
When it looked like our local market, the beloved Tri-County Produce, would close its doors, we knew we had to do something… www.independent.com/2025/04/21/h...
How Two Santa Barbara Philanthropists Stepped in to Preserve Tri-County Produce
Wendy and Eric Schmidt’s investment will allow the beloved market to continue running under local ownership.
www.independent.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When it looked like our local market, the beloved Tri-County Produce, would close its doors, we knew we had to do something… www.independent.com/2025/04/21/h...