California · Private foundation
Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $217k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 38
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 40 | $217k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $166k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $168k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $216k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $245k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $190k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $184k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $177k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Louisville Urban League Inc | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc | $56,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Louisville Story Program | $55,300 | 8 | 3% |
| Speed Art Museum | $50,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc | $45,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Center for Women and Families Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Kentucky Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Fund for the Arts Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($450k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc give?
- Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc reported 40 grants totaling $217,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Housing & Shelter (11%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Louisville Urban League Inc ($105k), Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc ($57k), Louisville Story Program ($55k).
- Does Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Snowy Owl Foundation Inc, The Gheens Foundation Inc.
- Where is Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc based?
- Arthur K Smith Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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