Iowa · Private foundation
Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio
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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,467
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $893k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 12 | $45k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $44k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $51k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $44k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $50k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $57k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmetsburg Educational Foundation | $31,328 | 4 | 16% |
| Emmetsburg Chamber of Commerce | $20,625 | 4 | 8% |
| Five Island Trail Corporation | $18,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Palo Alto Arts Council | $17,119 | 6 | n/a |
| Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County Inc | $8,674 | 1 | 0% |
| Vocal Boosters of Emmetsburg | $7,797 | 3 | 7% |
| Palo Alto County Conservation Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palo Alto Gun Club | $3,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmetsburg Community Development | $3,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Emmetsburg Hot Shots Trapshooting Team Inc | $3,320 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmetsburg Educational Foundation | $31,328 | 4 | 16% |
| Emmetsburg Chamber of Commerce | $20,625 | 4 | 8% |
| Five Island Trail Corporation | $18,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Palo Alto Arts Council | $17,119 | 6 | n/a |
| Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County Inc | $8,674 | 1 | 0% |
| Vocal Boosters of Emmetsburg | $7,797 | 3 | 7% |
| Palo Alto County Conservation Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palo Alto Gun Club | $3,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmetsburg Community Development | $3,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Emmetsburg Hot Shots Trapshooting Team Inc | $3,320 | 2 | n/a |
| Emmetsburg Municipal Band Inc | $2,380 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwest Iowa Mental Health Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($314k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio
- How much does Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio give?
- Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio reported 12 grants totaling $45,343 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (27%), Human Services (27%), Education (18%).
- Who are Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emmetsburg Educational Foundation ($31k), Emmetsburg Chamber of Commerce ($21k), Five Island Trail Corporation ($19k).
- Does Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio 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 W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio based?
- Arthur W & Audrey F Smith Foundatio is based in IA.
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