Michigan · Private foundation
Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $302k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $44,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $302k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $280k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $238k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $193k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $174k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $156k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $162k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Beechpoint Inc | $322,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $193,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc | $79,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $66,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Mailbox Club Inc | $57,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $36,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $34,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Filter of Hope Inc | $33,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bible Tracts Inc | $27,000 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Beechpoint Inc | $322,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $193,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc | $79,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $66,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Mailbox Club Inc | $57,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $36,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $34,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Filter of Hope Inc | $33,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bible Tracts Inc | $27,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Congregational Kitchen | $25,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Big Creek Missions | $24,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Bible Visuals International Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Finisterre Vision | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Biblical Counseling Ministries | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Restoration Ministries Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($682k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation 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 Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation give?
- Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $302,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (53%), Youth Development (24%), Community Improvement (6%).
- Who are Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Camp Beechpoint Inc ($322k), Billy Graham Evangelistic Association ($193k), Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc ($79k).
- Does Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation 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 Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation based?
- Bill & Lois Smith Family Foundation is based in MI.
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