Virginia · Private foundation
Charles E Smith Family Foundation
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.
- $818k
- Granted FY2022
- 10
- Grants FY2022
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of Charles E Smith Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Jewish Federation Of Greater Washington Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Charles E Smith Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $818k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 4
- Total assets, FY2022
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 30% of the organizations Charles E Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $530k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 10 | $818k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $2.2M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $2.3M | 13% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $3.7M | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc | $6,850,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation | $1,125,038 | 9 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $622,000 | 3 | 0% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | $470,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Inc | $460,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Bender Jcc of Greater Washington | $460,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | $405,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Gesher School Inc | $117,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc | $6,850,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation | $1,125,038 | 9 | n/a |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $622,000 | 3 | 0% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America | $470,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Inc | $460,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Bender Jcc of Greater Washington | $460,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | $405,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Gesher School Inc | $117,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington Inc | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $35,000 | 5 | n/a |
| National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel | $32,500 | 4 | 13% |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles E 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.
Open a dossier: The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation · Aviv Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Charles E Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Charles E Smith Family Foundation give?
- Charles E Smith Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $817,500 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Charles E Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Philanthropy (31%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Charles E Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc ($6.8M), Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation ($1.1M), American Friends of Hebrew University Inc ($622k).
- Does Charles E Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles E 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 Charles E Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation, The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation, Leslie & Samuel Kaplan Family Foundation.
- Where is Charles E Smith Family Foundation based?
- Charles E Smith Family Foundation is based in VA.
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