Illinois · Private foundation
Dale and Deborah Smith 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.
- $865k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $865k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $220k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois College | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Abraham Lincoln Memorial Garden Foundation Inc | $305,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Artreach St Croix | $84,000 | 3 | 13% |
| The Classical Theatre of Harlem Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Central Illinois Foodbank Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bennington College Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
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About Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation
- How much does Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation give?
- Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $865,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (46%), Environment (28%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Illinois College ($500k), Abraham Lincoln Memorial Garden Foundation Inc ($305k), Artreach St Croix ($84k).
- Does Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dale and Deborah Smith 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 Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation based?
- Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation is based in IL.
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