Maryland · Private foundation
David D 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.
- $679k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $316,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations David D Smith Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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 | 7 | $679k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $2.4M | 36% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.3M | 56% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $1.1M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $782k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $797k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerstell Academy Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc | $1,450,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gbmc Foundation Inc | $817,708 | 5 | n/a |
| Citizens Alliance of America Foundation Inc | $566,000 | 2 | 20% |
| American Transparency | $475,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Beloved Community Services Corporation | $290,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Young Americans for Liberty Foundation | $286,122 | 1 | 7% |
| Project Veritas | $275,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moms for America Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerstell Academy Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc | $1,450,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gbmc Foundation Inc | $817,708 | 5 | n/a |
| Citizens Alliance of America Foundation Inc | $566,000 | 2 | 20% |
| American Transparency | $475,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Beloved Community Services Corporation | $290,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Young Americans for Liberty Foundation | $286,122 | 1 | 7% |
| Project Veritas | $275,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moms for America Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Capital Research Center | $199,999 | 3 | 1% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute for Preservation and Progress Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wheels for Change Inc | $29,826 | 1 | 50% |
| Upperco Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $29,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Land Preservation Trust Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Saddle Up Scholars Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Citizen Journalism Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ulman Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Frank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($506k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
David D Smith Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Donors Trust Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc · The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
Compare David D Smith Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to David D Smith Family Foundation Inc?
Find your warmest path to David D Smith Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About David D Smith Family Foundation Inc
- How much does David D Smith Family Foundation Inc give?
- David D Smith Family Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $679,333 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does David D Smith Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Public Benefit (22%), Health (11%).
- Who are David D Smith Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Gerstell Academy Inc ($1.5M), Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc ($1.4M), Gbmc Foundation Inc ($818k).
- Does David D Smith Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David D 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 David D Smith Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc.
- Where is David D Smith Family Foundation Inc based?
- David D Smith Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.
Play a game based on David D Smith Family’s filings →