· Private foundation
Don Howarth & Suzelle 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $125k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SALVATION ARMY | $22,000 |
| HOPE WALKS | $20,000 |
| WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS | $13,000 |
| DEPORTED ASYLUM SEEKERS ASSISTANCE PROJECT | $10,000 |
| DIABLO VALLEY VETERANS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL | $10,000 |
| PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND | $10,000 |
| INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP | $10,000 |
| GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY | $10,000 |
| HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES | $10,000 |
| ST AIDANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $9,873 |
| AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC | $7,325 |
| MALIBU COMMUNITY LABOR EXCHANGE | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | $5,000 |
| ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC COMMUNITY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC6× · 2017–2025 · $314k · revenue +17%
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES8× · 2018–2025 · $81k · revenue +157%- HWHOPE WALKS INC3× · 2023–2025 · $60k · revenue +22%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $62k
Save The Children Federation Incone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%- ECEUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTREone grant, 2023 · $17k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…
Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
The los angeles mission breaks the cycle of homelessness and poverty, by stabilizing people in a safe and spiritual environment, connecting them to solutions and walking with them on their journey.
How this is measured
32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC ↗
- Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
- Who funds Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles CO Gary Maeder ↗
- Who funds HOPE WALKS INC ↗
- Who funds THE MALIBU COMMUNITY LABOR EXCHANGE ↗
- Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Deported Asylum Seekers Assistance Project Inc ↗
- Who funds CURE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
- Who funds The Dallas Opera ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
- Who funds DIABLO VALLEY VETERANS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPERA BIRMINGHAM INC ↗
- Who funds T4 Global Inc ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds INT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds MALIBU FRIENDS OF MUSIC ↗
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: Tyndale House Ministries · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Servant Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Don Howarth & Suzelle Smith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Don Howarth & Suzelle Smith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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