New York · Private foundation
Dorinda Miles Smith 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 | 8 | $1.6M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simmons University | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine Farmland Trust | $750,000 | 2 | 10% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp McDowell | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pbs Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc
- How much does Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc give?
- Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $1,600,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (17%).
- Who are Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Simmons University ($1.0M), Maine Farmland Trust ($750k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($600k).
- Does Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorinda Miles Smith 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.
- Where is Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc based?
- Dorinda Miles Smith Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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