California · Private foundation
Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $74k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 42 | $74k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $334k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $107k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $161k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $96k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $35k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation | $30,444 | 6 | 0% |
| Single Mothers Outreach Inc | $14,548 | 1 | 3% |
| Women's Fund of Santa Barbara | $7,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Acton Methodist Church | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Animal Shelter Assistance Program | $5,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Michael Hoefflin Foundation | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| International Student Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | $4,775 | 5 | 0% |
| Homeboy Industries | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $3,550 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($791k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation
- How much does Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation give?
- Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $74,444 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (58%), Religion (17%), Health (10%).
- Who are Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation ($30k), Single Mothers Outreach Inc ($15k), Women's Fund of Santa Barbara ($7k).
- Does Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable 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 Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Chubb Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax.
- Where is Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation based?
- Dorothy & Chester Smith Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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