· Private foundation
Edwin H & Ruth B Smith 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $51k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dublin Christian Academy | $23,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $22,000 |
| Crossway Church | $21,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| Jesse Remington High School | $11,000 |
| Jesse Remington High School | $8,000 |
| Mentoring Alliance | $7,000 |
| Families in Transition | $6,000 |
| Deerfoot Lodge | $6,000 |
| World View Academy | $5,000 |
| Camp Berea | $4,000 |
| Preganncy Resource Center | $3,000 |
| Desiring God Ministries | $2,000 |
| Jews for Jesus | $2,000 |
| CRU Campus Crusade | $2,000 |
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 (FY21–21, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
24 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCrossway Church8× · 2017–2024 · $179k
- WWWounded Warriors6× · 2017–2023 · $66k
- HMHIS MANSION MINISTRIES INC5× · 2017–2021 · $64k
Funded once
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +27%- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $9k
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.
To share god's love in the workplace by providing a personalized and proactive employee care service through chaplain teams.
Summit ministries is an educational christian ministry with the purpose of equipping tomorrow's servant leaders to analyze competing worldviews and champion the christian faith, inspiring each one to love god with all his heart, soul,…
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.
Wellspring provides a discipleship model for individuals and churches to engage as a part of their overall spiritual development. this is done through retreat and small group experiences and through equipping churches and organizations to…
To encourage and stimulate national sports ministries in all countries
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
Training pastors, growing churches, and transforming communities for christ.
Christian retreat center
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 45 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 Families in Transition ↗
- Who funds CAMP BEREA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds God's World Publications Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW HORIZONS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds DESIRING GOD MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds MENTORING ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds Worldview Academy ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CULTURAL DIVERSITY AWARENESS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds CAMP SPOFFORD INC ↗
- Who funds PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF THE MONADNOCK REGION ↗
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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edwin H & Ruth B Smith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edwin H & Ruth B Smith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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