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Emily Balz Smith Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Emily Balz Smith Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$283k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$208kEducation$159kHealth$130kArts & Culture$112kReligion$109kYouth Development$84kCommunity Improvement$79kCivil Rights$72kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $254k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$23,500
HOPE STREET$20,000
CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS$17,500
OPERATION NEW HOPE$17,500
MY VILLAGE PROJECT$17,500
UNIFIED COMMUNITY INVESTORS$17,500
CITY YEAR JACKSONVILLE$17,500
DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER$17,500
FLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK$17,000
Individual grant recipient$17,000
THE TRIBUTARY$17,000
CUMMER MUSEUM$16,500
HAVEN RETREATS$15,000
RIVER CITY CHURCH$13,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $244k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ORPHANETWORK: $15k → 10%ORPHANETWORK: $15k → 10%ORPHANETWORK: $11k → 10%SEAMARK RANCH: $12k → 9%ORPHANETWORK: $3k → 10%SEAMARK RANCH: $9k → 9%ORPHANETWORK: $3k → 10%SEAMARK RANCH: $27k → 14%HAVEN RETREATS: $15k → 14%HAVEN RETREATS: $5k → 14%SEAMARK RANCH: $1k → 14%CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $18k → 14%CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $15k → 14%HAVEN RETREATS: $9k → 14%RETHREADED: $5k → 14%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $18k → 14%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $15k → 14%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $15k → 14%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $15k → 14%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $12k → 14%DELORES BARR WEAVER POLICY CENTER: $3k → 14%FAMILIES OF SLAIN CHILDREN: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 35 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +123% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
15

Total granted

$1.2M
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+123%
+18%

Still filing today

46%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DI
    DBWPC INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $77k · revenue +28%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $69k · revenue +4%
  • HS
    HOPE STREET INC DBA HOPE & HEALING JAX
    4× · 2022–2025 · $50k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • JP
    JACKSONVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +25%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +127%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $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.

04Its field

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.

1
Orlando Center for Justice

Orlando Center for Justice, Inc.s mission is to bridge the access to justice gap in Florida for newcomers by helping these underserved communities navigate the legal system through education and innovation. We also walk alongside them,…

Crime & Legal
2
Forward Justice Action Network

Forward Justice Action Network is a nonprofit with the purpose to engage in educational and advocacy activities to promote political and grassroots support for public policies that advance racial social and economic justice in North…

Human Services
3
Miami Childrens Initiative Inc

The mission is to create a community-based network that develops coordinates and provides quality education accessible health care youth development programs opportunities for employment and safe neighborhoods for children and families…

Community Improvement
4
Family Promise of Southeast Florida Inc

The Organization's mission is to empower families in making their transition from homelessness to sustainable independence.

Religion
5
Florida Pregnancy Care Network Inc

Our mission is to enhance the efforts of florida pregnancy resource organizations that deliver wellness services to qualifying women, and that provide emotional and material support to pregnant women in need, enabling them to carry their…

Human Services
6
Florida Network of Youth and Family Services Inc

The florida network of youth & family services is a statewide association of agencies that works to prevent juvenile delinquency and child abuse through the strengthening of youth and families.

Human Services
7
Jones Alternative Inc

Jones Alternative provides Therapeutic Residential Group Home services to female victims ofsexual trauma, including molestation, rape, incest, and human trafficking, who are underthe care of the Florida Department of Children and Families…

Health
8
Deliver the Dream Inc

A retreat program that enables families who are experiencing serious illness or crisis to regain strength, mend spirits and just be families and kids again.

Health
9
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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10
Jackson County Casa

Casa is a unique non-profit helping abused and neglected children in the jackson county family court system. our team of trained volunteers,staff case supervisors, and staff attorneys allow each child to be represented in a court of law…

Civil Rights
11
Child Advocacy Center Inc

A comprehensive, child-friendly facility where professionals from law enforcement, medical, child protection and therapeutic services collaborate to meet the individual needs of child victims and break the cycle of abuse.

Crime & Legal
12
Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers Inc

To improve florida's response to child abuse by supporting the development, growth and continuation of the children's advocacy centers around florida.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Jacksonville Inc; the most unlike its peers is Families of Slain Children Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 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. 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $98,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY YEAR INC: $69,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCCUMMER MUSEUM: $62,700 · OtherCUMMER MUSEUMST VINCENTS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $45,000 · OtherST VINCENTS HEALTH FOUNDATIONNONPROFIT CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE: $41,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $41,000 · OtherMANDARIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $39,000 · OtherRIVER CITY CHURCH INC: $37,000 · OtherFSCJ: $30,000 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $28,770 · Other+34 more: $311,437 · Other+34 moreDBWPC INC: $76,500 · Human ServicesDBWPC INCSEAMARK RANCH INC: $48,781 · Human ServicesSEAMARK RANCH INCThe Orphanetwork: $46,800 · Human ServicesThe OrphanetworkCENTER FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR CHILDRENS …Haven Retreats Inc: $29,000 · Human ServicesHaven Retreats Inc+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOPE STREET INC DBA HOPE & HEALING JAX: $49,500 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $19,400 · Youth Development904WARD INC: $28,500 · PhilanthropyFLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC: $27,000 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT INC: $10,500 · PhilanthropyNORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC: $46,500 · Arts & CultureYOGA 4 CHANGE INC: $42,600 · Recreation & SportsOperation New Hope Inc: $32,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$803,107Human Services$243,581Youth Development$68,900Philanthropy$66,000Arts & Culture$46,500Recreation & Sports$42,600Housing & Shelter$32,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDBWPC INC: $76,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $69,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE STREET INC DBA HOPE & HEALING JAX: $49,500 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetSEAMARK RANCH INC: $48,781 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Orphanetwork: $46,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC: $46,500 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetYOGA 4 CHANGE INC: $42,600 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS INC: $32,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetOperation New Hope Inc: $32,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHaven Retreats Inc: $29,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budget904WARD INC: $28,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC: $27,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFSS FOUNDATION INC: $22,750 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $19,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMY VILLAGE PROJECT INC: $17,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJACKSONVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT INC: $10,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE WAY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFamilies of Slain Children Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetRethreaded Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOLLES SCHOOL: $3,233 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP JACKSONVILLE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUBILEE JUSTICE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDont Miss A Beat Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJACKSONVILLE AREA LEGAL AID INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 DBWPC INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE STREET INC DBA HOPE & HEALING JAX ↗
  • Who funds SEAMARK RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds The Orphanetwork ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST FLORIDA JOURNALISM COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOGA 4 CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CHILDRENS RIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Operation New Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds Haven Retreats Inc ↗
  • Who funds 904WARD INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FSS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds MY VILLAGE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ONEJAX INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN EMPOWERMENT INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Jacksonville Jaguars …Dubow Family Foundati…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Pga Tour IncUnited Way of Northea…Mayo Clinic Group Ret…The Harden Family Fou…Stellar FoundationThe Haskell FoundationThe Gate Foundation I…Jb Foundation Inc
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida IncFL49.2× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Dubow Family Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Mayo Clinic Group Return · The Harden Family Foundation · Stellar Foundation · The Haskell Foundation · The Gate Foundation Inc · Jb Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Emily Balz Smith Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Emily Balz Smith Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • My Village Project Inc: 81% of income from government
  • Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Operation New Hope Inc: 13% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Dbwpc Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Dont Miss a Beat Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Haven Retreats Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Leadership Jacksonville Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home