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Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable 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.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$183kHealth$119kInternational$43kHuman Services$36kEducation$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kYouth Development$10kAnimals$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$8,200
Median grant
5
States reached
$586k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARNABUS FOUNATION INC$30,000
FEDEX FAMILY HOUSE (LEBONEUR)$10,000
VANERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$8,200
CHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION$6,000
KAPPA SIGMA ENDOWMENT FOUND$1,000
WORLD VISION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 10%PROJECT GOT YOUR BACK: $1k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
NV
IA
OH
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$315k · 10 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$315k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+4%

Still filing today

60%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    4× · 2017–2020 · $29k · revenue +578%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2017–2021 · $20k · revenue +46%
  • NA
    NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WOMEN'S SHELTER
    2× · 2018–2020 · $20k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • NW
    NATIONAL WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL ASSO
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • SF
    Samaritan's Feet Internationalgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +72%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +25%
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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
3
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
5
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
6
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
7
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
10
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
11
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
12
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trucker Charity Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $147,500 · OtherGOLF FORE AFRICA INCBARNABUS FOUNATION INC: $30,000 · OtherBARNABUS FOUNATION INCKEEP MEMORY ALIVE: $23,500 · OtherKEEP MEMORY ALIVENATIONAL NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE FOUND: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE FOUNDCHILDREN'S HEARTLINK: $20,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HEARTLINKWOMEN'S TENNESS COACHING ASSOCIATI: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $46,500 · Other+8 moreTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $28,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J…Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $8,200 · HealthVanderbilt Un…CHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S BR…American Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Hear…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…American Diabetes Association: $3,000 · HealthAmerican Diab…WORLD VISION INC: $38,468 · InternationalWORLD VISI…Samaritan's Feet International: $5,000 · InternationalSamaritan'…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WOMEN'S SHELTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST …+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsHEALING WITH HORSEPLAY INC: $4,000 · AnimalsAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$302,500Health$55,700International$43,468Human Services$41,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Animals$4,000Philanthropy$1,000

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 budgetGOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $147,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $38,468 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $28,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS WOMEN'S SHELTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEARTLINK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEBRASKA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $8,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Feet International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLDIER ON SERVICE DOGS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHEALING WITH HORSEPLAY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Got Your Back: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKAPPA SIGMA ENDOWMENT FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $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.

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Aetna Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …Baird Foundation IncThe Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA13.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Frank P & Nancy B Smith Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 28 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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