Washington · Private foundation
Fred R 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.
- $70k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 27
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Fred R Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 5 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $149k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.1M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $632k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $1.7M | 52% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $136k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapi'olani Health Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Partnerships | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington Trails Association | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Youthcare | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapi'olani Health Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Partnerships | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $115,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance | $90,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington Trails Association | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Youthcare | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Everstrong Prevention | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rainier Scholars | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Farestart | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Lifeline | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Islandwood | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Social Venture Partners | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Seattle Aquarium Society | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Construction for Change | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pike Place Market Foundation | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Cancer Lifeline | $4,036 | 4 | 0% |
| Coltura | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Businesses Ending Slavery & Trafficking | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grow Some Good | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Path With Art | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Washington | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Path | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Women Empowered | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Home | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Z Girls Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fred R Smith 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.
Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · United Way of King County · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gates Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ellison Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Laird Norton Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Fred R Smith Foundation
- How much does Fred R Smith Foundation give?
- Fred R Smith Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $70,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 27 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Fred R Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Health (39%), International (6%).
- Who are Fred R Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Kapi'olani Health Foundation ($1.0M), Seattle Children's Foundation ($500k), Global Partnerships ($125k).
- Does Fred R Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fred R Smith 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 Fred R Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Moccasin Lake Foundation.
- Where is Fred R Smith Foundation based?
- Fred R Smith Foundation is based in WA.
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