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George V Smith and Jean a Smith Charitable Tr

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.

$420k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$141k
Largest
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Environment$1.0MHuman Services$368kArts & Culture$277kRecreation & Sports$161kInternational$132kHealth$99kAnimals$58kEmployment$46kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $242k
$8,400
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Nature Conservancy General Fund$140,700
The Salvation Army$50,400
Legacy Foundation$50,400
Fresh Air Fund$29,400
Adirondack Land Trust$14,700
Adirondack Council$12,600
Save The Children Federation Inc$12,600
FRANZISKA RACKER CENTER$12,600
Audubon$8,400
CARE$8,400
Wilderness Society$8,400
Project Hope$8,400
New York Times Neediest Cases Fund$8,400
Challenge Industries INC$8,400
Habitat for Humanity INC$8,400
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRANZISKA RACKER CENTER: $13k → 16%Franziska Racker Center: $12k → 16%FRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS: $12k → 16%FRANZISKA RACKER CENTER: $11k → 16%FRANZISKA RACKER CENTER: $11k → 16%FRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS: $11k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 26 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships — 22 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
1

Total granted

$2.3M
$8k

Still filing today

58%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
EnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FRESH AIR FUND
    6× · 2020–2025 · $161k · revenue +64%
  • AL
    ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $81k · revenue +82%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $69k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • DC
    Day Care & Child Development Council
    one grant, 2022 · $8k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Central New York Land Trust Inc

The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.

Environment
2
Central New York Community Foundation Inc

Our mission is to foster a thriving and equitable central new york region by leading and inspiring a community culture of giving, celebrating legacy and stewarding charitable resources for today and tomorrow.

Philanthropy
3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc

Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…

Environment
5
Thompson Park Conservancy Inc

Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.

Arts & Culture
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc

Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…

Environment
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

11
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
12
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Adirondack Council Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Legacy Foundation. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Nature Conservancy General Fund — $772,510 · OtherNature Conservancy General FundTHE SALVATION ARMY — $276,720 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHabitat for Humanity INC — $46,120 · OtherAudubon — $46,120 · OtherCHALLENGE INDUSTRIES INC — $46,120 · Other+11 more — $191,080 · Other+11 moreTHE LEGACY FOUNDATION — $276,720 · Arts & CultureTHE LEGACY FO…ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC — $80,710 · EnvironmentADIRONDACK …THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC — $69,180 · EnvironmentTHE ADIROND…THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $46,120 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERN…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $46,120 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT…FRESH AIR FUND — $161,420 · Recreation & SportsSave The Children Federation Inc — $69,180 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $31,120 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $23,060 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $8,400 · InternationalFRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INC — $69,180 · Human ServicesTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND — $46,120 · Philanthropy
Other$1,378,670Arts & Culture$276,720Environment$242,130Recreation & Sports$161,420International$131,760Human Services$69,180Philanthropy$46,120

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE LEGACY FOUNDATION — $276,720 over 6y, 89% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND — $161,420 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC — $80,710 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc — $69,180 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INC — $69,180 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC — $69,180 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $46,120 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $46,120 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND — $46,120 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGE INDUSTRIES INC — $46,120 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $31,120 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY HOUSE OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC — $23,060 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $23,060 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTOMPKINS COUNTY SPCA — $11,530 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC — $11,530 over 6y, 0.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE LEGACY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FRESH AIR FUND
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc
  • Who funds FRANZISKA RACKER CENTERS INC
  • Who funds THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
  • Who funds THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND
  • Who funds CHALLENGE INDUSTRIES INC
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
  • Who funds UNITY HOUSE OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
  • Who funds CHILD DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC
  • Who funds TOMPKINS COUNTY SPCA
  • Who funds TOMPKINS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation of Tompkins County IncNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc · United Way of Tompkins County Inc · Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc · Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County · Park Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization George V Smith and Jean a Smith Charitable Tr funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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