· Private foundation
H D Smith Foundation
Its FY2021 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, FY2018 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
- $250k+2 grants · $2.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION | $2,261,905 |
| DANA-THOMAS HOUSE FOUNDATION | $251,524 |
| YMCA OF SPRINGFIELD | $100,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION- LAND OF LINCOLN | $25,000 |
| FREEDOMS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC | $10,000 |
| MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| KBHOOPS | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 1 since wound down.
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 FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
University of Illinois Foundation4× · 2018–2021 · $8.1M · revenue +49%- DHDANA-THOMAS HOUSE FOUNDATION INC3× · 2019–2021 · $760k · revenue +176%
- AEAMIGOS EN CRISTO MINISTRIES2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ILLINOISgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $36k · revenue +212%
- AWARABIAN WORLD PARTNERSHIPgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $12k · revenue ×11
- AHAMERICAN HEART ASSOCATIONone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
To foster and encourage private philanthropic giving to improve communities of the Southern Illinois Region by connecting charitable donors with worthy causes and to build endowment funds that will support those worthy causes in perpetuity.
The foundation was established exclusively for the benefit of and to carry out the purposes of the chicago jewish day school.
To support the mission of osf healthcare system, a catholic integrated health care delivery system, through the provision of quality health care services related to comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for children.
Community shares of illinois represents a diverse group of charitites with a common mission, to make our world a better place. whether your passion is women's issues, protecting children, helping animals, promoting health care or curbing…
The GI Research Foundation works to treat, prevent, and cure digestive diseases. In collaboration with the physicians and scientists at the University of Chicago Digestive Diseases Center, we fund innovative clinical and laboratory…
The mission of the franciscan sisters of chicago service corporation ("fscsc") is to celebrate life and serve with joy. (continued on schedule o).
The foundation was organized exclusively for the benefit of and to carry out the purposes of the solomon schechter day school.
Support Christian activities of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Madison, WI and administer dedicated funds such as scholarship bequests.
The Foundation was formed to be a vehicle to receive, manage, and distribute all private donations, restricted and unrestricted, for the benefit of the School District of Springfield R-12, Springfield, Missouri.
We believe in creating a space where students can have authentic encounters with christ, find life-long friends and get plugged in with a local church while they are in college.
The purpose of the foundation is to support financially the spiritual, educational and other charitable needs of the catholic community by providing opportunities for people to fund causes consonant with the mission of the diocese of…
Wisconsin foundation united church of christ, inc. is a catalyst for positive change in the life of the united church of christ in wisconsin; promotes a culture of generosity; and connects people across the ucc in working for a more just…
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 23 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 University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds DANA-THOMAS HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPRINGFIELD ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds FREEDOMS FOUNDATION AT VALLEY FORGE ↗
- Who funds AMIGOS EN CRISTO MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds ARABIAN WORLD PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Springfield Public Schools Foundation ↗
- Who funds Ball Chatham Food Pantry ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON STREET MISSION 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.
Open a dossier: Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization H D Smith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from H D Smith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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