Michigan · Private foundation
Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith 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.
- $59k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $853k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 37 | $59k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $64k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $68k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $67k | 37% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $53k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $58k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $56k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $58k | 52% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier University | $19,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Feline Network of the Central Coast | $17,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Gesu Parish Detroit | $12,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mercy High School | $11,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Monroe Michigan Inc | $10,100 | 7 | n/a |
| Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse of Oakland County | $9,100 | 8 | 3% |
| Extended Hands Food Bank | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Haven House | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($297k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ford Philanthropy · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Catholic Foundation of Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The John C Hendry Foundation · Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust
How this is measured
Compare Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation with peer funders
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About Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation
- How much does Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation give?
- Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $59,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Religion (21%), Health (14%).
- Who are Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Xavier University ($20k), Feline Network of the Central Coast ($17k), Gesu Parish Detroit ($12k).
- Does Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence 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 Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Ford Philanthropy, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
- Where is Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation based?
- Isabel Francis Smith and Ralph Lawrence Smith Foundation is based in MI.
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