Virginia · Private foundation
James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust
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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $831k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 12 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $67k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $56k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $55k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $51k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $45k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $54k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $54k | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeding Southwest Virginia | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New River Community Action Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Montgomery County | $32,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Free Clinic of the New River Valley Inc | $26,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Church of Divine Man | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Independent Animal Rescue Inc | $13,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Carolina Tiger Rescue | $13,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Animal Protection Society of Orange County | $13,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Durham Academy Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust 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: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Celanese Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Community Foundation of the New River Valley Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust with peer funders
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About James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust
- How much does James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust give?
- James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust reported 12 grants totaling $63,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (19%), Human Services (18%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Feeding Southwest Virginia ($50k), New River Community Action Inc ($35k), Humane Society of Montgomery County ($32k).
- Does James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust 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 James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Celanese Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust based?
- James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust is based in VA.
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