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James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$93kHuman Services$91kFood & Nutrition$75kHealth$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$37kEducation$36kYouth Development$35kReligion$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$4,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$831k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
church of divine man$20,000
Homage Senior Services$6,700
Individual grant recipient$5,000
world wildlife fund$5,000
Durham Academy$5,000
Paws4ever$4,000
Independent Animal Rescue$4,000
Carolina Tiger Rescue$4,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
Swing it to End it$2,500
Shelburne Farms$2,000
Carolla Wild Horse Fund$1,200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%Homage Senior Services: $7k → 9%Empowerment Inc: $2k → 13%Empowerment Inc: $1k → 13%Empowerment Inc: $1k → 13%Empowerment Inc: $1k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

James & Linda Smith Charitable Trustlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$446k · 31 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
2

Total granted

$446k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

74%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • FS
    FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
    6× · 2018–2023 · $50k · revenue +24%
  • NR
    NEW RIVER COMMUNITY ACTION INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $35k · revenue +58%
  • HS
    Humane Society of Montgomery County
    7× · 2017–2023 · $32k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • CM
    Children's Museum of Blacksburg
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • GP
    GODS PIT CREW INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
2
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
3
Humane Society of Davie County

The humane societys misison is to prevent cruelty and suffering among dogs and cats through rescue, adoption, and education.

Animals
4
Upper Valley Humane Society Inc

UVHS improves quality of life for people and pets through an innovative animal shelter and adoption center and through services that reduce suffering, support wellness, and foster compassion.

Animals
5
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
6
Adams County Pet Rescue

Rescue, care, and find homes for abandoned and/or abused animals.

Animals
7
Dorchester Paws

Dorchester Paws strives to instill humane principles into society through the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Animals
8
Sfc Virginia

Sfc virginia is a foster-based animal rescue group in fredericksburg, va. founded in june 2019 with a focus on saving dogs and cats from rural and otherwise underserved shelters in the state, we strive to provide quality medical care…

Animals
9
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless

Housing & Shelter
10
Mountain View Humane

The mission of mountain view humane is to end pet overpopulation in southwest virginia and southern west virginia by providing safe, affordable spay/neuter services and vaccine clinics for the community.

Animals
11
Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Dba Mountain Humane

We are on a mission to change lives by connecting pets and people. We dothis through innovative programs that inspire and have impact beyond ourborders. We envision a compassionate community where all animals arerecognized for their…

Animals
12
The Wildlife Center of Virginia

Treatment and rehabilitation of ill or injured wild animals and educational programs for various environmental issues.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New River Community Action Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 36 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW RIVER COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $35,000 · OtherNEW RIVER COMMUNITY ACTION INCSaint Michaels Lutheran Church: $35,000 · OtherSaint Michaels Lutheran ChurchFree Clinic of the New River Valley Inc: $26,500 · OtherFree Clinic of the New River Valley IncIndividual grant recipient: $26,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTeen Driving Solutions Inc: $25,000 · OtherTeen Driving Solutions IncCHURCH OF DIVINE MAN: $20,000 · OtherCHURCH OF DIVINE MANChildren's Museum of Blacksburg: $15,000 · OtherChildren's Museum of BlacksburgAlzheimer's Association: $15,000 · OtherAlzheimer's AssociationIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $10,500 · Other+10 more: $54,250 · Other+10 moreHumane Society of Montgomery County: $32,000 · AnimalsHumane Society of…Independent Animal Rescue Inc: $13,250 · AnimalsIndependent Anima…CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE: $13,250 · AnimalsCAROLINA TIGER RE…ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $13,250 · AnimalsANIMAL PROTECTION…COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC: $6,200 · AnimalsCOROLLA WILD HORS…FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOU…Davidson College: $25,000 · EducationDURHAM ACADEMY INC: $11,000 · EducationAmerican Diabetes Association: $9,000 · HealthSwing It To End It Inc: $7,500 · HealthHOPE TO WALK INC: $7,000 · HealthVALLEY INTERFAITH CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $6,700 · Human ServicesEMPOWERMENT INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesSHELBURNE FARMS: $9,500 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$277,250Animals$77,950Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$36,000Health$23,500Human Services$18,200Environment$14,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW RIVER COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Montgomery County: $32,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetFree Clinic of the New River Valley Inc: $26,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDavidson College: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Animal Rescue Inc: $13,250 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCAROLINA TIGER RESCUE: $13,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY: $13,250 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetDURHAM ACADEMY INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSwing It To End It Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetBLACKSBURG VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD: $7,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE TO WALK INC: $7,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetVALLEY INTERFAITH CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC: $6,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetC A R E dba The John 3 16 Center: $5,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGODS PIT CREW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTINSVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetEMPOWERMENT INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LYRIC COUNCIL INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budget
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 FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds NEW RIVER COMMUNITY ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Montgomery County ↗
  • Who funds Free Clinic of the New River Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds Davidson College ↗
  • Who funds Independent Animal Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds Swing It To End It Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLACKSBURG VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD ↗
  • Who funds HOPE TO WALK INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY INTERFAITH CHILD CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds C A R E dba The John 3 16 Center ↗
  • Who funds GODS PIT CREW INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MARTINSVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWERMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LYRIC COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA ↗

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.

Triangle Community Fo…Celanese FoundationDuke Energy FoundationThe Community Foundat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to James & Linda Smith Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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