Virginia · Private foundation
James R Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $422k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $210,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations James R Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $422k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $124k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $109k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $119k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodberry Forest School | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| North Carolina Baptist Men | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Friends of the Lowcountry | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bethany Christian Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Msi US | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodberry Forest School | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| North Carolina Baptist Men | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Food Bank Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Friends of the Lowcountry | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bethany Christian Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Msi US | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Virginia Inc | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Charleston Animal Society | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Public Access Project | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom House International Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James R Smith Family 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About James R Smith Family Foundation
- How much does James R Smith Family Foundation give?
- James R Smith Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $422,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does James R Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (60%), Philanthropy (12%), Religion (7%).
- Who are James R Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Woodberry Forest School ($34k), North Carolina Baptist Men ($25k), Presbyterian Church USA ($25k).
- Does James R Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James R Smith Family 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 James R Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is James R Smith Family Foundation based?
- James R Smith Family Foundation is based in VA.
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