Colorado · Private foundation
Jay L Smith Family 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.
- $275k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Jay L Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 18 | $275k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $213k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $238k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $202k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $259k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $255k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $158k | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of Alabama Food Bank Inc | $81,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Service Dogs Alabama Inc | $66,250 | 9 | 3% |
| 4 Paws 4 Life Rescue | $62,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $56,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Montgomery Bicycle Club | $55,500 | 6 | 66% |
| The Alabama Military Support Foundation | $54,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Montgomery Humane Society | $52,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Alabama Senior Olympics Inc | $51,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Respite for All Foundation | $30,500 | 4 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of Alabama Food Bank Inc | $81,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Service Dogs Alabama Inc | $66,250 | 9 | 3% |
| 4 Paws 4 Life Rescue | $62,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $56,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Montgomery Bicycle Club | $55,500 | 6 | 66% |
| The Alabama Military Support Foundation | $54,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Montgomery Humane Society | $52,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Alabama Senior Olympics Inc | $51,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Respite for All Foundation | $30,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Brain Injury Association of Colorado | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Citrus & the Nature Coast Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Support Center | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Montgomery Sunrise Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jay L Smith Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Jay L Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Jay L Smith Family Foundation give?
- Jay L Smith Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $275,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jay L Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (41%), Education (12%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Jay L Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Heart of Alabama Food Bank Inc ($82k), Service Dogs Alabama Inc ($66k), 4 Paws 4 Life Rescue ($63k).
- Does Jay L Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jay L 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 Jay L Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John and Joyce Caddell Foundation, The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc, The Landa Fund.
- Where is Jay L Smith Family Foundation based?
- Jay L Smith Family Foundation is based in CO.
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