Oregon · Private foundation
Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $62k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $42,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 2 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $82k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $60k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $56k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $68k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $54k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Hearts Open Minds | $91,160 | 6 | 31% |
| Open Road | $82,000 | 2 | 83% |
| Friends of the Historic Columbia River H | $18,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $16,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge | $10,161 | 6 | 0% |
| PEO Program for Continuing Education | $9,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Chamber Music Society of Oregon | $9,085 | 5 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Snowcap Community Services | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Hearts Open Minds | $91,160 | 6 | 31% |
| Open Road | $82,000 | 2 | 83% |
| Friends of the Historic Columbia River H | $18,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $16,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge | $10,161 | 6 | 0% |
| PEO Program for Continuing Education | $9,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Chamber Music Society of Oregon | $9,085 | 5 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Snowcap Community Services | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Housing Alternatives | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Childrens Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Fruit Tree Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Cultural Trust | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blanchet House of Hospitality | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hancock Regional Hospital | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Bicycling Club | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($144k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Kohnstamm Family Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation with peer funders
About Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation give?
- Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $62,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Crime & Legal (23%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Open Hearts Open Minds ($91k), Open Road ($82k), Friends of the Historic Columbia River H ($18k).
- Does Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust, The Jackson Foundation.
- Where is Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation based?
- Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation is based in OR.
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