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Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation at a glance

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Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$62k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$110kCrime & Legal$95kHuman Services$34kEducation$25kEnvironment$21kFood & Nutrition$17kInternational$11kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$42,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Open Roads$42,000
Open Heart Open Minds$20,000
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 (FY21–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%Snow Cap Community Charities: $6k → 12%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$389k · 19 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$389k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+30%

Still filing today

47%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • OH
    OPEN HEARTS OPEN MINDS
    6× · 2017–2024 · $91k · revenue +275% · 31% of their budget
  • OREGON FOOD BANK
    5× · 2018–2023 · $16k · revenue +62%
  • PP
    PEO Program for Continuing Education
    3× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • SC
    SNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +55%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
2
1000 Friends of Oregon

1000 friends of oregon promotes healthy working lands, great communities, shared prosperity, and strong democracy with and for all oregonians.

Environment
3
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
4
Portland Trails

Over the next five years, portland trails will work to transform greater portland into a regional hub of connectivity and sustainability. by facilitating the expansion and enhancement of our trail network, we will foster inclusive…

Environment
5
Friends of Trees

To bring people together to plant, care for, and learn about trees and green spaces in pacific northwest communities.

Environment
6
Washington Bikes

Washington Bikes works to ensure that all who ride a bicycle in Washington have safe comfortable and convenient places to ride. Organization advocates for bicyclists rights and shapes policies.

Recreation & Sports
7
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
8
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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9
Earth Day Oregon
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10
Oregon Urban Rural and Community Forestry Dba Our Community Forestry

To restore, protect, and build resilient urban tree canopies in Oregon, with a focus on underserved and climate-vulnerable communities. The organization provides tree planting, preservation, education, workforce development, and long-term…

Environment
11
Friends of Family Farmers

Promote and project socially responsible agriculture in oregon, while working to support independent, family scale farmers and rachers who are ecologically farming in ways that are respectful of land, animals and community.

Food & Nutrition
12
Department of Bioregion

The Department of Bioregion's mission is a "world of interconnected bioregions and bioregional movements". It does this by creating departments of bioregions around the world and, providing administrative support to bioregional organizing…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Reed Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 34 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOREGON FOOD BANK: $16,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKSNOW CAP COMMUNITY CENTER: $14,100 · OtherSNOW CAP COMMUNITY CENTERCHILDREN'S CENTER OF CLACKAMAS: $11,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S CENTER OF CLACKAMASROARING BROOK NATURE CENTER: $11,000 · OtherROARING BROOK NATURE CENTERFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $10,161 · OtherPEO PROGRAM FOR CONTINUING EDUC: $10,000 · OtherPEO Program for Continuing Education: $9,300 · OtherCHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF OREGON: $9,085 · Other+15 more: $26,608 · Other+15 moreOPEN HEARTS OPEN MINDS: $91,160 · Crime & LegalOPEN HEARTS OPEN MINDS+1 more: $2,000 · Crime & LegalOPEN ROAD: $82,000 · EducationOPEN ROADREED INSTITUTE: $5,000 · EducationREED INSTITUTEFriends of the Historic Columbia River H: $18,000 · Arts & CultureSNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 · InternationalBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $6,250 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $4,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$192,254Crime & Legal$93,160Education$87,000Arts & Culture$18,000Human Services$8,000International$7,000Environment$6,250Housing & Shelter$4,500

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 budgetOPEN HEARTS OPEN MINDS: $91,160 over 6y, 31% of budgetOPEN ROAD: $82,000 over 2y, 83% of budgetFriends of the Historic Columbia River H: $18,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $10,161 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPEO Program for Continuing Education: $9,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $6,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPORTLAND FRUIT TREE PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Bicycling Club: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 OPEN HEARTS OPEN MINDS ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ROAD ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Historic Columbia River H ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Columbia Gorge ↗
  • Who funds PEO Program for Continuing Education ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC ↗
  • Who funds SNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds REED INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Childrens Center ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND FRUIT TREE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
  • Who funds Portland Bicycling Club ↗

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.

The Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Jackson FoundationThe Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustKohnstamm Family Foun…Rose E Tucker Charita…The Harold & Arlene S…The Autzen FoundationThe Ford Family Found…Seattle FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR21.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jerry & Donna Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Open Hearts Open Minds: 4% of income from government
  • Northwest Housing Alternatives: 1% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Childrens Center: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.

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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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By state
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