Pennsylvania · Public charity
L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc
Provide grants to organizations for cultural, medical and educational activities
- $414k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $374k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,680
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $165,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 8 | $374k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $316k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $289k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $293k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $258k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $220k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $210k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $321k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messiah University | $945,493 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $769,005 | 8 | n/a |
| Lycoming College | $135,613 | 8 | 0% |
| St Stephen's Episcopal School | $104,850 | 7 | 2% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $61,742 | 3 | 0% |
| Goodwill Keystone Area | $58,743 | 4 | 0% |
| Elizabethtown College | $47,112 | 5 | 0% |
| New Hope Ministries Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cleve J Fredricksen Library Association | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Dickinson College | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messiah University | $945,493 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $769,005 | 8 | n/a |
| Lycoming College | $135,613 | 8 | 0% |
| St Stephen's Episcopal School | $104,850 | 7 | 2% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $61,742 | 3 | 0% |
| Goodwill Keystone Area | $58,743 | 4 | 0% |
| Elizabethtown College | $47,112 | 5 | 0% |
| New Hope Ministries Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cleve J Fredricksen Library Association | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Dickinson College | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Goodwill Keystone Area Foundation | $15,191 | 2 | 1% |
| Asbury Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homeland Center | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Calvary Episcopal Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenlight Operation | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lebanon Valley College | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art | $5,080 | 1 | 1% |
| CASA Charter School Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc 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: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · United Way of the Capital Region · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Hall Foundation · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc
- How much does L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc give?
- L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $373,928, out of $414,018 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Human Services (36%), Employment (3%).
- Who are L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Messiah University ($945k), The Salvation Army ($769k), Lycoming College ($136k).
- Does L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, United Way of the Capital Region, John Crain Kunkel Foundation.
- Where is L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc based?
- L B Smith Estate Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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