Florida · Private foundation
Les & Judy Smout Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $156k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2026
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 54
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 8
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 42% of the organizations Les & Judy Smout Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 49 | $156k | 53% |
| FY2025 | 31 | $104k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 54 | $124k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $83k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $141k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $136k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc | $32,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Circus World Museum Foundation Inc | $28,200 | 4 | 13% |
| Ridge Live Steamers Inc | $25,750 | 4 | 21% |
| Florida Railroad Museum Inc | $24,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Eckerd College | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay Inc | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Florida State University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Clearwater Historical Society Inc | $12,750 | 6 | 4% |
| Circus World Museum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quantum Leap Farm Inc | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 81 recipients with no EIN on record ($542k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Les & Judy Smout Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Pinellas Community Foundation · The Spurlino Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Frank E Duckwall Foundation · The Florida Medical Clinic Foundation of Caring Inc · Copperhead Charities Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
About Les & Judy Smout Foundation
- How much does Les & Judy Smout Foundation give?
- Les & Judy Smout Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $155,850 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 54 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Les & Judy Smout Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Education (22%), Health (15%).
- Who are Les & Judy Smout Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc ($32k), Circus World Museum Foundation Inc ($28k), Ridge Live Steamers Inc ($26k).
- Does Les & Judy Smout Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Les & Judy Smout 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 Les & Judy Smout Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pinellas Community Foundation, The Spurlino Foundation, Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc.
- Where is Les & Judy Smout Foundation based?
- Les & Judy Smout Foundation is based in FL.
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