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Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$293k
Granted FY2025still arriving
70
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Arts & Culture$257kHealth$169kHuman Services$128kYouth Development$98kFood & Nutrition$92kPhilanthropy$84kReligion$53kAnimals$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k63 grants · $199k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $94k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK$15,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$12,000
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA$12,000
TUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION$10,000
BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER$10,000
GREAT TRAIL COUNCIL$10,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO$9,000
AKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK$7,500
UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE$7,500
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR$6,000
STAN HYWET HALL GARDENS$6,000
EMBRACING FUTURES INC$6,000
AKRON ART MUSEUM$5,500
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF AKRON INC$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–25, $120k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $3k → 14%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $4k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 14%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $4k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 14%COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESOURCES EXCHANGE: $2k → 13%COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESOURCES EXCHANGE: $1k → 13%COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESOURCES EXCHANGE: $1k → 13%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $1k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $1k → 17%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $3k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $3k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $3k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CTR: $4k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN L: $4k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $1k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $1k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $1k → 13%EMERGE MINISTRIES INC: $3k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $1k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $1k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $1k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $4k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $4k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $3k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $3k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $3k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $2k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $3k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $2k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $3k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $2k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $3k → 13%VILLAGE AT ST EDWARD FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $10k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $9k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $9k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $9k → 13%VILLAGE AT ST EDWARD FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%VILLAGE AT ST EDWARD FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%VILLAGE AT ST EDWARD FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$970k · 89 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +2% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

89 repeat relationships — 56 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

89
28

Total granted

$970k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

83%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AR
    AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK
    4× · 2022–2025 · $58k · revenue +28%
  • TM
    The Musical Arts Association
    4× · 2022–2025 · $48k · revenue +27%
  • TM
    TUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • NC
    NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • OP
    OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHO
    one grant, 2022 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Akron Parks Collaborative

To engage the akron, ohio community around the creation and sustainability of vibrant public spaces within the city of akron. we foster and support neighborhood park advocates by enabling them to meet their goals, partner with the city and…

Recreation & Sports
2
Greater Akron Chamber

To promote business in the tri-county area

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3
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
4
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
5
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
6
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
7
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
8
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
9
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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10
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
11
Atrium Medical Center Foundation

To develop charitable gifts and resources dedicated to building healthier communities in southwest ohio.

Health
12
Ohio District 5 Area Agency On Aging Inc

The ohio district 5 area agency on aging, inc. provides leadership, collaboration, coordination and services to older adults, people with disabilities, their caregivers and resource networks that support individual choice, independence and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc and the most unlike its peers is Wesley Temple Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyProfessional Trade Associat…Youth Leadership DevelopmentArts & Culture OrganizationsSchool Athletic BoostersLabor UnionsMember Social ClubsManufacturing Industry Asso…Faith-Based Social ServicesSenior & Low-Income Housing
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%1%<5yr13%4%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr18%18%35–55yr18%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%1%<5yr13%4%5–10yr16%7%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr18%22%35–55yr18%48%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/103
the rest of the field
13%
1,719/12,959

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

99 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 99 of the 132 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/99
Grantees still filing
46/99
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY — $42,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $30,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICATHE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF AKRON OHIO INC — $20,000 · OtherHAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES INCORPORATED — $20,000 · OtherAKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK — $28,500 · OtherAKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK+70 more — $352,500 · Other+70 moreThe Musical Arts Association — $48,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Asso…TUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION — $40,000 · Arts & CultureTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOC…MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY — $30,000 · Arts & CultureMAGICAL THEATRE COMPA…Greater Akron Musical Association Inc — $22,500 · Arts & CultureGreater Akron Musical…AKRON ART MUSEUM — $20,000 · Arts & CultureAKRON ART MUSEUMART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS — $12,000 · Arts & CultureART RESOURCES TRANSFO…Akron History Center — $10,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $7,500 · Arts & Culture+7 more — $26,200 · Arts & Culture+7 moreHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER — $35,500 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HEA…FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMI…GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC — $9,500 · Human ServicesGRACE HOUSE …VILLAGE AT ST EDWARD FOUNDATION — $9,000 · Human ServicesVILLAGE AT S…CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS — $9,000 · Human ServicesCHILD GUIDAN…PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES INC — $8,500 · Human ServicesPREGNANCY SO…FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & COM…SOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH STREET…AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC — $7,500 · Human ServicesAKRON COMMUN…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $6,000 · Human Services+7 more — $19,000 · Human Services+7 moreUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE — $55,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyAKRON COM…THE AKRON MARATHON CHARITABLE CORPORATION — $18,500 · PhilanthropyTHE AKRON…+1 more — $500 · PhilanthropyEMBRACING FUTURES INC — $24,000 · HealthEMBRACING…STEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY — $12,500 · HealthSTEWART'S…OhioGuidestone — $12,000 · HealthOhioGuide…RAPE CRISIS CENTER — $12,000 · HealthRAPE CRIS…VICTORY GALLOP INC — $7,500 · HealthVICTORY G…AXESS FAMILY SERVICES INC — $6,500 · HealthAXESS FAM…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $6,000 · HealthCHILDREN'…INTERVAL BROTHERHOOD HOMES INC — $6,000 · HealthINTERVAL …AUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER AKRON — $4,000 · HealthREGINA HEALTH CENTER — $4,000 · Health+1 more — $2,000 · HealthAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK — $58,000 · Food & NutritionGOOD SAMARITAN HUNGER CENTER — $10,500 · Food & NutritionGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO — $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio — $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentINTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO — $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentIDEASTREAM — $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA — $3,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$493,000Arts & Culture$216,200Human Services$130,000Philanthropy$99,000Health$96,500Food & Nutrition$68,500Youth Development$48,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK — $58,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE — $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association — $48,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION — $40,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER — $35,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY — $30,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAKRON ZOOLOGICAL PARK — $28,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMBRACING FUTURES INC — $24,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGreater Akron Musical Association Inc — $22,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF AKRON OHIO INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AKRON MARATHON CHARITABLE CORPORATION — $18,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO — $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE — $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS INC — $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY — $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GRIEFCARE PLACE INC — $12,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetCASA BOARD VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION IN — $12,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetOhioGuidestone — $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER — $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS — $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY — $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI Summit County — $11,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HUNGER CENTER — $10,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAkron History Center — $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $9,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC — $9,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTruly Reaching You Inc — $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC — $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE AT ST EDWARD FOUNDATION — $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES INC — $8,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES — $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBroken Chains Jail & Prison Ministry Inc — $8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC — $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio — $7,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetVICTORY GALLOP INC — $7,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION — $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER — $7,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSAFETY FORCES SUPPORT CENTER — $6,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAXESS FAMILY SERVICES INC — $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY YOUTH BALLET — $6,100 over 3y, 1.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charles E and Mabel M…L R Moffitt & L W Mof…The Welty Family Foun…Sisler McFawn Foundat…W Paul Mills & Thora …Akron Community Found…Glenn R & Alice V Bog…Mary S & David C Corb…Lehner Family Foundat…Gar FoundationSynthomer Foundation …United Way of Summit …
Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie MemorialOH163.8× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · Akron Community Foundation · Glenn R & Alice V Boggess Memorial · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Gar Foundation · Synthomer Foundation Inc · United Way of Summit and Medina

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 132 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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