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Michael S Smith Family Foundation at a glance

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Michael S Smith Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$121kReligion$78kCivil Rights$10kPhilanthropy$2kHealth$1kFood & Nutrition$205Housing & Shelter$162Public Safety & Disaster$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
2
States reached
$918k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$1,000
BOCA HELPING HANDS$100
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$18
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CA
KS
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$123k · 3 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +719% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
28

Total granted

$123k
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+719%
+44%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’24’25
HealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $121k · revenue +20%
  • G
    GOFUNDMEORG
    2× · 2017–2021 · $1k · revenue +719%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $38

Funded once

  • I
    IDF
    one grant, 2024 · $78k
  • A
    AIPAC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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4
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
5
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
6
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
7
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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8
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
9
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
10
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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11
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
12
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Florida Public Media Group Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $121,204 · EducationSUFFOLK UNIVERSITYIDF: $77,532 · OtherIDFAIPAC: $10,000 · OtherAIPAC+17 more: $4,688 · OtherGOFUNDMEORG: $1,349 · PhilanthropyPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $140 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $100 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60 · HealthSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $35 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $25 · Health+1 more: $10 · HealthFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $105 · Food & NutritionBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $100 · Food & NutritionAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $50 · Human ServicesANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $80 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $30 · Civil Rights
Education$121,204Other$92,220Philanthropy$1,349Health$370Food & Nutrition$205Human Services$150Civil Rights$110

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $121,204 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $1,349 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiami Rescue Mission Inc: $78 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $64 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $10 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Michael S Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael S Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wayside House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Suffolk University: 1% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–40%
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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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