Iowa · Private foundation
Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $22k
- Granted FY2023
- 12
- Grants FY2023
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $22k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 12 | $22k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $20k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caring Hands Outreach Center Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Drake University | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Wildlife Federation | $2,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowa Legal Aid | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pekin Community Scholarship Fund | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caring Hands Outreach Center Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Drake University | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Scholarship America Inc | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Wildlife Federation | $2,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowa Legal Aid | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pekin Community Scholarship Fund | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Radiant Church | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Children's Guardian Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Iowa | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ellipsis Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Connection | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact Community Action Partnership Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Abortion Access Fund | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mitchellville Public Library Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jericho Outreach Ministry Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Human Choice of Iowa | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation 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: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · United Way of Central Iowa · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation give?
- Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $22,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Education (4%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
- Who are Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Caring Hands Outreach Center Inc ($10k), Drake University ($7k), Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation ($6k).
- Does Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Neal and Bea Smith Family 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 Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, United Way of Central Iowa.
- Where is Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation based?
- Neal and Bea Smith Family Foundation is based in IA.
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