Tennessee · Private foundation
Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $18k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $637k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $18k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $18k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $20k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $24k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $15k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevier Heights Baptist Church | $19,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Christodora Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Many Hopes Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Presbyterian Church | $4,150 | 2 | n/a |
| American Museum of Natural History | $3,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Young-Williams Animal Center of East Ten | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevier Heights Baptist Church | $19,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Christodora Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Many Hopes Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Presbyterian Church | $4,150 | 2 | n/a |
| American Museum of Natural History | $3,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Young-Williams Animal Center of East Ten | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Leadership Knoxville Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Ships International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Shares Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Childhelp Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Episcopal School of Knoxville | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pca Reformed University Ministries | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The King's College | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Oliver and Evelyn Smith 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.
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How this is measured
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About Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation
- How much does Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation give?
- Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Arts & Culture (24%), Education (15%).
- Who are Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sevier Heights Baptist Church ($20k), Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church ($9k), East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc ($8k).
- Does Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Clayton Family Foundation, East Tennessee Foundation, Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc.
- Where is Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation based?
- Oliver and Evelyn Smith Foundation is based in TN.
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