Washington · Private foundation
Orin 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.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Orin Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $1.4M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $965k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $980k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.5M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.7M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.7M | 38% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $3.7M | 29% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $2.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $8,085,481 | 8 | 3% |
| The Chehalis Foundation | $2,950,000 | 8 | 32% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $1,013,935 | 3 | 0% |
| Campaign for Free College Tuition | $175,000 | 7 | 48% |
| Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries | $160,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of King County | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teton Raptor Center | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Discover Children's Museum | $125,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Third Way Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $8,085,481 | 8 | 3% |
| The Chehalis Foundation | $2,950,000 | 8 | 32% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $1,013,935 | 3 | 0% |
| Campaign for Free College Tuition | $175,000 | 7 | 48% |
| Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries | $160,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of King County | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teton Raptor Center | $125,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Discover Children's Museum | $125,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Third Way Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballard Food Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Elementary Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jackson Hole Land Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lewis County | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hamlin Robinson School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Orin Smith Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Orin Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Orin Smith Family Foundation give?
- Orin Smith Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $1,360,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Orin Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Community Improvement (22%), Environment (7%).
- Who are Orin Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Washington Foundation ($8.1M), The Chehalis Foundation ($3.0M), Conservation International Foundation ($1.0M).
- Does Orin Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Orin 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 Orin Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Orin Smith Family Foundation based?
- Orin Smith Family Foundation is based in WA.
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