California · Private foundation
Paul Bryant Smith 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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $674k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Paul Bryant Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 6 | $34k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $20k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $35k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $27k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $27k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $20k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $69,217 | 1 | 0% |
| Step Up To Justice | $23,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ben's Bells Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tucson Children's Museum Inc Dba Children's Museum Tucson | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tecolote Youth Baseball | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Reid Park Zoological Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballet Arts Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tucson Botanical Gardens | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pima Council on Aging | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $69,217 | 1 | 0% |
| Step Up To Justice | $23,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ben's Bells Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tucson Children's Museum Inc Dba Children's Museum Tucson | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tecolote Youth Baseball | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Reid Park Zoological Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballet Arts Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tucson Botanical Gardens | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pima Council on Aging | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth on Their Own | $5,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Southern Arizona | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| El Rio Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Helios Ensemble | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul Bryant 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · Tucson Medical Center · John M Simpson Foundation · Marshall Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Zuckerman Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Paul Bryant Smith Foundation
- How much does Paul Bryant Smith Foundation give?
- Paul Bryant Smith Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $34,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Paul Bryant Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Arts & Culture (24%), Health (16%).
- Who are Paul Bryant Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Arizona Foundation ($69k), Step Up To Justice ($24k), Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc ($20k).
- Does Paul Bryant Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul Bryant Smith 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 Paul Bryant Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, The Hs Lopez Family Foundation.
- Where is Paul Bryant Smith Foundation based?
- Paul Bryant Smith Foundation is based in CA.
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