New York · Private foundation
Paul L Smith Charitable 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $482
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,766
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $105k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $467 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 | 14 | $10k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $9k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $10k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $9k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressley Ridge | $3,309 | 6 | 0% |
| New Life for Girls Inc | $2,939 | 6 | 0% |
| York Benevolent Association | $2,889 | 6 | 0% |
| York County Literacy Council | $2,744 | 6 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $2,468 | 5 | 0% |
| York Union Rescue Mission Inc | $1,509 | 3 | 0% |
| Veteran's Helping Hand Inc | $949 | 1 | n/a |
| Visioncorps Foundation | $616 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $373 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul L Smith Charitable 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: Bruce R & Madelyn G Snyder Foundation · Powder Mill Foundation · York County Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation
- How much does Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation give?
- Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $10,235 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Health (22%), Education (21%).
- Who are Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Pressley Ridge ($3k), New Life for Girls Inc ($3k), York Benevolent Association ($3k).
- Does Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul L Smith Charitable 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 L Smith Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bruce R & Madelyn G Snyder Foundation, Powder Mill Foundation, York County Community Foundation.
- Where is Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation based?
- Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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