· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PAUL SMITH LIBRARY | $1,766 |
| ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF YORK | $949 |
| VETERAN'S HELPING HAND INC | $949 |
| PRESSLEY RIDGE | $949 |
| SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST | $883 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF YORK COUNTY | $883 |
| PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST | $482 |
| YORK LITERACY COUNCIL | $482 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION | $482 |
| WOMEN S CARE CENTER | $482 |
| YORK BENEVOLENT ASSN | $482 |
| MENTAL HEALTH ASSN | $482 |
| LIFE PATH MINISTRIES | $482 |
| NEW LIFE FOR GIRLS | $482 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -45% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% 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
Backed again, and grew
- PRPRESSLEY RIDGE6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +4%
- NLNEW LIFE FOR GIRLS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +62%
- YBYORK BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOODone grant, 2020 · $2k
- PCPA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTICone grant, 2020 · $665
- VFVISIONCORPS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $616 · revenue -45%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…
Guided by christian compassion, wesleylife supports the independence, health, and well-being of older adults wherever they call home. as a non-profit organization, we understand our responsibility and obligation to operate with…
The organization's mission is to provide services, advocate for and offer opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, enabling them to realize their full potential in our communities.
Wesley community services, inc. is focused on providing services to older adults and those of low income. it was established in 2005 as a faith-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing services to people of all faiths in a…
To provide and administer a comprehensive multidisciplinary, therapeutic and public health nursing program primarily to residents of the southeastern connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.
As a new york city based nonprofit, we're dedicated to transforming the health and well-being of our communities through inclusive and accessible running experiences, empowering all to achieve their potential.
Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.
To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.
The arc of rensselaer county is committed to advocating for the rights and safety of individuals of all ages who primarily have intellectual disabilities and, in some instances, have other developmental disabilities or delays. the arc is a…
We envision arc herkimer as the premier service provider and resource for people with disabilities, and others in our community partnership of caring people committed to excellence, united by values and goals, directed toward unprecedented…
Jevs hireability offers an empowering, customized employment program to assist individuals living with a disability or chronic disease by preparing them for competitive employment and community integration.
We are called to strengthen communities by empowering people to respond to life's challenges.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PRESSLEY RIDGE ↗
- Who funds NEW LIFE FOR GIRLS INC ↗
- Who funds YORK BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds YORK UNION RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds VETERAN'S HELPING HAND INC ↗
- Who funds VISIONCORPS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul L Smith Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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