Ohio · Private foundation
R Templeton 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.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations R Templeton Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 3 | $39k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $41k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $46k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes Avenue Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 18% |
| Veranova Health | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Evangelical Catholic Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trivium School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tenley Study Center Inc | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| The Institute for Family Studies | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About R Templeton Smith Foundation
- How much does R Templeton Smith Foundation give?
- R Templeton Smith Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $39,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does R Templeton Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (57%), Education (20%), Health (14%).
- Who are R Templeton Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Forbes Avenue Foundation Inc ($80k), Veranova Health ($25k), Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture ($19k).
- Does R Templeton Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does R Templeton 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 R Templeton Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is R Templeton Smith Foundation based?
- R Templeton Smith Foundation is based in OH.
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