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Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$40k
Granted FY2023
15
Grants FY2023
15
Organizations funded FY2023
53%
First-time grantees FY2023
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52% of Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $40k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

66
’20
73
’21
76
’22
10
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2023
$2,250
Largest grant, FY2023
$7,500
Organizations funded a year
15 to 104
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
9
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 53% of the organizations Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationCivil RightsAnimalsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202315$40k53%
FY2022104$1.1M28%
FY202194$1.1M33%
FY202091$758kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$13MEducation$582kArts & Culture$505kHealth$401kYouth Development$249kHuman Services$226kFood & Nutrition$194kReligion$145kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 108 grantees
All grantees of Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Orme School$178,50031%
Invisible Theatre$141,667320%
University of Denver$134,50030%
Tucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse$111,66731%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$100,00030%
Westside Food Bank$65,00031%
Students Run America$60,00031%
Loft Cinema Inc Fka Tucson Cinema Foundation Inc$56,66531%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$55,00030%
Als United of Georgia Inc$55,00022%
Tucson Botanical Gardens$55,00031%
Prager University Foundation$50,00030%
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc$50,00031%
Arizona Theatre Company$45,00030%
Union Rescue Mission$42,50030%
The Center in Hollywood$40,00021%
Casa of Los Angeles$40,00030%
Sisters of St Louis$40,0003n/a
Gamma Mu Foundation Inc$40,00035%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$39,00030%
Bishop Miege High School Foundation$31,0004n/a
Trevor Project Inc$30,25020%
Step Up To Justice$30,00023%
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc$30,00030%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$30,00030%
Homeboy Industries$30,00030%
Family Promise of Lawrence Inc$25,00031%
Humane Society of Southern Arizona$25,00020%
St Ann Catholic Church$25,0004n/a
Young Life$25,00020%
Alzheimers Greater Los Angeles$20,00020%
Kansas Policy Institute$20,00021%
Harmony Project$20,00020%
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles$20,00010%
Woodson Center$17,50030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$15,00020%
Samaritan's Feet International$15,00020%
Operation Breakthrough Inc$15,00030%
Achilles International Inc$15,00030%
University Camps$15,00032%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$12,50010%
Defending Education$12,50020%
Boys Club of Greater Kansas City$12,50020%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$12,00020%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$12,00040%
Colorado Outdoor Education Center Inc$10,50030%
Vitae Foundation$10,00020%
Denver Junior Golf$10,00011%
FaithBridge Foster Care Inc$10,00010%
Kansans For Life Inc$10,00021%
Starlight Children's Foundation$10,00010%
Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute$10,00021%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00020%
Atlfamilymeal Inc$10,00022%
The Midnight Mission$10,00010%
St Joseph Center$10,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Cornerstones of Care$9,50030%
Cherry Creek Schools Foundation$9,00020%
Plaza Academy$9,00030%
Roaring Fork Conservancy$8,00040%
Must Ministries Inc$7,50010%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$7,50030%
Pawsperity Inc$7,50030%
Cristo Rey Kansas City Sisters of Chari Ty of Leavenworth High School$7,50030%
Ben's Bells Inc$6,66711%
Together Rising$6,00030%
I Am Als$6,00030%
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts$6,00030%
Unbound$6,00030%
Northwest Classical Academy Inc$6,0001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$6,00030%
Adirondack Historical Association$6,00020%
East Cobb Theatrical Inc$5,00018%
Connections to Success$5,00020%
Tutwiler Clinc Inc$5,0001n/a
Value Unconditional Inc$5,00022%
Team Rubicon Inc$5,00010%
Atlanta Union Mission Corporation$5,00010%
Vertex Partnership Academies Inc$5,00010%
Palisades Pride Inc$5,00018%
Great Jobs Kc Inc$5,00020%
Table on Delk Inc$5,00011%
English in Action$5,00010%
Front Porch Alliance - Kansas City Inc$5,00020%
The Overton Park Shell Inc$4,37510%
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Inc$4,37510%
Police Foundation of Kansas City$3,00030%
Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau$3,00011%
Great Plains Spca$3,00030%
Tritt Tiger Foundation Inc$3,00012%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$2,50020%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$2,50010%
Alliance Defending Freedom$2,50010%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$2,25010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City Inc$2,00010%
North Cobb Christian School Inc$2,00010%
KC Healthy Kids$2,00020%
Newhouse Inc$2,00010%
Colorado Pet Pantry$2,00010%
Liberty Counsel Inc$2,0001n/a
Wonderscope Inc$1,00010%
Peachtree Presbyterian Pre-School Inc$1,00010%
The Anvil Academy Inc$1,00010%
St Pauls Outreach Inc$1,0001n/a
Pembroke Hill School$1,00010%
Arapahoe Library Friends Foundation Inc$75010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Orme School: $178,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetInvisible Theatre: $141,667 over 3y, 20% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $134,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Centers for Women & Children Inc Dba Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse: $111,667 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWestside Food Bank: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetStudents Run America: $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLoft Cinema Inc Fka Tucson Cinema Foundation Inc: $56,665 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetDidi Hirsch Psychiatric Service: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAls United of Georgia Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTucson Botanical Gardens: $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUnion Rescue Mission: $42,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center in Hollywood: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCasa of Los Angeles: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGamma Mu Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $39,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $30,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStep Up To Justice: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Lawrence Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Life: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimers Greater Los Angeles: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKansas Policy Institute: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHarmony Project: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWoodson Center: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Feet International: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Breakthrough Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity Camps: $15,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMikeroweworks Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDefending Education: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoys Club of Greater Kansas City: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarvesters - the Community Food Network: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Outdoor Education Center Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVitae Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Junior Golf: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFaithBridge Foster Care Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKansans For Life Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetStarlight Children's Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 101.

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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.

Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO35.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Don & Jean Wagner Charitable Foundation · The Shumaker Family Foundation · The Kansas City Royals Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Francis Family Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400

How much does Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 give?
Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 reported 15 grants totaling $40,450 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 104 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Education (4%), Arts & Culture (3%).
Who are Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Orme School ($179k), Invisible Theatre ($142k), University of Denver ($135k).
Does Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees.
Where is Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 based?
Ralph L Smith Foundation 13952400 is based in MO.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 164 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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