Virginia · Private foundation
Robert H Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $7.4M
- Granted FY2023
- 16
- Grants FY2023
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $6,007,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Robert H Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 15 | $7.3M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $8.8M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $2.8M | 7% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $3.9M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $7.5M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $11M | 24% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $5.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $19,519,418 | 7 | 3% |
| National Gallery of Art | $4,510,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $2,964,709 | 6 | 1% |
| New York Historical Society | $1,695,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The George Washington University | $1,048,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 6 | 1% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $956,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington Inc | $813,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $800,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Montpelier Foundation | $600,000 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert H Smith Family 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: The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · Alan and Amy Meltzer Family Foundation Inc · David Bruce Smith Foundation Inc · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation D/B/A the Morningstar Foundation · Abraham & Freida Hochberg Foundation Inc · The Bessie Family Foundation · The Gary and Pennie Abramson Charitable Foundation · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Robert H Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Robert H Smith Family Foundation give?
- Robert H Smith Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $7,427,048 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Robert H Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (51%), Arts & Culture (38%), Social Science (6%).
- Who are Robert H Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc ($20M), National Gallery of Art ($4.5M), The Aspen Institute Inc ($3.0M).
- Does Robert H Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert H Smith Family 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 Robert H Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation, Alan and Amy Meltzer Family Foundation Inc, David Bruce Smith Foundation Inc.
- Where is Robert H Smith Family Foundation based?
- Robert H Smith Family Foundation is based in VA.
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