Utah · Private foundation
Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $68M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $5.2M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $5.3M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $6.3M | 75% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $4.9M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five for the Fight Foundation | $15,000,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Smith Entertainment Group Foundation | $2,550,000 | 2 | 79% |
| Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center | $2,000,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Loveloud Foundation % Tribeca Business Mgmt | $1,000,000 | 1 | 68% |
| The 30 Day Fund Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pebble Beach Company Foundation | $275,000 | 2 | 3% |
| University of St Andrews American Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fanatics All in Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Will Hardy Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 34% |
| The Discovery Land Company Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five for the Fight Foundation | $15,000,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Smith Entertainment Group Foundation | $2,550,000 | 2 | 79% |
| Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center | $2,000,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Loveloud Foundation % Tribeca Business Mgmt | $1,000,000 | 1 | 68% |
| The 30 Day Fund Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pebble Beach Company Foundation | $275,000 | 2 | 3% |
| University of St Andrews American Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Fanatics All in Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Will Hardy Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 34% |
| The Discovery Land Company Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Utahs First Lady Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Crewe Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 91% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Utah Food Bank | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ballet West | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fpc Preservation Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Special Olympics Utah Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation
- How much does Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation give?
- Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $5,195,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (63%), Arts & Culture (11%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Five for the Fight Foundation ($15M), Smith Entertainment Group Foundation ($2.5M), Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center ($2.0M).
- Does Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ryan and Ashley 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 Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation based?
- Ryan and Ashley Smith Foundation is based in UT.
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