Colorado · Private foundation
Shirley C 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 34
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $534k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 32 | $26k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $27k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| HopeWest | $15,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Grand Valley Catholic Outreach Inc | $9,950 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $8,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Handmaids of the Precious Blood | $8,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Sharing Ministries Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $6,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Connection | $5,250 | 6 | 0% |
| St Mary's Hospital Foundation | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,050 | 6 | 0% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $2,800 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| HopeWest | $15,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Grand Valley Catholic Outreach Inc | $9,950 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $8,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Handmaids of the Precious Blood | $8,150 | 6 | n/a |
| Sharing Ministries Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $6,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Connection | $5,250 | 6 | 0% |
| St Mary's Hospital Foundation | $5,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,050 | 6 | 0% |
| The Food Bank for Larimer County | $2,800 | 6 | 0% |
| La Puente Home Inc | $2,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Delta Health Foundation | $2,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $1,650 | 5 | 0% |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $1,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Childfund International USA | $1,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $1,050 | 6 | 0% |
| Unbound | $1,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $950 | 6 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $950 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $950 | 6 | 0% |
| Providing Hope to Nigeria | $800 | 1 | 1% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $800 | 6 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shirley C Smith Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
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About Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation
- How much does Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation give?
- Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $26,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Health (22%), Public Safety & Disaster (19%).
- Who are Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: HopeWest ($15k), Grand Valley Catholic Outreach Inc ($10k), Catholic Relief Services ($8k).
- Does Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirley C Smith Charitable 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 Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc, El Pomar Foundation, Bacon Family Foundation.
- Where is Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation based?
- Shirley C Smith Charitable Foundation is based in CO.
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