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SMART Life Family 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.

$20k
Granted FY2023
37
Grants FY2023
13
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20222025.

Education$6kHuman Services$4kRecreation & Sports$4kReligion$4kHealth$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kEnvironment$2kArts & Culture$965Other$0
02FY2023 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$240
Median grant
13
States reached
$125k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chinse American Parents Asso NoVA$2,325
Saint Lukes Hospital Mexico$2,200
Iyilikhane Asso for Children Turkey$2,042
Sandos foundation ACMexico$2,000
United States Yoga Federation$1,800
Washington and Lee University$1,500
Chinse American Parents Asso - HC$725
The Family Foundation of Virginia$714
CHINESE AMERICAN PARENT Asso - BC$700
Harper Ferry Park Association$600
Delaware Chester Community School$525
Chinse American Parents Asso - MC$500
Smart Finance Summer Camp$500
Toastmaster 2023 Smeldley Fund$500
TEDx Cherry Creek High School$350
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 8% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Food for Hungry: $125 → 12%Delaware Chester Community School: $525 → 10%State College Area Rowing SCAR: $125 → 16%University of Pennsylvania Rowing: $250 → 22%Catalyst Youth Network Oakland CA: $125 → 10%Xiujuan Yu Funeral Fund: $200 → 14%Hilton Head First Baptist Church: $750 → 10%Church of the Redeemer: $80 → 12%Devereux Glenholme School: $125 → 9%Ridgefield Music Parents: $125 → 9%Rhode Island School of Design: $125 → 14%TEDx Cherry Creek High School: $350 → 8%Mercer Island School Foundation: $125 → 9%Harper Ferry Park Association: $600 → 9%Youth STEAM Outreach: $175 → 6%Compassion International: $100 → 7%Washington and Lee University: $2k → 12%The Family Foundation of Virginia: $714 → 22%Chinse American Parents Asso - HC: $725 → 6%Rockville Yoga: $70 → 8%STEM to the Sky: $125 → 11%CHINESE AMERICAN PARENT Asso - BC: $700 → 11%Delaware Chester Community School: $164 → 10%North America Chinese Univ Alliance: $250 → 14%Toastmaster International: $1k → 8%McLean Bible Church: $30 → 6%Rockville Hot Yoga chartiy: $35 → 8%University of Maryland College Park: $100 → 11%Chinse American Parents Asso - RTMD: $125 → 10%Toastmaster 2023 Smeldley Fund: $500 → 8%See attached statement: $59k → 6%Asso of Russian Speaking Theater: $500 → 8%See attached statement: $45k → 6%Quince Orchard High School Music: $100 → 8%Chinse American Parents Asso NoVA: $2k → 6%Chinese American Parents Asso -NoVA: $2k → 6%Smart Finance Summer Camp: $500 → 6%Fairfax Church: $200 → 6%Shirley J Granddaughter Funeral: $100 → 6%Smart Education Corp: $240 → 6%Purple Heart: $125 → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

2
United States Capitol Historical Society

Today, with the formal approval of congress, the society continues exploring and instituting new and creative ways to bring the fascinating story of the capitol, its institutions and america's unique history to people across the nation and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Georgetown School

The Georgetown School of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to fostering academic, athletic and artistic excellence in students from grades 6 to 12. It is open to all students who wish to pursue a rigorous college preparatory curriculum.

Education
4
The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

5
Massachusetts Historical Society

To promote understanding of the history of massachusetts and the nation by collecting and communicating materials and resources that foster historical knowledge.

Arts & Culture
6
Richmond Waldorf School

Our approach to a holistic Waldorf education lays the foundation for a life full of meaning and purpose. (See 4a)

7
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
8
The Winsor School

Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.

Education
9
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
10
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
11
Dc Independent Film Festival

The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) showcases and supports local and international filmmakers and their work across the genres of fiction, animation, experimental and documentary through screening, discussion, professional…

Arts & Culture
12
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rhode Island School of Design and the most unlike its peers is Harpers Ferry Park Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Chinse American Parents Asso NoVA — $2,325 · OtherChinse American Parents Asso NoVASaint Lukes Hospital Mexico — $2,200 · OtherSaint Lukes Hospital MexicoIyilikhane Asso for Children Turkey — $2,042 · OtherIyilikhane Asso for Children TurkeySandos foundation ACMexico — $2,000 · OtherSandos foundation ACMexicoChinese American Parents Asso -NoVA — $1,765 · OtherChinese American Parents Asso -NoVASPCC Turkey Foundation — $1,250 · OtherSPCC Turkey FoundationTOASTMASTER INTERNATIONAL — $1,200 · OtherTOASTMASTER INTERNATIONALHilton Head First Baptist Church — $750 · Other+34 more — $8,365 · Other+34 moreWashington and Lee University — $1,500 · EducationWashington a…The Family Foundation of Virginia — $714 · EducationThe Family F…DELAWARE CHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL OR DCCS — $689 · EducationDELAWARE CHE…RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN — $125 · EducationThe United States Yoga Federation — $3,000 · Recreation & SportsThe United …ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIAN SPEAKING THEATERS — $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$21,897Education$3,028Recreation & Sports$3,000Arts & Culture$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe United States Yoga Federation — $3,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetWashington and Lee University — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Foundation of Virginia — $714 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE CHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL OR DCCS — $689 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHARPERS FERRY PARK ASSOCIATION — $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION OF RUSSIAN SPEAKING THEATERS — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERCER ISLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN — $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The United States Yoga Federation
  • Who funds Washington and Lee University
  • Who funds The Family Foundation of Virginia
  • Who funds DELAWARE CHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL OR DCCS
  • Who funds HARPERS FERRY PARK ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIAN SPEAKING THEATERS
  • Who funds MERCER ISLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

Amazonsmile FoundationWA1.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization SMART Life Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $59k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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