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Smeco Charitable Foundation Inc

To serve as the conduit for smeco's charitable activities by applying its income from various events (golf tournaments, walkathons, bike rides and other community events) and principal assets exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes through direct contributions and awarding grants to other organizations,…

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$249kHuman Services$74kEnvironment$48kFood & Nutrition$46kEmployment$19k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$324k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UM CHARLES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$20,000
MEDSTAR ST MARY'S HOSPITAL CENTER$20,000
CALVERTHEALTH FOUNDATION$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $84k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND FOOD BANK: $46k → 14%BAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES: $19k → 8%SPRING DELL CENTER: $19k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116k · 3 repeat orgs$319k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
13

Total granted

$116k
$319k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CR
    Charles Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc
    2× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +50%
  • CF
    CalvertHealth Foundation Inc
    2× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +185%
  • SM
    ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF ST MARYS COUNTY INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $39k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • CM
    CORNERSTONE MONTGOMERY
    one grant, 2023 · $58k · revenue +1%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $55k · revenue +1%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2021 · $46k · revenue -18%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
CalvertHealth Medical Center Inc

Calverthealth medical center provides quality inpatient and ambulatory health care to the people of southern maryland that is accessible, cost-effective and compassionate. chmc works in partnership with the community to improve the health…

Health
2
Chester River Manor Inc

To provide health care services necessary to meet the individual needs of residents and their families, as well as the community by assisting residents to achieve and maintain their highest practical level of well being while at the same…

Health
3
Chester River Hospital Center Inc

Chester river hospital center (crhc) is an acute care hospital that serves the residents of kent and queen anne's counties and portions of caroline and cecil counties

Health
4
Chester River Health Foundation Inc

Chester river health foundation's (crhf) mission is to raise funds that steward and enhance healthcare excellence for the people who live in or visit the communities served by chester river hospital center, inc. (dba um shore medical…

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5
University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Inc

University of maryland shore regional health, inc. (umsrh), a member of the umms system, offers state-of-the art health care to the residents of kent and queen anne's counties and portions of caroline and cecil counties.

Community Improvement
6
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System Inc

To assist in the management of and to provide services to related healthcare affiliates.

Health
7
Medstar Southern Md Hospital Center Inc

See schedule oas a proud member of medstar health, medstar southern maryland hospital center's (medstar southern maryland) mission is to uphold its commitment to the community by continuously promoting, maintaining, and improving health…

Health
8
Calvert Health System Inc

Calvert health system, inc. was organized and at all times operates exclusively for the benefit of calverthealth medical center. calvert health system,inc. manages its subsidiaries in order to promote and support public health programs and…

Health
9
Civista Medical Center Inc

Civista medical center, inc. (doing business as um charles regional medical center, (um crmc)) is a component of a regional integrated healthcare system created to provide excellence in acute healthcare and preventive services in charles…

Health
10
Carroll Hospital Center Inc

Our communities expect and deserve superior medical treatment, compassionate care, and expert guidance in maintaining their health and well-being. at carroll hospital center, we offer an uncompromising commitment to the highest quality…

Health
11
Hospice of St Marys Inc

To support and assist to carry out the charitable, educational, and scientific purposes of the hospice program at medstar st. mary's hospital.

Human Services
12
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of Charles County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cornerstone Montgomery. 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

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNERSTONE MONTGOMERY: $58,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE MONTGOMERYCENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $55,000 · OtherCENTER FOR CHILDREN INCCharles Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc: $38,567 · OtherCharles Regional Medical Center Foundation IncTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $19,150 · OtherTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INCST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $18,566 · OtherST MARY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONHOSPICE OF CHARLES COUNTY INC: $18,550 · OtherHOSPICE OF CHARLES COUNTY INCCALVERT HOSPICE INC: $18,550 · OtherCALVERT HOSPICE INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $45,637 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF…SPRING DELL CENTER INC: $19,150 · Human ServicesSPRING DELL CENTER IN…BAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $19,150 · Human ServicesBAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT…CalvertHealth Foundation Inc: $38,567 · HealthCalvertHealth Founda…ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF ST MARYS COUNTY INC: $38,550 · HealthST MARYS HOSPITAL OF…AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC: $11,911 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CHE…ST MARY'S RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $11,911 · EnvironmentST MARY'S RI…PORT TOBACCO RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $11,910 · EnvironmentPORT TOBACCO…Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc: $11,910 · EnvironmentAlice Fergus…
Other$226,383Human Services$83,937Health$77,117Environment$47,642

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCORNERSTONE MONTGOMERY: $58,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $55,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $45,637 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharles Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc: $38,567 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCalvertHealth Foundation Inc: $38,567 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetST MARYS HOSPITAL OF ST MARYS COUNTY INC: $38,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPRING DELL CENTER INC: $19,150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $19,150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $19,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF CHARLES COUNTY INC: $18,550 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCALVERT HOSPICE INC: $18,550 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC: $11,911 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST MARY'S RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $11,911 over 1y, 14% of budgetAlice Ferguson Foundation Inc: $11,910 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Charles County Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charles County Charitable TrustMD20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles County Charitable Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Smeco Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smeco Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Montgomery: 3% of income from government
  • The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Smeco Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Smeco Charitable Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 16 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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