New York · Public charity
Smile Train Inc
Smile train, inc.'s primary purpose is to provide people born with clefts the same opportunities in life as those born without clefts. (cont'd on sch. O).
- $53M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $46,701
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $586,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $424M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Smile Train Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $940k 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 | 11 | $1.8M | 9% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $2.1M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $1.4M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $3.6M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.2M | 86% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $97k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $72k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $218k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifebox Foundation Inc | $4,426,849 | 5 | 41% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $2,265,110 | 1 | 0% |
| Be Team International Inc | $1,138,500 | 2 | 18% |
| Ghayour Charitable Foundation | $509,800 | 2 | 39% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $302,230 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Smile Foundation Inc | $286,370 | 3 | 12% |
| Plastic Surgery Foundation | $269,520 | 5 | 3% |
| Bright Faces Inc | $210,500 | 2 | 34% |
| Aproquen Inc | $112,152 | 2 | 13% |
| American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association | $111,934 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 38 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Smile Train Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Smile Train Inc
- How much does Smile Train Inc give?
- Smile Train Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $1,788,851, out of $52,628,163 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Smile Train Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), International (44%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Smile Train Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lifebox Foundation Inc ($4.4M), Vanderbilt University Medical Center ($2.3M), Be Team International Inc ($1.1M).
- Does Smile Train Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Smile Train Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Network for Good, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Smile Train Inc based?
- Smile Train Inc is based in NY.
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