Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc
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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 8 | $81k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $61k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $76k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $52k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $48k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy for Animals Inc | $50,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Vegan Outreach Inc | $50,286 | 6 | 1% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $46,463 | 6 | 0% |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fish Welfare Initiative | $29,025 | 4 | 2% |
| Step Up | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Piney Woods School | $20,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Childfund International USA | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Animal Outlook Inc | $15,533 | 4 | 0% |
| Innovate Animal Ag | $15,500 | 2 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy for Animals Inc | $50,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Vegan Outreach Inc | $50,286 | 6 | 1% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $46,463 | 6 | 0% |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fish Welfare Initiative | $29,025 | 4 | 2% |
| Step Up | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Piney Woods School | $20,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Childfund International USA | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Animal Outlook Inc | $15,533 | 4 | 0% |
| Innovate Animal Ag | $15,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Bikes Not Bombs Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hazlehurst in Bloom | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Encompass Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Greener by Default | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Roots Institute | $5,346 | 1 | 0% |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane League | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Copiah County Animal Shelter Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
| New Hampshire Catholic Charities | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities USA | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capitol Hill Arts Workshop | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Humane America Animal Foundation · Animal Charity Evaluators · The Greenbaum Foundation · The Quinn Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc with peer funders
About Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc
- How much does Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc give?
- Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc reported 8 grants totaling $81,096 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (47%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Mercy for Animals Inc ($51k), Vegan Outreach Inc ($50k), The Good Food Institute Inc ($46k).
- Does Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc 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 Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Humane America Animal Foundation, Animal Charity Evaluators, The Greenbaum Foundation.
- Where is Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc based?
- Smith & Atcheson Fund for Excellence Inc is based in DC.
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