New Mexico · Private foundation
Smith & Watson 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $599k
- 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 Smith & Watson 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 | 12 | $30k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $25k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $25k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $22k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mypower Inc | $41,500 | 9 | 2% |
| University of the Southwest | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| New Mexico Junior College Foundation | $25,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lea County Museum Inc | $9,750 | 9 | 2% |
| Encore Entertainment Inc | $9,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Isaiah's Soup Kitchen | $8,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Granbury Church of Christ | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lea County Humane Society | $4,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Hobbs Nm | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mypower Inc | $41,500 | 9 | 2% |
| University of the Southwest | $39,000 | 9 | 0% |
| New Mexico Junior College Foundation | $25,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lea County Museum Inc | $9,750 | 9 | 2% |
| Encore Entertainment Inc | $9,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Isaiah's Soup Kitchen | $8,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Granbury Church of Christ | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lea County Humane Society | $4,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Hobbs Nm | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Leaders Industries Inc | $4,050 | 8 | 0% |
| New Horizons Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacramento Camp and Conference Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Smith & Watson 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 Smith & Watson Foundation
- How much does Smith & Watson Foundation give?
- Smith & Watson Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $30,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Smith & Watson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Youth Development (18%), Health (16%).
- Who are Smith & Watson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mypower Inc ($42k), University of the Southwest ($39k), New Mexico Junior College Foundation ($25k).
- Does Smith & Watson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Smith & Watson 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 Smith & Watson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include JF Maddox Foundation, The Veteto Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Smith & Watson Foundation based?
- Smith & Watson Foundation is based in NM.
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