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Smith Brothers Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Smith Brothers Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$6.7MHuman Services$80kEducation$59kRecreation & Sports$33kArts & Culture$26kEnvironment$16kYouth Development$12kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $67k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.8M
$6,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$90M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,805,059
BROWN UNIVERSITY$25,000
WORLD SERIES OF GOLF FDTN$11,701
SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION$10,000
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE$6,415
ADOPT A FAMILY$6,000
THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
HEALTHCORPS$5,000
NATIONALMALLORG$3,000
Individual grant recipient$1,250
THE FIRST TEE$1,000
PIPER'S ANGELS FOUNDATION$500
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 (FY21–24, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $14k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $12k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $2k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OH
PA
RI
UT
KY
VA
DC
HI
GA
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 10 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$6.8M
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+13%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsScience & TechPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SL
    SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $44k · revenue +11%
  • PO
    PLACE OF HOPE INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $14k · revenue +73%
  • BD
    BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • NP
    North Palm Beach Rowing Club Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue +3%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • AA
    AUDRAIN AUTO MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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
For the Children

To transform lives and communities by providing an array of programs, all directed toward changing the lives of children in the foster care system aimed to prevent academic failure, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, sex trafficking,…

Recreation & Sports
2
Captains for Clean Water Inc

To advance education, awareness, and scientifically supported solutions to restore and protect marine ecosystems and our way of life for future generations.

Environment
3
Family Programs Hawaii

The mission of the organization is to strengthen youth and families through high quality prevention, support, and transition services.

Unclassified
4
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
5
Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts Inc

To promote policies that build effective primary prevention and early intervention systems of support for florida's children and families by engaging and enhancing the collective strengths of the individual children's services councils of…

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6
Better Together Strengthening Familes Inc

Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that…

Human Services
7
The Michael Phelps Foundation

The organization's mission is to promote healthy, active lives, especially for children, primarily by expanding opportunities for participation in the sport of swimming.

Human Services
8
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
9
Florida Family Voice Inc

To protect and defend life, marriage, family and liberty through education, advocacy and empowerment.

Education
10
Family Nurturing Center of Florida Inc

To provide a nurturing environment for families impacted by divorce, custody battles, and domestic violence, by keeping children safe during these challenging times and helping parents foster positive relationships with their children.

Crime & Legal
11
Exchange Club Family Partnership Center of Manatee

We advance the lives of children, together, with their parents.

Crime & Legal
12
Family Resources

The mission of the organization is to prevent and treat child abuse by strengthening families.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc; the most unlike its peers is North Palm Beach Rowing Club Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALM BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,720,379 · OtherPALM BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+27 more: $85,497 · OtherSELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $44,000 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INC: $13,889 · Human ServicesBROWN UNIVERSITY: $51,000 · Community ImprovementNorth Palm Beach Rowing Club Inc: $18,500 · Recreation & SportsBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $10,015 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF MANATEE LAGOON INC: $5,750 · AnimalsTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $5,250 · EducationWEST JUPITER COMMUNITY GROUP INC: $1,235 · EducationNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $1,000 · Education
Other$6,805,876Human Services$57,889Community Improvement$51,000Recreation & Sports$18,500Animals$15,765Environment$10,000Education$7,485

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $51,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $44,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNorth Palm Beach Rowing Club Inc: $18,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $13,889 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $10,015 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdopt a Family Inc: $7,459 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF MANATEE LAGOON INC: $5,750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHCORPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $4,255 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $1,875 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST JUPITER COMMUNITY GROUP INC: $1,235 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTOP CHILDREN'S CANCER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXCEL STRATEGIES INC: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPIPERS ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA Dayton: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Community Foundation …The Bank of America C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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
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 Smith Brothers Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smith Brothers Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Children's Golf Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 38 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-PF 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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