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Smith Charitable Foundation Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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.

$307k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Recreation & Sports$215kPhilanthropy$155kEnvironment$153kArts & Culture$98kEducation$60kHealth$32kYouth Development$15kMembership Benefit$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $201k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY$50,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT$25,000
GREENWOOD CEMETERY$20,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ROCKFORD$15,000
YWCA NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS$15,000
SKI BRONCS$15,000
Individual grant recipient$14,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
YMCA OF THE ROCK RIVER VALLEY$10,000
ROCKFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
ROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
CROSSROADS BLUS SOCIETY$10,000
ROCKFORD DANCE COMPANY$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $5k → 15%STEPPING STONES OF ROCKFORD: $7k → 15%STEPPING STONES OF ROCKFORD: $6k → 15%YWCA NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $15k → 15%FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5k → 15%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$886k · 21 repeat orgs$262k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
10

Total granted

$886k
$183k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+25%

Still filing today

62%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • RP
    ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +126%
  • RU
    ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2023 · $55k · revenue +21%
  • RA
    REGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • IW
    INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BASEBALL CENTER ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • WL
    WHITEFISH LAKE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION INC SCOTT SULLIVAN
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SB
    SKI BRONCS INC SHOREWOOD PARK
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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
Rockport Cultural Arts District

Bring recognition to the cultural arts and promote economic and cultural development in the downtown rockport area.

Arts & Culture
2
Rockford Community Investment Fund

To support housing and community development ventures

Community Improvement
3
Swedish Historical Society of Rockford

Preservation of swedish historical structure, culture and artifacts through the operations of a museum and cultural center.

Arts & Culture
4
Rockford Area Historical Society

Inspire communitys interest in the past

Arts & Culture
5
Riverside Arts Center

Through free exhibitions, arts education and life-long learning for all ages, rac is an advocate for the vital role the arts play in nurturing community, amplifying diverse experiences, ideas, and backgrounds.

Arts & Culture
6
Rock River Repertory Theatre

Inspire artists, audiences, and our greater southern wisconsin community to celabrate the art of theatre.

Arts & Culture
7
Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives

The primary role of the rockford area strategic initiative is to enhance education, commerce, trade and economic development in the rockford region

Community Improvement
8
The Rockford Institute

To provide analysis and commentary on cultural, economic, political, and educational issues through a published monthly opinion magazine and to operate continuing adult educational conferences in american and european literature and…

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9
Rockford Day Nursery

It is the mission of this corporation to provide quality care for children between the ages of six weeks and twelve years whose parents are employed or in training.

Human Services
10
Rockford Regional Health Council

Rockford regional health council is a not-for-profit social service corporation organized under the laws of the state of illinois for the purpose of improving community health through data gatering and analysis, education and advocacy.

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11
Rockford Promise

Vision statement: enhance economic vitality in the rockford region by providing access to post-secondary education for all rockford public school graduates. - mission statement: remove financial barriers by offering full-tuition…

Education
12
Rockford Area Community Endowment

Rockford area community endowment is a local foundation committed to assisting rockford area residents, businesses, government and volunteer organizations to expand opportunities locally. race was founded in 1964.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc; the most unlike its peers is Children's Safe Harbor 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

23 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. 23 of the 40 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT: $125,000 · OtherROCKFORD PARK DISTRICTINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BASEBALL CENTER ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BASEBALL CENTER ROCKFORD UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGREENWOOD CEMETERY: $35,000 · OtherGREENWOOD CEMETERYREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC: $30,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $29,000 · OtherWHITEFISH LAKE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION INC SCOTT SULLIVAN: $25,000 · OtherSEVERSON DELLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $23,415 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $22,000 · Other+12 more: $112,770 · Other+12 moreUNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $200,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ROCK R…UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS INC: $25,500 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD SY…ROCKFORD DANCE COMPANY: $21,900 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD DA…MIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER: $20,500 · Arts & CultureMIDWAY VILL…ROCKFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD PU…DISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY C…FRIENDS OF THE CORONADO: $7,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF …PEC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentROCKFORD …ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · EducationYWCA NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $15,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES OF ROCKFORD INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PEACE CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $5,000 · Human ServicesSKI BRONCS INC: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsCHILDREN'S SAFE HARBOR INC: $8,835 · Crime & Legal
Other$607,185Philanthropy$210,000Arts & Culture$114,900Environment$100,000Education$55,000Human Services$38,000Recreation & Sports$15,000Crime & Legal$8,835

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY: $200,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB ASSOCIATION OF ROCKFORD: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROCKFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS INC: $25,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSEVERSON DELLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $23,415 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetROCKFORD DANCE COMPANY: $21,900 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetMIDWAY VILLAGE & MUSEUM CENTER: $20,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetROCKFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetSKI BRONCS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetDISCOVERY CENTER MUSEUM OF ROCKFORD INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYWCA NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPPING STONES OF ROCKFORD INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S SAFE HARBOR INC: $8,835 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CORONADO: $7,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetROSECRANCE INC: $6,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEC PLAYHOUSE THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetROCKFORD AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIVERFRONT MUSEUM PARK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The Kjellstrom Family…Community Foundation …Blazer FoundationAmended and Restated …Bergstrom Inc Charita…The Ben Harding Famil…The David & Colleen A…Kristin L Anderson Ch…Tracy E Anderson Char…Woodward Governor Cha…Jeff and Shelley Shin…Goddard Family Founda…
The Kjellstrom Family FoundationIL39× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern IL · Blazer Foundation · Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · Jeff and Shelley Shinn Foundation · Goddard Family 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 Charitable Foundation Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smith Charitable Foundation Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Smith Charitable Foundation Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?

    Find your warmest path to Smith Charitable Foundation Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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