California · Private foundation
Smith Christian Service Foundation
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.
- $375k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $367,681
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $367,681
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Smith Christian Service Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $375k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Pacific University | $367,681 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope International University | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pepperdine University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
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About Smith Christian Service Foundation
- How much does Smith Christian Service Foundation give?
- Smith Christian Service Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $374,781 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Smith Christian Service Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Smith Christian Service Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Life Pacific University ($368k), Hope International University ($50k), Trustees of Tufts College ($18k).
- Does Smith Christian Service Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Smith Christian Service 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.
- Where is Smith Christian Service Foundation based?
- Smith Christian Service Foundation is based in CA.
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