Massachusetts · Private foundation
Smith Family Benevolent Fund
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.
- $134k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,535
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $905k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Smith Family Benevolent Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 18 | $134k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $102k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $80k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $80k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $81k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $72k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $70k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $77k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights First | $94,702 | 9 | 0% |
| Charity Global Inc | $78,833 | 9 | 0% |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $73,944 | 9 | 0% |
| StandUp for Kids | $63,114 | 6 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $52,750 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $52,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Equal Justice Works | $31,265 | 3 | 0% |
| Strive International Inc | $31,244 | 3 | 0% |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region | $20,451 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $20,418 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights First | $94,702 | 9 | 0% |
| Charity Global Inc | $78,833 | 9 | 0% |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | $73,944 | 9 | 0% |
| StandUp for Kids | $63,114 | 6 | 0% |
| American Near East Refugee Aid | $52,750 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $52,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Equal Justice Works | $31,265 | 3 | 0% |
| Strive International Inc | $31,244 | 3 | 0% |
| International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region | $20,451 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $20,418 | 2 | 0% |
| The National Adrenal Diseases Foundation | $19,750 | 2 | 13% |
| Charity Navigator | $12,160 | 9 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $11,378 | 2 | 0% |
| Strive Foundation | $10,908 | 1 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $9,068 | 2 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $6,068 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $3,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Reproductive Freedom for All | $2,250 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Smith Family Benevolent Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Smith Family Benevolent Fund
- How much does Smith Family Benevolent Fund give?
- Smith Family Benevolent Fund reported 18 grants totaling $134,064 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Smith Family Benevolent Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (23%), International (15%), Environment (12%).
- Who are Smith Family Benevolent Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Human Rights First ($95k), Charity Global Inc ($79k), Wild Earth Allies Inc ($74k).
- Does Smith Family Benevolent Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Smith Family Benevolent Fund 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 Family Benevolent Fund based?
- Smith Family Benevolent Fund is based in MA.
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