· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $98k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | $13,535 |
| FOS FEMINISTA | $13,534 |
| STRIVE | $10,134 |
| STAND UP FOR KIDS INC | $10,134 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST | $10,111 |
| CHARITYWATER | $10,049 |
| EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS | $10,048 |
| FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT CENTER | $10,017 |
| AIU FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION | $7,628 |
| OXFAM AMERICA | $6,068 |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $6,068 |
| WILD EARTH ALLIES | $5,138 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $4,500 |
| SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CHARITY GLOBAL INC9× · 2017–2025 · $79k · revenue +17%- WEWild Earth Allies Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $74k · revenue +129%
AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID5× · 2017–2021 · $53k · revenue +161%
Funded once
- AIADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY FUND UNITEDone grant, 2017 · $11k
- EJEARTH JUSTICE WORKSone grant, 2022 · $11k
- SFSTRIVE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue +221%
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.
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.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.
Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.
See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 27 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST ↗
- Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
- Who funds Wild Earth Allies Inc ↗
- Who funds StandUp for Kids ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ↗
- Who funds STRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL ADRENAL DISEASES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Charity Navigator ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STRIVE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Smith Family Benevolent Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smith Family Benevolent Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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