· Private foundation
Smith Family Foundation
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 $10k26 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHAPEL CROSSPOINT | $16,600 |
| EPIC CHURCH OF BUFFALO | $15,800 |
| CHRIST FELLOWSHIP | $13,700 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $13,700 |
| MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF BUF | $10,000 |
| ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $1,000 |
| HORIZON HEALTH SERVICES | $1,000 |
| NEWS NEEDIEST FUND | $1,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $1,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $1,000 |
| POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ERIE CO | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–18, $2k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMTHE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +359%
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC7× · 2017–2023 · $15k · revenue +145%- GFGATEWAY-LONGVIEW FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +180%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $500
- PFPUNT FOUNDATION (PCC RIBBON CLASSIC EVENT)one grant, 2021 · $200
- CHCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BFLO FOUNDATone grant, 2018 · $100
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.
Kol hanearim provides care for some of the most vulnerable members of society: orphans and children at-risk. our vision is to help these children develop from receivers to givers and see that they have the tools and support to break the…
To provide hospice services on both an inpatient and outpatient basis
The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.
It is the mission of carefirst ny, inc. to affirm life through extraordinary, compassionate support and care to patients and families in chemung, steuben and schuyler counties.
The board adopted mission statement is: nyu langone hospitals (the "hospital") will operate with new york university's medical schools a health system ("nyu langone health") devoted to excellence in patient care, education and research. in…
See schedule oto make a positive difference in the lives and health status of individuals in the city of rochester, ny and western monroe county. we will educate our community, our providers, and future health care professionals in order…
City relief provides fresh, nutritious meals and essential care items to individuals in need; as well as creating individualized action plans including connections to programs,offering support and encouragement.
We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.
To operate an inpatient and outpatient hospital, clinics and treatment centers for the delivery of acute medical, surgical and preventative health care services.
Canton potsdam hospital's mission is to provide skilled, compassionate, cost-effective care that promotes wellness and meets community needs.
Housing and programs for sick children and thier families.
The organization provides charitable relief in the form of emergency shelter, material needs, and compassionate care for the homeless and persons in need in the eastern niagara county, new york area.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 43 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 THE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds GATEWAY-LONGVIEW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CRADLE BEACH INC ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BUFFALO INC ↗
- Who funds CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds HORIZON HEALTH SERVICES ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE MICHAELS OF THE WORLD INC ↗
- Who funds CLARENCE FIRE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds 27 SANDWICHES INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF NIGHT PEOPLE INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · East Hill Foundation · E&W G Foundation · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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