· 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 $10k12 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FGCU FOUNDATION | $15,050 |
| IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| INTEGRITY CHURCH | $2,500 |
| SPOHNC | $1,000 |
| CIRCLE PLAYERS THEATER | $1,000 |
| OBLATES OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES | $1,000 |
| FLORIDIANS FOR DEMOCRACY | $1,000 |
| BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL | $850 |
| BONITA SPRINGS YMCA | $700 |
| GREATER ESTERO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | $550 |
| STRENGTH N HONOR CHARITIES | $300 |
| BOYS TOWN | $100 |
| GREATER NAPLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | $60 |
| USO | $25 |
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, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% 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.
38 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 9 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, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IRINVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS INC3× · 2018–2020 · $11k · revenue +82%
- PCPLAYERS CIRCLE ART CENTER INC5× · 2019–2024 · $4k · revenue +77%
- TFTHE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC4× · 2018–2022 · $3k · revenue +82%
Funded once
- HUHODGES UNIVERSITY INCone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -100%
- IRINVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS EDITORSone grant, 2017 · $3k
- CCCHILD CORE OF SWFLone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.
We continually convene a statewide community of committed leaders to enhance and recharge their leadership skills and to educate and inspire them to work across their strengths and diversities for a better florida. we engage floridians by…
Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.
The st petersburg area chamber of commerce shall be the preeminent leader of business in order to ensure the economic growth and vitality for all in our community.
The greater fort myers chamber of commerce represents over 800 businesses, professionals, and individuals throughout lee county. we provide opportunities for members to network with other businesses, participate in meaningful committee…
Charting a course for living, learning, and earning with vision loss.
The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…
To serve our members and enhance our community by building business success.
Success for our members and our profession through connecting, learning, and leading.
Fpca's mission is to continuously enhance law enforcement by providing a unified voice for police chiefs statewide and nationally, serving as the public face of law enforcement executive leadership, and providing a forum for executive…
To strengthen the larger community by developing and implementing programs and services that lead to institutional enhancement and greater educational advancement.
Grow an economy based on high-skill, high-wage sustainable businesses. we focus on business recruitment and expansion, business advocacy, facilitating collaborative partnerships and advancing strategic initiatives in central florida's polk…
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 100 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 FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS INC ↗
- Who funds THE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Nations Association Charities Inc ↗
- Who funds HODGES UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds PLAYERS CIRCLE ART CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds ALVIN A DUBIN ALZHEIMER'S RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH LEE EDC INC ↗
- Who funds GULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds LEE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Christys Cause Inc ↗
- Who funds Women Giving Back Inc ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILD CARE OF SW FLORIDA 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: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Lee County Inc · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · West Bay Community Charitable Foundation · The League Club Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
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.
- Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc: 12% of income from government
- Lee County Bar Association Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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