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Smith Vicars Family Foundation Fka Hunter Smith Family 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.

$598k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$560kEducation$556kReligion$417kCivil Rights$175kArts & Culture$174kFood & Nutrition$95kHuman Services$90kPublic Benefit$85kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $465k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$466k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BLUE RIDGE CENTER$140,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE$120,000
PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$100,000
BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK$55,000
THE JEFFERSON COUNCIL FOR UVA$50,000
CHARLOTTESVILLE OPERA$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$20,000
SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY$15,000
THE PARAMOUNT THEATER$14,000
FARMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION$11,000
THE FIRST TEE OF THE VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE$10,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
INGLES CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$5,000
THE BRIDGE MINISTRY$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $15k → 8%READYKIDS: $1k → 8%READYKIDS: $1k → 8%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $45k → 8%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $15k → 8%SHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 17 repeat orgs$554k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$1.7M
$358k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+92%

Still filing today

82%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $197k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitHealthReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GC
    GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $560k · revenue +11%
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $418k · revenue +47% · 33% of their budget
  • TB
    THE BRIDGE MINISTRY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $407k · revenue +102%

Funded once

  • AA
    ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VA
    one grant, 2023 · $175k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • MR
    MOBILIZE RECOVERY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -8%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
2
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
3
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
4
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
5
University of Virginia Law School Foundation

The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.

Education
6
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges

To secure financial support that enables college-bound students to access and graduate from outstanding virginia independent higher education institutions.

Education
7
William & Mary Foundation

The William & Mary Foundation advances the university's highest aspirations by securing private support, guiding a multi-asset investment portfolio, and offering strategic leadership. In this work, we propel the university toward national…

Education
8
Association for the Preservation of Va Antiquities

To preserve, promote and serve as an advocate for virginia's irreplaceable historic places for cultural, economic and educational benefits for everyone.

Arts & Culture
9
United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of people in our community. united way of virginia's blue ridge serves people in the cities of roanoke and salem, the town of vinton, and the counties of botetourt, craig, roanoke, and…

Philanthropy
10
The West Virginia Chamber Foundation
Public Benefit
11
The Virginia College Fund

Solicitation of public contributions on behalf of member colleges. provides foundations, businesses, and individuals a convenient way of supporting small colleges and universities in virginia.

Education
12
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mobilize Recovery. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 33 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $560,000 · OtherGREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VA: $174,700 · OtherALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VABLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $59,500 · OtherBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INCUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $50,000 · OtherTHE JEFFERSON COUNCIL FOR UVA: $50,000 · OtherPARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION: $39,400 · OtherBLUE RIDGE YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Other+13 more: $132,000 · Other+13 moreBLUE RIDGE CENTER: $418,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE RIDGE CENTERTHE BRIDGE MINISTRY INC: $406,500 · ReligionTHE BRIDGE MINISTRY …PIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · EducationNETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $10,000 · EducationSHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesALBEMARLE COUNTY ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesFARMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $38,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTESVILLE OPERA: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMOBILIZE RECOVERY: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · Health
Other$1,105,600Philanthropy$418,000Religion$406,500Education$130,000Human Services$93,000Arts & Culture$82,000Health$51,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $560,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetBLUE RIDGE CENTER: $418,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetTHE BRIDGE MINISTRY INC: $406,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetPIEDMONT VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSHELTER FOR HELP IN EMERGENCY INC: $85,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $59,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOBILIZE RECOVERY: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBLUE RIDGE YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetFARMINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $38,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE OPERA: $30,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE- ALBEMARLE: $28,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $14,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetNETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetELK HILL FARM INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParadeRest Virginia: $2,500 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetREADYKIDS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE RESCUE SQUAD: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Charlottesville Area …The Charles Fund IncCaplin FoundationThe Stultz FoundationThe Watterson Foundat…The Betsy & Alan D Co…United Way of Greater…Perry Foundation IncSentara HealthS&P Global Foundation…The Danwell FoundationThe Better Living Fou…
Charlottesville Area Community FoundationVA31.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Charles Fund Inc · Caplin Foundation · The Stultz Foundation · The Watterson Foundation · The Betsy & Alan D Cohn Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Charlottesville · Perry Foundation Inc · Sentara Health · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · The Danwell Foundation · The Better Living Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Smith Vicars Family Foundation Fka Hunter Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smith Vicars Family Foundation Fka Hunter Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Smith Vicars Family Foundation Fka Hunter Smith Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Smith Vicars Family Foundation Fka Hunter Smith Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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