Virginia · Public charity
Smyth County Charitable Fund
To support the mission of smyth county community foundation by identifying and supporting qualified programs and projects that serve to improve the overall health, wellness and education across smyth county and the surrounding communities.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,282
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $57M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations Smyth County Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $923k 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 | 12 | $3.3M | 42% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $1.2M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $448k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $143k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $134k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Center for Hopeinc | $3,000,000 | 4 | 100% |
| Mount Rogers Community Services Inc | $537,350 | 2 | 8% |
| Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands | $393,965 | 2 | 3% |
| Smyth County Community Foundation | $356,995 | 2 | 37% |
| Mel Leaman Free Clinic of Smyth Co | $158,071 | 7 | 2% |
| Mission Dental Virginia Inc | $102,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Town of Marion | $65,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Crossroads | $53,175 | 2 | 9% |
| Virginia Free Mobile Health Services Dba Remote Area Medical - Virginia | $49,060 | 3 | 17% |
| Smyth County School Board | $47,957 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Center for Hopeinc | $3,000,000 | 4 | 100% |
| Mount Rogers Community Services Inc | $537,350 | 2 | 8% |
| Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands | $393,965 | 2 | 3% |
| Smyth County Community Foundation | $356,995 | 2 | 37% |
| Mel Leaman Free Clinic of Smyth Co | $158,071 | 7 | 2% |
| Mission Dental Virginia Inc | $102,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Town of Marion | $65,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Crossroads | $53,175 | 2 | 9% |
| Virginia Free Mobile Health Services Dba Remote Area Medical - Virginia | $49,060 | 3 | 17% |
| Smyth County School Board | $47,957 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation | $38,909 | 2 | n/a |
| Mountain States Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Free Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment & Endowment | $23,550 | 1 | 1% |
| William King Museum of Art | $22,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Blue Ridge Discovery Center Inc | $19,565 | 2 | 2% |
| First United Methodist Church - Marion Va | $14,764 | 1 | n/a |
| Bland Ministry Center | $13,990 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwestern Va Mental Health | $10,780 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginias Kids Belong | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hungry Mother Lutheran Retreat Center | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Smyth County Charitable Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Virginia Health Care Foundation · Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation · The Genan Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Smyth County Charitable Fund
- How much does Smyth County Charitable Fund give?
- Smyth County Charitable Fund reported 12 grants totaling $3,278,638 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Smyth County Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (65%), Philanthropy (16%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are Smyth County Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Appalachian Center for Hopeinc ($3.0M), Mount Rogers Community Services Inc ($537k), Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands ($394k).
- Does Smyth County Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Smyth County Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Virginia Health Care Foundation, Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation, The Genan Foundation.
- Where is Smyth County Charitable Fund based?
- Smyth County Charitable Fund is based in VA.
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