· Private foundation
Steven B & Julie K Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2020 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 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
- $250k+1 grant · $656k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STEVEN AND JULIE SMITH FAMILY FUND | $655,734 |
| KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $12,000 |
| DENVER ACTIVE 20-30 CHILDRENS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–20, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (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 FY2020, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $656k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KSKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION3× · 2018–2020 · $37k · revenue +78%
- TDThe Denver Children's Foundation4× · 2017–2020 · $16k · revenue +79%
- RRROUNDUP RIVER RANCH2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +73%
Funded once
- NTNATIONAL TTT SOCIETY KAY ENG CAMPERSHIP FUNDone grant, 2018 · $2k
- VVVAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +13%
- NHNAPLES HURRICANE YOUTH ATHLETICSone grant, 2019 · $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.
Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.
University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 13 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 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Denver Children's Foundation ↗
- Who funds ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH ↗
- Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NAPLES ZOO INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH CHALLENGE ↗
- Who funds NAPLES YACHT CLUB BLUE GAVEL SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Steven B & Julie K Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven B & Julie K Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
- Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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