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The Christopher D Smithers Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Christopher D Smithers Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$76k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$656kHealth$638kArts & Culture$171kScience & Tech$84kYouth Development$29kEmployment$20kRecreation & Sports$10kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $69k
$12,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL ILR SCHOOL$25,000
LICADD$22,250
Individual grant recipient$12,000
CONSIGLIO INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA$10,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%OAKS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $12k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MALIBU: $25k → 14%LICADD: $231k → 6%NCADD WESTCHESTER: $10k → 9%CORNELL ILR SCHOOL: $25k → 16%NCADD: $35k → 17%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $8k → 8%LICADD: $114k → 6%NCADD WESTCHESTER: $15k → 9%CAYUGA WATCHERS: $5k → 16%EPRA (UK): $20k → 17%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $5k → 8%LICADD: $85k → 6%NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $10k → 17%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $5k → 8%LICADD: $56k → 6%OCCAM OBSERVATORY: $42k → 17%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $5k → 8%LICADD: $35k → 6%OCCAM OBSERVATORY: $39k → 17%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $5k → 8%LICADD: $27k → 6%COMITATO ITALIANO DEL CONSIGLIO INT: $23k → 17%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $5k → 8%LICADD: $22k → 6%OCCAM OBSERVATORY: $23k → 17%AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $5k → 8%OCCAM OBSERVATORY: $12k → 17%GIFT OF LIFE INC: $5k → 6%CONSIGLIO INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA: $10k → 17%NYIT: $20k → 6%ITALIAN CONSIGLIO INTERNAZ CINEMA E: $8k → 17%NYIT: $20k → 6%ITALIAN CONSIGLIO INTERNAZ CINEMA E: $6k → 17%NYIT: $20k → 6%OCCAM OBSERVATORY: $5k → 17%NYIT: $20k → 6%NYU: $10k → 17%NYIT: $20k → 6%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $231k → 17%NYIT: $10k → 6%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $163k → 17%PORTLEDGE SCHOOL: $10k → 6%FOUNDATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP: $84k → 17%PORTLEDGE SCHOOL: $5k → 6%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $30k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $6k → 17%SAGAMORE ROWING ASSN: $10k → 6%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.
$902k · 9 repeat orgs$282k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$902k
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+12%

Still filing today

22%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • L
    LICADD
    8× · 2017–2024 · $573k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    5× · 2017–2024 · $121k
  • NY
    NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $110k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • FO
    FOUNDATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP
    one grant, 2018 · $84k
  • N
    NCADD
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • MF
    MALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +192%
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
Pomona College

Throughout its history, pomona college has educated men and women of exceptional promise. we gather individuals, regardless of financial circumstances, into a small residential community that is strongly rooted in southern california yet…

Education
6
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
7
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
8
Iona University

Iona university is a caring academic community, inspired by the legacy of blessed edmund rice and the christian brothers, which embodies opportunity, justice, and the liberating power of education. iona university's purpose is to foster…

Education
9
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
12
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York; the most unlike its peers is Oaks Christian School. 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

10 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. 10 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LICADD: $572,513 · OtherLICADDIndividual grant recipient: $120,946 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOUNDATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP: $83,863 · OtherFOUNDATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPAMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MED: $37,600 · OtherNCADD: $35,000 · Other+14 more: $157,076 · Other+14 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $433,826 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN …NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $110,000 · EducationNEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY+3 more: $27,000 · EducationMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentSAGAMORE ROWING ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE GIFT OF LIFE INC: $5,000 · International
Other$1,006,998Education$570,826Youth Development$25,000Recreation & Sports$10,000International$5,000

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $433,826 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPORTLEDGE SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOAKS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAGAMORE ROWING ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCAYUGAS WATCHERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetTHE GIFT OF LIFE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES: $3,300 over 1y, 7.2% 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.

  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds MALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds PORTLEDGE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds OAKS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds SAGAMORE ROWING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAYUGAS WATCHERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GIFT OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Christopher D Smithers Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Christopher D Smithers Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    2report 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.
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    How do I get to The Christopher D Smithers Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Christopher D Smithers Foundation Inc 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 27 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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