Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Clark R 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Clark R Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $1.6M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $1.4M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.4M | 28% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $1.4M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $815k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $795k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $860k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $662k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room to Grow National Inc | $755,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wellspring House Inc | $510,130 | 8 | 3% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $425,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Homeless Prenatal Program Inc | $415,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Real Escape From the Sex Trade | $410,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc | $410,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Massachusetts Bar Foundation Inc | $385,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Centro Legal de la Raza | $375,000 | 6 | 1% |
| LEAP for Education Inc | $362,000 | 8 | 5% |
| The Jed Foundation | $275,000 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Clark R Smith Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Tower Family Fund Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · McCarthy Family Foundation · Seattle Foundation · People's United Community Foundation of Eastern Massachusetts Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Clark R Smith Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Clark R Smith Family Foundation
- How much does The Clark R Smith Family Foundation give?
- The Clark R Smith Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $1,611,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Clark R Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (15%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Crime & Legal (13%).
- Who are The Clark R Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Room to Grow National Inc ($755k), Wellspring House Inc ($510k), International Rescue Committee INC ($425k).
- Does The Clark R Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Clark R Smith Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Clark R Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Essex County Community Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Clark R Smith Family Foundation based?
- The Clark R Smith Family Foundation is based in MA.
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