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The Dale H and Jeane V Smart Foundation at a glance

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The Dale H and Jeane V Smart Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$213k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$1.7MYouth Development$949kHuman Services$689kAnimals$569kReligion$513kPhilanthropy$220kHousing & Shelter$165kEducation$105kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $987k
$100,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROSS ROADS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$213,472
ELIZABETH SETON CENTER$201,700
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH$187,626
EYE & EAR FOUNDATION OF PITTSUBRGH$165,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$100,000
UPMC PASSAVANT HOSPITAL$69,031
UPMC PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL$50,000
NATIONAL AVIARY$15,000
PHILIPPINE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TREASURE COAST INC$10,000
ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH$8,581
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $949k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $400k → 11%SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $31k → 14%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $188k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $177k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $74k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
UT
MD
FL
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 11 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
9

Total granted

$3.3M
$969k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+28%

Still filing today

64%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $745k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyEducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • TF
    THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $919k · revenue +93%
  • CD
    CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +355%
  • RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $125k · revenue +196%

Funded once

  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2022 · $482k · revenue +5%
  • LS
    LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2019 · $240k
  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HECTOR
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
The Friends of the Pittsburgh Institutions
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3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
5
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
6
Shadyside Hospital of Pittsburgh
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7
The Parent-Infant Center

To support parenting by enabling young children to grow & learn in a safe, stimulating, loving environment. pic works to provide and increase access to high-quality early childhood education and school-age programs that give children…

Human Services
8
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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9
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
10
Pediatric Physician Services Inc

The corporation is organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, and to provide healthcare services of pediatric specialty physicians and other personnel to the patients of johns hopkins all children's hospital and…

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11
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
12
Seton Health At Schuyler Ridge Residential Healthcare

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. seton health at schuyler ridge residential healthcare (schuyler…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cross Roads Presbyterian Ch. 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

15 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. 15 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UPMC PASSAVANT HOSPITAL: $1,366,058 · OtherUPMC PASSAVANT HOSPITALGSMD: $376,655 · OtherGSMDLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PITTSBURGH: $239,500 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PITTSBURGHCROSS ROADS PRESBYTERIAN CH: $213,472 · OtherCROSS ROADS PRESBYTERIAN CHELIZABETH SETON CENTER INC: $201,700 · OtherELIZABETH SETON CENTER INCEYE & EAR FOUNDATION OF PITTSUBRGH: $165,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $125,000 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $115,989 · Other+9 more: $393,639 · Other+9 moreTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $918,511 · Human ServicesTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE…+1 more: $30,590 · Human ServicesZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $482,168 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL …+1 more: $15,000 · AnimalsCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyWarrior Rising: $20,000 · PhilanthropyJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $83,181 · Arts & CultureOne Summit Inc: $15,000 · Health
Other$3,197,013Human Services$949,101Animals$497,168Philanthropy$220,000Education$100,000Arts & Culture$83,181Health$15,000

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 FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $918,511 over 7y, 13% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $482,168 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetELIZABETH SETON CENTER INC: $201,700 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $200,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $125,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $83,181 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSHORE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $30,590 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBaltimore Next Generation Investing Event Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetWarrior Rising: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetOne Summit Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILIPPINE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE TREASURE COAST: $15,000 over 2y, 7.0% 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.

Eqt FoundationHillman Family Founda…Baird Foundation IncCharities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Eqt FoundationPA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eqt Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Baird Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Dale H and Jeane V Smart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dale H and Jeane V Smart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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

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How do I get to The Dale H and Jeane V Smart Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Dale H and Jeane V Smart 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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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