Illinois · Private foundation
The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $37k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $450
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $141k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 18 | $37k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $56k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $62k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $115k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $93k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $102k | 61% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $117k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $159k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $4,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Still I Rise | $3,850 | 7 | 37% |
| Nuscotomek Youth Baseball | $2,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Carroll University Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Kankakee County Inc | $1,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Kankakee | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Christmas Day Inc | $550 | 4 | n/a |
| Matteas Joy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| K F L Community Services Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $4,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Still I Rise | $3,850 | 7 | 37% |
| Nuscotomek Youth Baseball | $2,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Carroll University Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Kankakee County Inc | $1,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Kankakee | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Christmas Day Inc | $550 | 4 | n/a |
| Matteas Joy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| K F L Community Services Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Kankakee County Hispanic Partnership Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Acting Out Theatre Co | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Bradley Elementary School PTO | $250 | 1 | 1% |
| Duane Dean Behavioral Health Center | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| McA Senior Adult Day Center | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Tyjuan Hagler Foundation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Care & Pregnancy Center | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| River Valley Animal Rescue Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| New Vision Mb Church | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Kankakee County Community Services Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Kankakee School District #111 | $75 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anthony Catholic Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 101 recipients with no EIN on record ($847k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc
- How much does The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc give?
- The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $37,275 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Philanthropy (5%), Health (4%).
- Who are The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marquette University ($6k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($4k), Still I Rise ($4k).
- Does The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thomas & Maureen Oconnor Family Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc based?
- The Dennis J Smith Legacy Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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