Indiana · Private foundation
The Garatoni-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.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,329,142
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $52M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 37 | $3.2M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $1.5M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $1.3M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $3.9M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $1.3M | 22% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $3.3M | 45% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $2.5M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 36 | $2.6M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Tech Foundation Inc | $2,804,250 | 8 | 5% |
| Regional Innovation and Startup Education Inc | $933,500 | 4 | 52% |
| Triangle Education Foundation | $932,500 | 7 | 13% |
| Cultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc | $825,000 | 7 | 7% |
| South Bend Elkhart Regional Partnership Foundation | $690,000 | 7 | 14% |
| Homeschool Source | $363,523 | 5 | n/a |
| Garatoni-Smith Scholarship Corporation | $317,780 | 3 | n/a |
| Nch Healthcare System Inc | $257,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Logan Community Resources Inc | $252,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Marian University | $252,500 | 2 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Asante Foundation Inc · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · Vera Z Dwyer Charitable Trust Uad 121920 · Sylvester and Tessie Kaminski Foundation · Radiology Inc Foundation · Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center- South Bend Campus Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation with peer funders
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About The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation
- How much does The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation give?
- The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $3,178,792 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Employment (19%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ivy Tech Foundation Inc ($2.8M), Regional Innovation and Startup Education Inc ($934k), Triangle Education Foundation ($933k).
- Does The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Garatoni-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 Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc, University of Notre Dame du Lac, Judd Leighton Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation based?
- The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation is based in IN.
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