Florida · Private foundation
The Kevin Smokler Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $19k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of The Kevin Smokler Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Jewish Community Federation Of San Francisco The Peninsula Marin & Sonoma, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Kevin Smokler Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $19k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,700
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 75% of the organizations The Kevin Smokler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $19k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $14k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Speaks Inc | $18,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Grub Street Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zyzzyva Inc | $2,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Authors Publishing Comapny | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Food Gatherers | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann Arbor District Library | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Asylum Arts Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Berkeley Repertory Theatre | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Writers Conference | $650 | 1 | 0% |
| Tallgrass Film Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kevin Smokler 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Kevin Smokler Foundation
- How much does The Kevin Smokler Foundation give?
- The Kevin Smokler Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $19,350 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Kevin Smokler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (90%), Youth Development (5%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The Kevin Smokler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Youth Speaks Inc ($18k), Grub Street Inc ($4k), Zyzzyva Inc ($3k).
- Does The Kevin Smokler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kevin Smokler 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 Kevin Smokler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Kevin Smokler Foundation based?
- The Kevin Smokler Foundation is based in FL.
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