Connecticut · Private foundation
The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $37k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 8 | $37k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $53k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $65k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $48k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $50k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $53k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $53k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton College | $362,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waterside School Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenwich Teen Center Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Equanimitas Health Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Chamber of Commerce of Greater Waterbury Connecticut Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| B Cured Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The White Memorial Conservation Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton College | $362,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waterside School Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenwich Teen Center Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Equanimitas Health Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Chamber of Commerce of Greater Waterbury Connecticut Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| B Cured Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The White Memorial Conservation Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nextstep Fitness Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Hose Co 1 Inc P O Box 573 | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Elderheart Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Invention Convention | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Wheels for Warmth Inc | $75 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $37,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (86%), Arts & Culture (3%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wheaton College ($363k), Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc ($10k), Waterside School Inc ($8k).
- Does The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc 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 Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Margaret Dunn Smith Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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