North Carolina · Private foundation
The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $198k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 29
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 27 | $198k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $180k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $240k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $225k | 59% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $187k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Summit School Incorporated | $190,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Noble Academy | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Senior Services Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Carolina Museum of History Foundation Inc | $36,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Third Street Education Center Inc | $27,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc | $26,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Crisis Control Ministry Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan Ministries | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bookmarks Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Crossnore Communities for Children | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Summit School Incorporated | $190,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Noble Academy | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Senior Services Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Carolina Museum of History Foundation Inc | $36,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Third Street Education Center Inc | $27,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc | $26,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Crisis Control Ministry Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan Ministries | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bookmarks Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Crossnore Communities for Children | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Critical Role Foundation | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salem Academy and College | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Christ School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of North Carolina Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Animal Adoption & Rescue Foundation of Winston-Salem Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Old Salem Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Orange County Justice United | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Virginia Huguenot Society | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($555k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sara Smith Self 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.
Open a dossier: Reynolds American Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham · J & J Neely Foundation · Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation · Shallow Ford Foundation Inc · Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · Pfefferkorn Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc give?
- The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $198,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Health (29%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Summit School Incorporated ($190k), Noble Academy ($55k), Senior Services Inc ($38k).
- Does The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reynolds American Foundation, The Winston-Salem Foundation, Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham.
- Where is The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc based?
- The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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