Louisiana · Private foundation
The SMD 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $360k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The SMD 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; $0 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 | 5 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $48k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $23k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNeese State University Foundation | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Nicholas Center for Children | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The SMD Foundation
- How much does The SMD Foundation give?
- The SMD Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The SMD Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (72%), Health (11%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The SMD Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: McNeese State University Foundation ($35k), Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation ($18k), St Nicholas Center for Children ($15k).
- Does The SMD Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The SMD 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 SMD Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The SMD Foundation based?
- The SMD Foundation is based in LA.
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