· Private foundation
The Smiley Family Charitable Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k28 grants · $83k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $258k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $50,000 |
| BEAUMONT HIGH SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| MAGNIFICAT HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $50,000 |
| LEXINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $50,000 |
| PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION | $50,000 |
| HOLY NAME HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $50,000 |
| PADUA FRANCISCAN HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $50,000 |
| BISHOP MCGUINNESS HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $50,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (NEWMAN COMMUNITY) | $35,500 |
| TWO FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND | $35,000 |
| ST IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $25,000 |
| HIRAM COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| URSULINE COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| ONE WORLD WORKSHOP | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
57 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TFTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE7× · 2019–2025 · $172k · revenue +418%
John Carroll University6× · 2019–2025 · $134k · revenue +11%- UCURSULINE COLLEGE4× · 2022–2025 · $97k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- MBMARINERS' BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $25k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $5k
- LLIFEBANCone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -29%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
We, mount carmel and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mount carmel college of nursing is a member of mount carmel and trinity health.
As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
How this is measured
41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 84 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds TWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE ↗
- Who funds John Carroll University ↗
- Who funds NOTRE DAME COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds HIRAM COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds URSULINE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds JOSEPHS HOME ↗
- Who funds Solon Historical Society ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds REGINA HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds GEAUGA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Solon Italian Club Foundation ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF UTAH AVALANCHE FORE CAST CENTER INC ↗
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: The Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Kulas Foundation · The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland · The Laub Foundation · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Smiley Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Smiley Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lifebridge Health Inc: 1% of income from government
- United Way of Brevard County Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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