· Private foundation
The Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA | $9,000 |
| OVERTON PARK SHELL | $5,000 |
| HOMELESS NO MORE | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| COLUMBIA FILM SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS | $5,000 |
| HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| CEDAR MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOCUS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| YOUTH VILLAGESMEMPHIS ALLIES | $3,000 |
| GOLDEN CROSS SENIOR MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| LIVING WRIGHT FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RCRICHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS FKA ACHIEVE COLUMBIA2× · 2020–2021 · $40k · revenue -59%
- RCRICHLAND CO PUBLIC EDUCATION PTRS2× · 2022–2023 · $40k
- HHHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK5× · 2020–2024 · $20k · revenue -15%
Funded once
- WRWomen's Rights and Empowermentone grant, 2021 · $5k
- CHCAESARS HEAD HERITAGE FUNDone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -60%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
The organization's primary mission is a grassroots initiative that advances sustainable development of natural, cultural and historic resources for enhanced quality of life and economic revitalization of communities in south carolina.
The Community Foundation's mission is strengthening community by connecting people, resources, and needs.
Create a nationally recognized fine arts festival that enhances quality of life and economic vitality in south carolina.
Charleston Literary Festival, Inc. produces a curated, annual program of events with a distinctly international flavor in the historic setting of Charleston, South Carolina. It brings together world class authors and speakers on a variety…
Central carolina community foundation is a nonprofit community foundation that connects and mobilizes people and resources to strengthen the midlands of south carolina. the foundation partners with donors, nonprofit organizations,…
Communityworks is a publicly supported organization and certified community development financial institution that provides funding to promote affordable housing and community development to help stabilize low wealth families and…
Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.
We inspire people to enjoy, value and protect the wild character and natural legacy of the South.
The mission of the south carolina new play festival is to develop new theatrical works and present an annual festival of new works by playwrights, lyricists, composers, and variety artists. we present readings of new plays and musicals,…
Through responsible stewardship of our unique ecological resource, we provide inclusive opportunities for meaningful connection, discovery, and education in nature.
Our mission is to encourage giving, inspire action, and improve lives in south georgia through local funds created by individuals, families, businesses, and non-profits in south georgia.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 30 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 RICHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS FKA ACHIEVE COLUMBIA ↗
- Who funds HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE OVERTON PARK SHELL INC ↗
- Who funds NEW MORNING ↗
- Who funds SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA INC ↗
- Who funds Homeless No More Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOCUS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The American Youth Foundation ↗
- Who funds CAESARS HEAD HERITAGE FUND ↗
- Who funds Columbia Film Society ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN CROSS SENIOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds SISTERCARE INC ↗
- Who funds THE LIVING WRIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION VOTERS OF SC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE MIDLANDS 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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Lipscomb Family Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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