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The Smith Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.3M
Granted FY2026still arriving
68
Grants FY2026still arriving
19
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$7.4MHealth$5.7MInternational$3.0MPhilanthropy$2.6MHuman Services$1.4MCrime & Legal$1.2MFood & Nutrition$802kCivil Rights$683kOther$0
02FY2026 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $535k
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $3.0M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.7M
$50,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LDS PHILANTHROPIES$800,000
KAHN ACADEMY$500,000
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHO$450,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$370,000
FLORENCE IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT$335,000
RAICES$260,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$165,000
FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTHSOBRATO CENTER FOR NONPROFITS$125,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE$120,000
ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$100,000
CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND$100,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$100,000
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$100,000
THE HUMBLE VILLAGE$100,000
PROPUBLICA$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN: $25k → 12%PRISM: $100k → 11%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $13k → 8%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $50k → 17%PEACE HOUSE: $50k → 5%PROJECT WORTHMORE: $10k → 8%WARREN VILLAGE: $75k → 12%ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $50k → 7%PEACE HOUSE: $40k → 5%ADVOCATES FOR IMMIGRANTS IN DETENTION NORTHWEST: $15k → 9%BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON: $40k → 16%PEACE HOUSE: $40k → 5%WARREN VILLAGE: $50k → 12%PEACE HOUSE: $25k → 5%FAMILY TREE: $12k → 7%PEACE HOUSE: $25k → 5%PEACE HOUSE: $25k → 5%WARREN VILLAGE: $40k → 12%PEACE HOUSE: $25k → 5%WARREN VILLAGE: $40k → 12%PEACE HOUSE: $25k → 5%WARREN VILLAGE: $35k → 12%PEACE HOUSE: $10k → 5%PEACE HOUSE: $10k → 5%CY-FAIR HELPING HANDS: $40k → 16%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 12%CY-FAIR HELPING HANDS: $25k → 16%WARREN VILLAGE: $10k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $85k → 8%CY-FAIR HELPING HANDS: $20k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $78k → 8%CY-FAIR HELPING HANDS: $14k → 16%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $30k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $37k → 8%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $15k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $25k → 8%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $15k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $25k → 8%EASTSIDE BABY CORNER: $13k → 9%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $13k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $15k → 8%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $13k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $10k → 8%ISSAQUAH FOOD & CLOTHING BANK: $12k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $10k → 8%CHARITY WATER: $25k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $25k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $15k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30M · 85 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

85 repeat relationships: 55 still active in FY2026, 30 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

85
56

Total granted

$30M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+6%

Still filing today

73%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $820k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • KA
    KHAN ACADEMY INC
    10× · 2017–2026 · $5.0M · revenue +123%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    10× · 2017–2026 · $1.4M · revenue +81%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    10× · 2017–2026 · $875k · revenue +224%

Funded once

  • MF
    MENON FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • HF
    Hope For The Warriors
    one grant, 2025 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • OS
    Operation Second Chance Inc
    one grant, 2025 · $100k · revenue 0%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
5
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
6
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
7
Gavi Alliance

To save lives and protect people's health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines.

International
8
Intrahealth International Inc

Our mission is to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work.

Health
9
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
10
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
11
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
12
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kae Me Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

110 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 110 of the 156 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
108/110
Grantees still filing
72/110
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LDS PHILANTHROPIES: $2,962,500 · OtherLDS PHILANTHROPIESBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHO: $2,050,000 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY-IDAHOMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $1,250,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDUNIVERSITY OF UTAH COLLEGE OF NURSING: $610,000 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $610,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $505,000 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $495,000 · Other+77 more: $6,192,000 · Other+77 moreKHAN ACADEMY INC: $4,950,000 · EducationKHAN ACADEMY INCDONORSCHOOSEORG: $280,110 · Education+5 more: $229,000 · EducationInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,450,000 · InternationalInternational…Save The Children Federation Inc: $340,000 · InternationalSave The Chil…Mercy Ships International: $320,000 · InternationalMercy Ships I…Their Story Is Our Story: $257,000 · InternationalTheir Story I…OPERATION SMILE INC: $240,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMI…Matthew 25 Ministries Inc: $200,000 · InternationalWATERAID AMERICA INC: $200,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $175,000 · InternationalLifting Hands International: $156,000 · International+13 more: $558,000 · International+13 moreALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $880,000 · HealthALS THERAPY D…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $875,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S D…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $450,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S F…EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $300,000 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUN…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $150,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $130,000 · HealthMothers Without Borders: $125,000 · Health+13 more: $437,500 · Health+13 moreREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $792,500 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $725,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $30,000 · Civil RightsJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $284,500 · Human ServicesWARREN VILLAGE INC: $279,500 · Human ServicesPeace House Inc: $275,000 · Human ServicesCY-FAIR HELPING HANDS: $104,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $100,000 · Human ServicesISSAQUAH FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK: $92,000 · Human ServicesKIDVANTAGE: $77,500 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $75,000 · Human Services+8 more: $225,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $865,500 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$14,674,500Education$5,459,110International$3,896,000Health$3,747,500Civil Rights$1,647,500Human Services$1,512,500Crime & Legal$890,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKHAN ACADEMY INC: $4,950,000 over 10y, 1.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,450,000 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $880,000 over 10y, 1.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $875,000 over 10y, 0.4% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $865,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $792,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $725,000 over 10y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $450,000 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $390,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $340,000 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $340,000 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $320,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $300,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TECH INTERACTIVE: $300,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY: $284,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $280,110 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetWARREN VILLAGE INC: $279,500 over 10y, 0.5% of budgetPeace House Inc: $275,000 over 10y, 1.4% of budgetTheir Story Is Our Story: $257,000 over 6y, 61% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $240,000 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF COLORADO: $222,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $210,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWATERAID AMERICA INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetNORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROJECT: $158,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLifting Hands International: $156,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $130,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMothers Without Borders: $125,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCY-FAIR HELPING HANDS: $104,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCANCER CAREPOINT INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMaris Place: $93,000 over 10y, 6.7% of budgetISSAQUAH FOOD AND CLOTHING BANK: $92,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGlobal Response Management Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetKIDVANTAGE: $77,500 over 10y, 0.2% of budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 10y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND WIND FUND INC: $53,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budget
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 KHAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE TECH INTERACTIVE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds WARREN VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Peace House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Their Story Is Our Story ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE ↗
  • Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds WATERAID AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗

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.

Ge Aerospace FoundationCT15.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Bungie Foundation · Seattle Foundation · University Impact · Glassybaby White Light Fund · Chc Creating Healthier Communities · McKinstry Charitable Foundation · The Denver Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Smith Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Smith Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to The Smith Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 156 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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