Texas · Private foundation
The Smith Global 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.
- $334k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $37
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations The Smith Global Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $334k | 64% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $411k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $282k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Houston Food Bank | $140,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hub Houston Inc | $77,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $77,167 | 1 | 1% |
| Maui Humane Society | $69,366 | 1 | 1% |
| The Children's Fund Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Victory Houston Inc | $52,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $32,460 | 1 | 0% |
| Assist the Officer Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Women's Resource of Greater Houston | $22,060 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Houston Food Bank | $140,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hub Houston Inc | $77,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $77,167 | 1 | 1% |
| Maui Humane Society | $69,366 | 1 | 1% |
| The Children's Fund Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Victory Houston Inc | $52,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $32,460 | 1 | 0% |
| Assist the Officer Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Boys and Girls Country of Houston Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Women's Resource of Greater Houston | $22,060 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends for Wishes | $20,000 | 2 | 5% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $14,091 | 1 | 0% |
| Boykins Youth Foundations | $14,028 | 2 | n/a |
| The Council on Recovery | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Community Toolbank Inc | $10,313 | 1 | 1% |
| Mercyfirst | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Arboretum & Nature Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faithful Paws Pet Therapy | $5,044 | 3 | n/a |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Woods Project | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws for Therapy | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Girls Hockey Association | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rose | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Smith Global Foundation 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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The William Stamps Farish Fund · MD Anderson Foundation · Sterling-Turner Foundation · Tll Temple Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Strake Foundation · The Zions Bancorporation Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Union Pacific Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Smith Global Foundation
- How much does The Smith Global Foundation give?
- The Smith Global Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $333,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does The Smith Global Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Health (18%).
- Who are The Smith Global Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: The Houston Food Bank ($140k), The Hub Houston Inc ($77k), Maui Food Bank Inc ($77k).
- Does The Smith Global Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Smith Global 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 Smith Global Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Smith Global Foundation based?
- The Smith Global Foundation is based in TX.
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