California · Private foundation
The Smith Martini 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.
- $288k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $66,231
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Smith Martini Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $288k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $291k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $357k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $325k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $354k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $321k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transylvania Christian Ministry Inc | $264,505 | 5 | 4% |
| Lake Toxaway Charities | $156,100 | 5 | 4% |
| Set Free Monterey Bay | $80,731 | 2 | 10% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Brevard Transylvania County Inc | $42,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Family Place of Transylvania County | $32,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Rancho Cielo Inc | $20,211 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Tennis Foundation | $13,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Brevard Music Center Incorporated | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Transylvania County Rescue Squad Brevard | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seminole Boosters Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Smith Martini 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: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Pisgah Health Foundation · The Billi Marcus Foundation Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Smith Martini Foundation
- How much does The Smith Martini Foundation give?
- The Smith Martini Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $288,442 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Smith Martini Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (87%), Crime & Legal (4%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are The Smith Martini Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Transylvania Christian Ministry Inc ($265k), Lake Toxaway Charities ($156k), Set Free Monterey Bay ($81k).
- Does The Smith Martini Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Smith Martini 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 Martini Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Pisgah Health Foundation, The Billi Marcus Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Smith Martini Foundation based?
- The Smith Martini Foundation is based in CA.
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