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The Smith Tieken Foundation Inc

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.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$260k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$719kAnimals$490kHealth$464kArts & Culture$350kEducation$335kScience & Tech$310kHuman Services$285kHousing & Shelter$191kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $916k
  • $250k+6 grants · $1.5M
$57,183
Median grant
3
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RANCHO FELIZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$260,000
ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE INC$260,000
ARTS OF LIFE$260,000
SAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZO$255,000
UNITED FOOD BANK$250,000
BE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT$250,000
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK$225,730
ARIZONA REFUGEE CENTER$225,000
FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF AR$178,275
IMENTOR CHICAGO$170,000
CECE'S HOPE CENTER$60,000
Individual grant recipient$57,183
EVANSTON SCHOLARS$45,000
AGE OPTIONS INC$20,000
ALMOST THERE A MOM AND PUPS RESCUE$10,000
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 (FY24–25, $815k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.

area typical 11%RANCHO FELIZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $260k → 11%ARIZONA REFUGEE CENTER: $225k → 11%ARIS FOUNDATION: $110k → 11%ARIZONA REFUGEE CENTER: $10k → 11%ARIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%AGEOPTIONS INC: $180k → 14%AGE OPTIONS INC: $20k → 14%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of The Smith Tieken Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 55% of the giving stays in AZ; by stated purpose, 38%.

The Smith Tieken Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 30 repeat orgs$528k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
3

Total granted

$5.6M
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+83%

Still filing today

70%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsInternationalHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TA
    THE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $595k · revenue +50%
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $590k · revenue +31%
  • TA
    THE ARTS OF LIFE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $480k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • RR
    Randy's Rescue Ranch
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -10%
  • KY
    KARMA YOGA PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
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
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
2
Arizona Humane Society

We save the most vulnerable animals and enrich the lives of pets and people.

Animals
3
Paws Chicago

Paws chicago is a national leader in the no kill animal welfare movement, helping more than 23,842 homeless and at-risk pets each year through comprehensive spay/neuter, medical, and adoption programs.

Animals
4
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest

We stabilize people during crisis and transition, build a foundation where people can thrive, and preserve dignity and respect for the most vulnerable.

Religion
5
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
6
Arizona Food Bank Network

Develop solutions to end hunger through food banking, public policy and innovation.

Food & Nutrition
7
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
8
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
9
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
10
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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11
Pet Orphans of Southern California

In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.

Animals
12
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arizona Animal Welfare League; the most unlike its peers is Feed Hope International Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 38 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZO: $610,000 · OtherSAVE THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF ARIZOBE KIND PEOPLE PROJECT: $451,200 · OtherBE KIND PEOPLE PROJECTTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $268,000 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INCCITY HOPE: $220,000 · OtherCITY HOPEIMENTOR CHICAGO: $170,000 · OtherIMENTOR CHICAGOHUNKAPI: $135,000 · OtherHUNKAPICHICAGO COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS: $120,000 · OtherL'ARCHE CHICAGO INC: $180,000 · OtherL'ARCHE CHICAGO INCWILLOW HOUSE: $128,000 · Other+13 more: $224,183 · Other+13 moreST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $589,730 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BAN…United Food Bank: $395,000 · Food & NutritionUnited Food BankRANCHO FELIZ CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $260,000 · Human ServicesRANCHO FELIZ CH…ARIZONA REFUGEE CENTER: $235,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA REFUGEE…AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING): $200,000 · Human ServicesAGEOPTIONS INC …ARIS FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesARIS FOUNDATION…SOJOURNER CENTER: $40,000 · Human Services+1 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $595,000 · AnimalsTHE ARIZONA…+2 more: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $480,000 · Arts & CultureCristo Rey St Martin College Prep: $225,000 · EducationEVANSTON SCHOLARS: $165,000 · EducationFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $188,275 · Crime & LegalCECES HOPE CENTER: $60,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,506,383Food & Nutrition$984,730Human Services$859,000Animals$625,000Arts & Culture$480,000Education$390,000Crime & Legal$248,275

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 budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $595,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $589,730 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARTS OF LIFE INC: $480,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetUnited Food Bank: $395,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ENRICHED LIVING INC: $268,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetARIZONA REFUGEE CENTER: $235,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetCristo Rey St Martin College Prep: $225,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING): $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $188,275 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetL'ARCHE CHICAGO INC: $180,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetEVANSTON SCHOLARS: $165,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetWILLOW HOUSE: $128,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetARIS FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetSOJOURNER CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RESCUE TRAIN: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $16,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetLUNG CANCER FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Chicago Community…AbbVie FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …
The Chicago Community TrustIL14.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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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How do I get to The Smith Tieken Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Smith Tieken 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 38 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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