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The Smithers Family Charitable Fund Inc at a glance

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The Smithers Family Charitable Fund Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$49k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$89kAnimals$44kHuman Services$32kArts & Culture$16kPhilanthropy$10kHousing & Shelter$8kEducation$7kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$720k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLISTIC CANCER CARE FOUNDATION$25,000
BECCA SCHMILL FOUNDATION$8,000
WARRIOR DOG FOUNDATION$8,000
ADOPT-A-PLATOON$1,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH$1,000
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$1,000
SHRINERS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$1,000
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS$1,000
TEAM BLUE LINE$750
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$700
USDEPUTY SHERRIFFS ASSOC$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $7k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $700 → 14%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $4k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 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

NH
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
CT
CA
MO
WV
VA
MD
KS
TN
SC
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$107k · 13 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$107k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+14%

Still filing today

38%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WC
    WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $11k · revenue +5%
  • VC
    VETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER CO
    3× · 2019–2023 · $11k · revenue +147%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $5k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • TE
    THE EXCEPTIONAL SIDEKICK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -24%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +112%
  • CH
    COTOCHESET HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -35%
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
United States War Dogs Association Inc

The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…

Animals
2
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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3
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
4
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
5
Patriot K9 Rescue Inc

Our mission is to provide retirement and adoption services to our retired military and police K9's. Including but not limited to veterinary care, transportation services, training, safe, clean housing, rehabilitation, and to provide life…

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6
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
7
Patriot Paws Service Dogs

To train and provide service dogs of the highest quality at no cost to disabled american veterans and others with mobile disabilities in order to help restore their physical and emotional independence.

Human Services
8
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
9
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
10
Maine Paws for Veterans Inc

The mission of maine paws for veterans, inc. is to provide service dog training and support to veterans with military-related post-traumatic stress.

Human Services
11
Patriot K9S of Wisconsininc

Provide service dogs for qualified disabled military veterans diagnosed with ptsd, tbi or msi located in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
12
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Holistic Cancer Care 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

22 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. 22 of the 47 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VNA & HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $33,500 · OtherVNA & HOSPICE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $9,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHUMANE SOCIETY OF VERO BEACH: $8,750 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF VERO BEACHVNA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherVNA HOSPICE FOUNDATIONJOHN'S ISLAND COMMUNITY SVC: $6,650 · OtherTHE EXCEPTIONAL SIDEKICK INC: $6,000 · OtherHELP ME SEE INC: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherCAPE COD HEALTHCARE: $5,000 · OtherCAPE COD HEALTHCARE FOUND: $5,000 · OtherUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY CHURCH OF VERO BEACH: $5,000 · OtherMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,000 · Other+18 more: $21,800 · Other+18 moreHolistic Cancer Care Foundation: $25,000 · HealthHolistic Ca…Cape Cod Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationCape Cod Fo…BECCA SCHMILL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · EducationBECCA SCHMI…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SIL…THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $1,500 · EducationTHE LEARNIN…WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CAN…BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT …WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,900 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WAR…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER CO: $10,500 · Arts & CultureCOTOCHESET HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE ASHER HOUSE: $5,000 · AnimalsWWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC: $4,000 · AnimalsWarrior Dog Foundation: $8,000 · Youth Development
Other$128,200Health$25,000Education$24,500Human Services$23,900Arts & Culture$16,000Animals$14,000Youth Development$8,000

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 budgetHolistic Cancer Care Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER CO: $10,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCape Cod Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBECCA SCHMILL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetWarrior Dog Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXCEPTIONAL SIDEKICK INC: $6,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOTOCHESET HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASHER HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $4,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT A PLATOON SOLDIER SUPPORT EFFORT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM BLUELINE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Smithers Family Charitable Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Smithers Family Charitable Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Cape Cod Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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