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The Smittcamp Family 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.

$760k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$2.5MHuman Services$2.2MEducation$505kHousing & Shelter$390kCommunity Improvement$120kHealth$100kYouth Development$94kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CSU FRESNO - SMITTCAMP FAMILY HONOR$500,000
FRIENDS OF THE CLOVIS SENIOR CENTER$100,000
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION$20,000
FRESNO METRO MINISTRIES$20,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FRESNO COUNTY$15,000
RESILIENCY CENTER$15,000
MARJAREE MASON CENTER$15,000
FRESNO MISSION$15,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE$10,000
POVERELLO HOUSE$10,000
THE LIGHT HOUSE$10,000
ABUNDANT LIFE RANCH$7,500
PREGNANCY CARE CENTER$7,500
WINGS ADVOCACY PROGRAM$5,000
PRECRIPTION ABUSERS IN NEED$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 18%BREAK THE BARRIERS INC: $10k → 19%BREAK THE BARRIERS INC: $8k → 19%FRESNO METRO MINISTRY: $40k → 19%FRESNO METRO MINISTRY: $40k → 19%FRESNO METRO MINISTRY: $40k → 19%FRESNO METRO MINISTRY: $40k → 19%FRESNO METRO MINISTRY: $40k → 19%MARJAREE MASON CENTER: $1.0M → 19%MARJAREE MASON CENTER: $140k → 19%MARJAREE MASON CENTER: $140k → 19%MARJAREE MASON CENTER: $15k → 19%MARJAREE MASON CENTER: $15k → 19%MARJAREE MASON CENTER: $15k → 19%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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 19 repeat orgs$682k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
8

Total granted

$5.5M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+77%

Still filing today

53%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625k 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 ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentHealthFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MARJAREE MASON CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +105%
  • FM
    Fresno Metropolitan Ministry
    5× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +184%
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • MC
    MADEFORTHEM CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -16%
  • BT
    BREAKING THE CHAINSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +114%
  • VC
    VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITALgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +43%
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
Fresno Building Healthy Communities

To foster and encourage thriving communities where all children and families can live healthy, safe, and productive lives

Community Improvement
2
Family Services of Tulare County Inc

The mission of Family Services is to help children, adults, and families throughout Tulare County heal from violence and thrive in healthy relationships. Family Services will accomplish this mission through direct services, advocacy,…

Human Services
3
Central California Family Crisis Center

The Organization provides shelter, meals, clothing and counseling for victims of domestic violence, housing crisis, and/or poverty.

Human Services
4
Inner City Law Center

In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.

Crime & Legal
5
Fresno City Center Corporation

To be a supporting organization of the fresno rescue mission, inc. acting as a trustee in receiving, investing, managing, administrating, and distributing designated funds for the ministries of the mission. also, to invest and develop…

Housing & Shelter
6
Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County

The mission of the UpValley Family Centers is to provide guidance, support and resources in the community, in the home and for the individual so that everyone can achieve a better life. We serve youth, adults and families in the…

Human Services
7
Freed Life

Freed Life exists to eradicate human trafficking through empowering survivors, equipping communities and changing systems.

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8
Fresno New Creation Ministries Inc

Provide help for individuals and families affected by sexual and relational brokenness.

—
9
Broken Chains Jail & Prison Ministry Inc

To help our clients recover from incarceration and homelessness, while providing programming that will empower individuals to become employed, have a bridge out of poverty, become self sufficient and overcome substance abuse, domestic…

Religion
10
Transformca dba Transform

Transform works to ensure that people of all incomes thrive in a world safe from climate chaos.

Community Improvement
11
Fresno American Indian Health Project

FAIHP promotes a culture of wellness and enhances the quality of life for All Tribal Nations and Communities.

Health
12
Unitedly

Unitedly is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo County, California. Unitedly was established to ensure Asian families and communities have access to equitable opportunities and resources to thrive in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marjaree Mason Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Madeforthem Corporation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRESNO STATE: $2,500,000 · OtherFRESNO STATETHE FRIENDS OF CLOVIS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER: $500,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF CLOVIS SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTERCSU FRESNO - SMITTCAMP FAMILY HONOR: $500,000 · OtherCSU FRESNO - SMITTCAMP FAMILY HONOR+16 more: $502,000 · Other+16 moreMARJAREE MASON CENTER INC: $1,340,000 · Human ServicesMARJAREE MASON CENTER INCFresno Metropolitan Ministry: $200,000 · Human ServicesFresno Metropolitan Ministry+1 more: $17,500 · Human ServicesFRESNO RESCUE MISSION INC: $320,000 · Housing & ShelterPoverello House: $60,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterBoys & Girls Clubs of Fresno Inc: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentFresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentPREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $55,000 · HealthVALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthAbundant Life Ranch Inc: $47,500 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,002,000Human Services$1,557,500Housing & Shelter$390,000Youth Development$92,000Health$65,000Recreation & Sports$47,500Food & Nutrition$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARJAREE MASON CENTER INC: $1,340,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetFRESNO RESCUE MISSION INC: $320,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetFresno Metropolitan Ministry: $200,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Fresno Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPoverello House: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $55,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetAbundant Life Ranch Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBreak the Barriers Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMADEFORTHEM CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBREAKING THE CHAINS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetVALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE NOW FOR YOUTH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 MARJAREE MASON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRESNO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds Fresno Metropolitan Ministry ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno Inc ↗
  • Who funds Poverello House ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Abundant Life Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds FresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc ↗
  • Who funds Break the Barriers Inc ↗
  • Who funds MADEFORTHEM CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKING THE CHAINS ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds HOPE NOW FOR YOUTH INC ↗

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.

Leon S Peters FoundationCA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leon S Peters Foundation · Valley Children's Hospital · Sieg & Doris Fischer FDN-AGY-MAIN · Rotary Club of Fresno Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Carl and Lulu Mitchell Family Foundation · Rotary Club of Fresno · Isnardi Foundation · The Fansler Foundation · Gl Bruno Family Foundation · Shamshoian Family Foundation · De la Luz Family 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 Smittcamp Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Smittcamp Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 31 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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