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The Sybil and White Smith Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Sybil and White Smith Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$11k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$599kEducation$255kArts & Culture$164kHealth$136kHuman Services$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kRecreation & Sports$55kCivil Rights$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE JACKSON ACADEMY$3,000
FAIRHOPE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION$2,500
FARM STAND TOGETHER$2,500
PRIDE OF ATMORE$2,000
FAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL$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 (FY17–22, $108k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $31k → 14%WE R HOPE: $10k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%ARC- BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $5k → 12%HOWARD CENTER: $22k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%OLD SPOKES HOME: $6k → 10%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

VT
NY
VA
NC
DC
MS
AL
GA
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$978k · 24 repeat orgs$553k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
43

Total granted

$978k
$553k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+41%

Still filing today

71%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2017–2020 · $66k · revenue +46%
  • FF
    FAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $45k · revenue +29%
  • BC
    BURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $45k · revenue +427%

Funded once

  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +10%
  • PF
    PARKS FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON (OAKLEDGE FOR ALL - AUTISM PLAYGROUND)
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +41%
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
Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust

Acquire, preserve, protect, restore, manage & improve alabama lands & water of ecological, scientific, scenic, wildlife or recreational significance. conduct, sponsor, and encourage, engage in ecological study & research. support…

Environment
2
Coastal Alabama Partnership

To facilitate the advancement of education and science as it relates to identified vulnerabilities along coastal alabama associated with the environment, society and the economy and to the end of supporting creation, development and…

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc

Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama's water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.

Environment
4
Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County Inc

Habitat for humanity of baldwin county, inc. is an ecumenical, christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by partnering with the community to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

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5
Alabama Bass Trail

To promote tourism and economic development in alabamato promote natural resource conservation

Environment
6
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils

Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama

Environment
7
Alabama Broadcasters Association Educational Foundation
Education
8
Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Ala

To help find a cure for breast cancer by funding promising breast cancer research in alabama and to raise community awareness and funding for that research.

Health
9
Alabama Restaurant & Hospitality Association Foundation
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10
Alabama Bicentennial Commission Foundation Inc

The foundation's missionis to provide assistance to the alabama bicentennial commission, which supports, created and executes events and activities that commemorate the stories of alabama's people, places and path to statehood.

Arts & Culture
11
Alabama State Parks Foundation

The alabama state parks foundation was formed in 2018 to raise dollars to supplement state funding of the alabama state parks. the foundation is led by a board of directors who seek to mobilize a statewide network of citizen…

Environment
12
West Alabama Action Group Inc
Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Southwest Alabama Inc; the most unlike its peers is Daphne Search & Rescue. 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

43 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. 43 of the 68 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
33/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRIANGLE CONSERVANCY: $385,655 · OtherTRIANGLE CONSERVANCYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $117,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCHARLOTTE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $94,500 · OtherCHARLOTTE CHILDREN'S CENTERCHARLOTTE LIBRARY: $76,000 · OtherCHARLOTTE LIBRARYPARKS FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON (OAKLEDGE FOR ALL - AUTISM PLAYGROUND): $50,000 · Other+38 more: $422,398 · Other+38 moreFAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL INC: $45,100 · Arts & CultureFAIRHOPE F…BURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureBURLINGTON…LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM AT BASIN HARBOR INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE CHAMP…Baldwin County Youth Orchestra: $17,000 · Arts & CultureBaldwin Co…FAIRHOPE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFAIRHOPE E…FRIENDS OF BAY AREA PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,500 · Human ServicesHowardCenter Inc: $22,000 · Human ServicesWE R HOPE: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAMILLE PLACE: $10,000 · Human ServicesBURLINGTON BICYCLE PROJECT CORP: $5,500 · Human ServicesARC-BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentALABAMA AUDUBON: $25,000 · EnvironmentMobile Baykeeper Inc: $19,800 · EnvironmentThe Ocean Foundation: $14,000 · EnvironmentSouth Alabama Land Trust Inc: $12,000 · EnvironmentALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPRIDE OF ATMORE INC: $27,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $11,000 · PhilanthropyALABAMA FREE CLINIC INC: $22,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthJENNIFER CLAIRE MOORE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Health
Other$1,146,053Arts & Culture$146,100Human Services$118,000Environment$115,800Crime & Legal$50,000Philanthropy$38,000Health$34,000

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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $117,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $65,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRHOPE FILM FESTIVAL INC: $45,100 over 5y, 23% of budgetBURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN SHORE RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetPRIDE OF ATMORE INC: $27,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetALABAMA AUDUBON: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INC: $22,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHowardCenter Inc: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA FREE CLINIC INC: $22,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPILOTS FOR CHRIST INC: $21,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM AT BASIN HARBOR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMobile Baykeeper Inc: $19,800 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBaldwin County Youth Orchestra: $17,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $15,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetSouth Alabama Land Trust Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE R HOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFAIRHOPE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCAMILLE PLACE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARTON ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Jackson Academy Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBURLINGTON BICYCLE PROJECT CORP: $5,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetARC-BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Baldwin County Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF BAY AREA PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 81% of budgetALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLancova Partners for Pets Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJENNIFER CLAIRE MOORE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

J L Bedsole Foundatio…Mw Smith Jr FoundationThe Daniel Foundation…Crampton Trust #12550…Rc Craft Family Found…Impact 100 Baldwin Co…Mapp Family FoundationAlabama Power Foundat…Lillian C McGowin Fou…Nan H Altmayer Charit…Erie Hall Meyer Chari…The Robert and Joanna…
J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-TrusteeAL32.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Mw Smith Jr Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · Rc Craft Family Foundation · Impact 100 Baldwin County · Mapp Family Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Lillian C McGowin Foundation · Nan H Altmayer Charitable Trust Regions Bank Trustee · Erie Hall Meyer Charitable Fund Inc · The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Dad Guild Inc: 63% of income from government
  • HowardCenter Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor Inc: 2% of income from government
  • We R Hope: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to The Sybil and White Smith Foundation 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 68 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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