Texas · Private foundation
The Will Smith Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $80k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Will Smith Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $116k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $367k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $68k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $173k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $161k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs | $250,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Mentor Leaders Inc | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit) | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hidalgo Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidden Springs Youth Ranch Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Witte Museum | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Therapy Animals of San Antonio Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Indianapolis Youth Orchestra | $43,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Napili Canoe Club | $30,000 | 1 | 77% |
| Hearts2Honduras Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs | $250,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Mentor Leaders Inc | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit) | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hidalgo Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidden Springs Youth Ranch Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Witte Museum | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Therapy Animals of San Antonio Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Indianapolis Youth Orchestra | $43,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Napili Canoe Club | $30,000 | 1 | 77% |
| Hearts2Honduras Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Love Kendall County Kids | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Kinetic Kids Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Project Bloom | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Charlies Guys | $9,987 | 1 | 13% |
| Imua Family Services | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maui Police Activities League | $5,000 | 1 | 54% |
| Lahaina Heat Baseball | $1,500 | 1 | 96% |
| Zenshin Daiko | $1,089 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($307k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Will Smith Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: San Antonio Area Foundation · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Will Smith Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Will Smith Charitable Foundation give?
- The Will Smith Charitable Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $80,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Will Smith Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), International (24%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are The Will Smith Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Patriots' Hall of Dripping Springs ($250k), Mentor Leaders Inc ($120k), Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit) ($100k).
- Does The Will Smith Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Will Smith Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Will Smith Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include San Antonio Area Foundation, Network for Good, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Will Smith Charitable Foundation based?
- The Will Smith Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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