Kentucky · Private foundation
The William H and Patricia M Smith 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.
- $343k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 26
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $343k | 32% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $352k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $373k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $315k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $252k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Monterey County Symphony Assoc Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Rancho Cielo Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hidden Valley Music Seminars | $85,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Gathering for Women - Monterey | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Food Bank for Monterey County | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Old Town School of Folk Music | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Schools Association | $50,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $41,000 | 5 | 0% |
| A Better Chicago | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($319k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Alexander F Victor Foundation · Barnet Segal Charitable Trust · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · The Frank and Judith Marshall Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation
- How much does The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation give?
- The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $343,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 26 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Food & Nutrition (11%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Detroit Institute of Arts ($200k), Monterey County Symphony Assoc Inc ($115k), Rancho Cielo Inc ($90k).
- Does The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alexander F Victor Foundation, Barnet Segal Charitable Trust, Monterey Peninsula Foundation.
- Where is The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation based?
- The William H and Patricia M Smith Foundation is based in KY.
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