Oklahoma · Private foundation
The William S Smith Charitable Trust
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.
- $7.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $225,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,625,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $77M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The William S Smith Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k 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 | 18 | $7.9M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $9.4M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $3.3M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $12M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colorado College | $10,000,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Humble Sons Bike Company | $5,925,000 | 4 | 64% |
| Tulsa Zoo Management Inc | $3,440,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Life Senior Services Inc | $2,124,999 | 3 | 14% |
| Riverfield Country Day School | $1,200,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Food on the Move Inc | $650,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | $500,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tulsa Day Center Inc | $252,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Family & Childrens Services Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Revitalize T-Town | $175,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colorado College | $10,000,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Humble Sons Bike Company | $5,925,000 | 4 | 64% |
| Tulsa Zoo Management Inc | $3,440,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Life Senior Services Inc | $2,124,999 | 3 | 14% |
| Riverfield Country Day School | $1,200,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Food on the Move Inc | $650,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Oklahoma State University Foundation | $500,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tulsa Day Center Inc | $252,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Family & Childrens Services Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Revitalize T-Town | $175,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Pathways Adult Learning Center Inc | $166,667 | 1 | 2% |
| Willow Springs Boys Ranch Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Tulsa Area United Way | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Assistance League of Tulsa Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Meals on Wheels of Norman Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kendall-Whittier Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Tulsa Ballet Theatre Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The William S Smith Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Flint Family Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Tulsa Community Foundation · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation · The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · One Gas Foundation Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · The Charles & Peggy Stephenson Family Foundation · Coretz Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The William S Smith Charitable Trust
- How much does The William S Smith Charitable Trust give?
- The William S Smith Charitable Trust reported 18 grants totaling $7,877,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The William S Smith Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (35%), Youth Development (18%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The William S Smith Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The Colorado College ($10M), Humble Sons Bike Company ($5.9M), Tulsa Zoo Management Inc ($3.4M).
- Does The William S Smith Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William S Smith Charitable Trust 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 S Smith Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, Flint Family Foundation, Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma.
- Where is The William S Smith Charitable Trust based?
- The William S Smith Charitable Trust is based in OK.
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