North Carolina · Private foundation
The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the 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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,670
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 4 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $2.5M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $1.2M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.8M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary Inc | $346,880 | 2 | 84% |
| Nc Transportation Museum Foundation | $335,064 | 1 | 7% |
| The Young Mens Christian Association of Rowan County Nc Inc | $110,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc | $110,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Spencer | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Waterworks Visual Arts Center Inc | $96,880 | 1 | 44% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $86,641 | 1 | 2% |
| Rowan Museum Inc | $71,750 | 1 | 36% |
| Humane Society of Rowan County | $50,204 | 1 | 38% |
| Historic Salisbury Foundation Inc | $38,770 | 1 | 11% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary Inc | $346,880 | 2 | 84% |
| Nc Transportation Museum Foundation | $335,064 | 1 | 7% |
| The Young Mens Christian Association of Rowan County Nc Inc | $110,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc | $110,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Spencer | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Waterworks Visual Arts Center Inc | $96,880 | 1 | 44% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $86,641 | 1 | 2% |
| Rowan Museum Inc | $71,750 | 1 | 36% |
| Humane Society of Rowan County | $50,204 | 1 | 38% |
| Historic Salisbury Foundation Inc | $38,770 | 1 | 11% |
| Boy Scouts of America Central Nc Council #416 | $35,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Baddour Center Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rufty-Holmes Senior Center Inc | $17,525 | 1 | 2% |
| Hood Theological Seminary | $10,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelter Guardians Inc | $5,150 | 1 | 1% |
| Gammon Theological Seminary | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| West Rowan Bible Teachers Association | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Smart Start Rowan Inc | $1,050 | 1 | 0% |
| Rowan Partners for Education Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rowan County Veterans Honor Guard | $670 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Foundation for the Carolinas · Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc · The Hurley-Trammell Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Rowan County United Way Inc · Rowan Regional Medical Center Inc · Joe L & Hester Sims Family Foundation · The Wallace Family Foundation Inc · Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation
- How much does The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation give?
- The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,515,670 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (16%), Arts & Culture (6%), Animals (5%).
- Who are The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary Inc ($347k), Nc Transportation Museum Foundation ($335k), The Young Mens Christian Association of Rowan County Nc Inc ($111k).
- Does The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the 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 Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc, The Hurley-Trammell Foundation.
- Where is The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation based?
- The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation is based in NC.
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