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The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$291k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
47%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$110,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 36
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 47% of the organizations The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$285k34%
FY202336$212k47%
FY202224$181k46%
FY202127$242k67%
FY202020$211kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$211kArts & Culture$175kHuman Services$141kEducation$92kPhilanthropy$77kHealth$68kRecreation & Sports$42kFood & Nutrition$41kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
TN

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc$110,00013%
Mad River Valley Community Fund Inc$65,000512%
Let's Grow Kids Inc$50,00021%
Protect Our Winters$40,00040%
The Unquowa School Association Inc$32,00050%
Vermont Foodbank$31,00020%
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd$30,00030%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$26,00051%
Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc$25,00011%
The Trust for Public Land$25,00010%
Mountain Foundation$20,0001n/a
Cancer Research Institute Inc$20,00020%
New Learning Journey Inc$18,50041%
Mad River Valley Interfaith Council$15,00019%
Music for the Earth Inc$15,00029%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$13,00040%
Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce$10,20023%
Forman School Inc$10,00010%
Shelburne Farms$10,00010%
Vermont Council on Rural Development Inc$10,00011%
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$8,00040%
Friends of the Mad River$6,00011%
Vermont Public Co$6,00030%
Women in Film & Video-New England Chapter Inc$5,200114%
The Legacy Theatre Inc$5,00010%
Vermonters For A Clean Environment Inc$5,00014%
Mad River Path Association$4,00023%
Round Hill Volunteer Fire Company Inc$2,50012%
From The Heart Productions$2,00010%
Mad River Valley Ambulance Service Inc$2,00020%
Vermont Public Radio$2,00010%
Litchfield Historical Society$1,50020%
Harlem Academy$1,00010%
The Buckley School$1,00010%
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports$1,00010%
St Ignatius School$1,0001n/a
32 North Media Inc$1,00010%
The American Legion$1,00010%
Catamount Trail Association$1,00010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$50010%
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($498k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBurlington City Arts Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMad River Valley Community Fund Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetLet's Grow Kids Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetProtect Our Winters: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Unquowa School Association Inc: $32,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVermont Foodbank: $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVermont Journalism Trust Ltd: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc: $26,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Learning Journey Inc: $18,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMad River Valley Interfaith Council: $15,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetMusic for the Earth Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetTrustees of Deerfield Academy: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMad River Valley Chamber of Commerce: $10,200 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetForman School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShelburne Farms: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Council on Rural Development Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVermont Symphony Orchestra Association Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Mad River: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVermont Public Co: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomen in Film & Video-New England Chapter Inc: $5,200 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Legacy Theatre Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVermonters For A Clean Environment Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMad River Path Association: $4,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetRound Hill Volunteer Fire Company Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMad River Valley Ambulance Service Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVermont Public Radio: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLitchfield Historical Society: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarlem Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Buckley School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget32 North Media Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatamount Trail Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Arbor Day Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

The Vermont Community FoundationVT28× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · The Carmel Hill Fund · The Morris & Bessie Altman Foundation · RUTH & PETER METZ FAMILY FOUNDATION co THOMAS PHELAN · Oakland Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Xenon Foundation · Larsen Fund · Forrest C & Frances H Lattner Foundation · The Windham 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.

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About The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc give?
The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $290,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 36 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (19%), Arts & Culture (15%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc ($110k), Mad River Valley Community Fund Inc ($65k), Let's Grow Kids Inc ($50k).
Does The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc, The Carmel Hill Fund.
Where is The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc based?
The Winthrop H Smith Jr Charitable Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 80 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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