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W Keith Smith Family Foundation at a glance

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W Keith Smith Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$88k
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$43kFood & Nutrition$24kEducation$23kScience & Tech$14kArts & Culture$8kEnvironment$8kPhilanthropy$5kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k40 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL$10,000
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$7,500
RIVER CITY BRASS BAND$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
SEARCH INC$5,000
UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER$5,000
SHADYSIDE ACADEMY$5,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PA$5,000
LUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
DM CARE$2,500
SHADYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$2,500
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO - IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN - EDWARDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$2,500
ST MARGARET FOUNDATION$2,500
UPMC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($127k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($15k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SECOND HARVEST: $1k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $500 → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
CA
MD
AZ
DC
FL

Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($15k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Canada$15k · 4 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$63k · 13 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$63k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+70%

Still filing today

69%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    5× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +13%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $14k · revenue +47%
  • CJ
    CR JRS CHIP
    3× · 2021–2025 · $2k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • TN
    THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
2
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
3
Scenic Pittsburgh

To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.

Environment
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
6
Sustainable Pittsburgh

Provide information to decision maker in the pittsburgh region to promote economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality for sustainable solutions for communities and businesses.

Environment
7
Allegheny Conference On Community Development

See schedule othe allegheny conference on community development (accd) and affiliates - the greater pittsburgh chamber of commerce (chamber), the pennsylvania economy league of greater pittsburgh(pelgp) and the pittsburgh regional alliance…

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8
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

Phlf works within a 250-mile radius of pittsburgh, pennsylvania to: identify and save historically significant places; renew historic neighborhoods, towns, and urban areas; preserve historic farms and historically designated landscapes;…

Arts & Culture
9
Allegheny County Conservation District

The Allegheny County Conservation District is an urban conservation district that engages and leads through partnerships, innovation, and implementation to conserve, promote, and improve Allegheny Countys natural resources.

Environment
10
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
11
Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association

The pittsburgh venture capital association was founded in 1982 to catalyze venture investment and entrepreneurialism in western pennsylvania. since then it has become the leading voice of private equity investors in the region.through a…

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12
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is University of Western Ontario Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
15/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INCALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITALUPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER: $5,500 · OtherUPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTERTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWANSearch Inc: $5,000 · OtherSearch IncUPMC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $3,000 · Other+28 more: $29,150 · Other+28 moreGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $24,200 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH …LUNG CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthLUNG CANCER …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED PARE…ST MARGARET FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthST MARGARET …EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PA: $2,200 · HealthEPILEPSY ASS…IMERMAN ANGELS: $1,000 · HealthIMERMAN ANGE…SHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationCR JRS CHIP: $2,300 · EducationTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $1,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationRIVER CITY BRASS BAND INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWQED MULTIMEDIA: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA: $1,500 · EnvironmentRIVERLIFE: $1,500 · EnvironmentPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $1,300 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentGarden Club of Allegheny County: $500 · EnvironmentTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$76,650Food & Nutrition$24,200Health$15,700Education$9,050Arts & Culture$6,000Environment$5,800Philanthropy$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $24,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER CITY BRASS BAND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSearch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARGARET FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCR JRS CHIP: $2,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEPILEPSY ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PA: $2,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERLIFE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND ANIMAL SHELTER NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFECHRONICLES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGarden Club of Allegheny County: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Pittsburgh Founda…The Burke Family Foun…The Burke FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Simpson Family Fo…Hillman Family Founda…The Double Eagle Foun…The Grable FoundationAdams Foundation IncThe United Way of Sou…The Heinz EndowmentsEqt Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA27.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Simpson Family Foundation U/A Dtd 10/19/1999 · Hillman Family Foundations · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · The Grable Foundation · Adams Foundation Inc · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization W Keith Smith Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W Keith Smith Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to W Keith Smith Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to W Keith Smith Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 54 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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