· Private foundation
Wilbur S Smith and Sally J Smith 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART | $20,100 |
| PRESERVATION SOCIETY | $12,325 |
| GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $4,000 |
| SPOLETO SOCIETY | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| AIKEN RHETT HOUSE MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| LANCASTER HISTORY | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| CHARLESTON FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +109% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% 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
Backed again, and grew
- CACAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART6× · 2019–2024 · $167k · revenue +109%
- OPOne-Eighty Place3× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +149%
- CLCharleston Library Society3× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- MPMiddleton Place Foundationone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -17%
- CACHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +87%
- TSTHE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +30%
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.
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.
The American College of the Building Arts educates and trains artisans in the traditional building arts to foster exceptional craftsmanship and encourage the preservation, enrichment, and understanding of the world's architectural heritage…
The Preservation Society of Charleston is dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of Charleston's distinct character, quality of life and diverse neighborhoods.
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
History is not the past; it is the story we tell about the past. every person in albemarle county and the city of charlottesville has a unique and powerful story to tell. through collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of our…
To promote interest in, knowledge of, and appreciation for north carolina history and culture through historical preservation, library service, and perpetuation of state literary and cultural heritage.
The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
To preserve, promote and serve as an advocate for virginia's irreplaceable historic places for cultural, economic and educational benefits for everyone.
Tudor place historic house & garden preserves the stories of six generations of descendants of martha washington and the enslaved and free people who lived and worked at this georgetown landmark for nearly two centuries. by examining their…
The harvey b. gantt center for african-american arts and culture (formerly the charlotte-mecklenburg afro-american cultural and service center) exists to present, preserve and promote african american art, culture and history for the…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CAROLINA ART ASSOCIATION DBA GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds One-Eighty Place ↗
- Who funds Charleston Library Society ↗
- Who funds LANCASTERHISTORYORG ↗
- Who funds The Charleston Parks Conservancy ↗
- Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Middleton Place Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
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: Guffey Family Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · John M Rivers Jr Foundation · Kirby Family Foundation Inc · South Carolina Humanities Council Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Lenhardt Foundation · Richard and Susan Leadem Family · Atlantic Services of Charleston Cha · Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc · Elbridge & Evelyn Stuart Foundation · John Winthrop Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wilbur S Smith and Sally J Smith Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wilbur S Smith and Sally J Smith Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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