Wisconsin · Private foundation
William and Janita 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.
- $425k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations William and Janita Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 22 | $425k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $475k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $225k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $461k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $300k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $211k | 62% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $150k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $121k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embers International | $365,000 | 4 | 33% |
| Healing Waters International Inc | $138,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $137,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Embrace Grace Inc | $137,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Project 82 Kenya Inc | $130,000 | 5 | 5% |
| The Glo House Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 27% |
| Agape House Inc | $106,000 | 5 | 4% |
| House of Providence | $105,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Heal and Thrive Global | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Elijah Rising | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($602k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William and Janita Smith Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Kunes Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Servant Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare William and Janita Smith Foundation with peer funders
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About William and Janita Smith Foundation
- How much does William and Janita Smith Foundation give?
- William and Janita Smith Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $425,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William and Janita Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (38%), Human Services (31%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are William and Janita Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Embers International ($365k), Healing Waters International Inc ($138k), Safe Families for Children Alliance ($137k).
- Does William and Janita Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William and Janita 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 William and Janita Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Kunes Family Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is William and Janita Smith Foundation based?
- William and Janita Smith Foundation is based in WI.
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