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Private foundation (trust)EIN 811535437Est. 2016-05

JOHN AND GWEN SMART FOUNDATION

LISLE, IL 605324306

Total Assets

$86.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$3.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

18

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$188K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$30K–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$4.9M

Total Expenses

$3.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.4M

Distributable Amount

$4.1M

Min. Investment Return

$4.1M

Undistributed Income

$4.0M

Payout rate 83%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.83%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

18 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $30K through median $113K to maximum $500K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $3.6M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

109 grants

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$5.1M
25 grants
USHER III INITIATIVE
$1.3M
5 grants
NY WOMENS' FOUNDATION
$1.2M
4 grants
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
$1.1M
6 grants
SANTA BARBARA BOTANICAL GARDENS
$800K
4 grants
CALIFORNIA RANGELAND TRUST
$800K
4 grants
MAPS
$660K
3 grants
SANTA BARBARA BIRD SANCTUARY
$575K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

109 grants

<$10K
1
grants
$10–50K
28
grants
$50–250K
61
grants
$250K–1M
19
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

5 states

California
$10.6M
66% of total
New York
$3.5M
22% of total
Illinois
$1.8M
11% of total
Maryland
$120K
1% of total
Colorado
$100K
1% of total

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