Funding search · EIN 136138728 · Chicago, IL

George D Smith Fund

Name: George D Smith Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

51
grants reported: $16.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $270,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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4 grants matching “propublica” · $1.3M

$300,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$200,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$680,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
General budget

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America4 grants · $2.5M
University of California San Francisco Foundation4 grants · $2.0M
Wikimedia Foundation4 grants · $1.7M
Stanford University3 grants · $1.4M
Propublica4 grants · $1.3M
Gbh Educational Foundation4 grants · $1.2M
The Carter Center4 grants · $1.2M
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $1.1M
National Public Radio3 grants · $1.1M
National Public Radio Foundation4 grants · $800,000

Giving over time

$4.3M

2022

$3.8M

2023

$4.0M

2024

$4.3M

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$750,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General budget
$750,000
Stanford University School of Medicine · Stanford, CA · 2022
General budget
$750,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General budget
$700,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$700,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$680,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$680,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$680,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$680,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$680,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$600,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$550,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$500,000
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General budget
$450,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$450,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$400,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$400,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$350,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$350,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$340,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$325,000
Gbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$300,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$300,000
Gbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
General budget
$300,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General budget
$275,000
Gbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$270,000
Gbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$250,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$250,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$250,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$250,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$250,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General budget
$250,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General budget
$250,000
Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General budget
$200,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$150,000
American Public Media · St Paul, MN · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$150,000
The Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
American Public Media · St Paul, MN · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$100,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2022
General budget
$100,000
The Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2022
General budget
$75,000
The Carter Center · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$50,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
Organization's charitable purposes
$10,000
American Public Media · St Paul, MN · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$10,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Organization's charitable purposes
$10,000
American Public Media · St Paul, MN · 2022
General budget
$5,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General budget
$100
First Congregational United Church · Geneva, NE · 2022
General budget

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