Funding search · EIN 136138728 · Chicago, IL

George D Smith Fund

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 20222025. 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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4 grants matching “wikimedia · $1.7M

  • $450,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    Organization's charitable purposes

  • $350,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Organization's charitable purposes

  • $680,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Organization's charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General budget

Top recipients

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  • 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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