Funding search · EIN 811535437 · Lisle, IL

John and Gwen Smart Foundation

Name: John and Gwen Smart Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

84
grants reported: $13.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $114,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

research breast cancer cornell covid library medicine metastatic

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Stanford University21 grants · $4.5M
Usher Iii Initiative3 grants · $1.1M
The Nature Conservancy5 grants · $1.0M
Ny Womens' Foundation3 grants · $890,000
Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens3 grants · $650,000
California Rangeland Trust3 grants · $600,000
Rogosin Institute4 grants · $560,000
Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary5 grants · $500,000
Usher Iii Initiative1 grant · $500,000
Maps2 grants · $475,000

Giving over time

$2.9M

2021

$3.6M

2022

$3.4M

2023

$3.4M

2024

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
Usher Iii Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$450,000
New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$435,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Metastatic breast cancer research
$420,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Metastatic breast cancer research
$400,000
Usher Iii Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$375,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Metastatic breast cancer research
$370,000
Ny Womens' Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$365,000
Usher Iii Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$365,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Metastatic breast cancer research
$350,000
The Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2024
San andreas corrido
$300,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Allen morgan standish library fund
$300,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Byers eye institute
$300,000
Usher Iii Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operations
$275,000
Maps · San Jose, CA · 2022
General operations
$270,000
Ny Womens' Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$265,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General parkinson's research
$260,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Parkinson's research
$250,000
Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
General operations
$250,000
Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General operations
$250,000
The Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Jalama creek watershed
$250,000
Ny Womens' Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
General operations
$240,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
General parkinson's research
$210,000
Rogosin Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$200,000
California Rangeland Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General operations
$200,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Dr. Singh's byers eye institute research
$200,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Standish library fund
$200,000
California Rangeland Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General operations
$200,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Standish library fund
$200,000
California Rangeland Trust · Sacramento, CA · 2021
General operations
$200,000
Maps · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
General operations
$170,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Bronte-stewarts parkinsons research
$150,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Parkinson's research
$150,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Bronte-stewarts parkinsons research
$150,000
Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General support
$150,000
The Nature Conservancy · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Jalama creek watershed
$142,000
The Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Dangermond preserve jalama creek watershed
$140,000
Rogosin Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$125,895
Cornell University · New York, NY · 2022
Weill cornell medicine's covid 19 research
$125,000
Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary · Summerland, CA · 2022
General operations
$125,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Dr. Singh's byers eye institute research
$120,000
American Nurses Foundation · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General operations
$120,000
Rogosin Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$108,000
The Nature Conservancy · Sacramento, CA · 2023
San andreas corridor
$105,000
Creativity Explored · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operations
$105,000
Creativity Explored · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
$105,000
Creativity Explored · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operations
$105,000
Creativity Explored · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General operations
$100,000
Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary · Summerland, CA · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Cornell University · New York, NY · 2023
Weill cornell medicine's covid 19 research
$100,000
Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary · Summerland, CA · 2023
General operations
$100,000
Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary · Summerland, CA · 2023
Emergency fund bank cd
$100,000
Lighthawk · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$100,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021
Alan morgan standish library fund
$95,000
Coastal Ranches Conservancy · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
General operations
$90,000
Rogosin Institute · New York, NY · 2021
General operations
$85,000
Cornell University · New York, NY · 2024
Weill cornell medicine covid 19
$80,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$80,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$75,000
Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary · Carpinteria, CA · 2021
General support
$70,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
Neuroscience research
$70,000
Cornell University · New York, NY · 2021
Weill cornell medicine's covid 19 research
$70,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2021
Neuroscience research
$64,105
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$60,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General support
$55,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operatins
$50,000
Cultural Activism International Project · Delhi, NY · 2024
Reg earthe project
$50,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Three Jewels Outreach Center · New York, NY · 2024
Nandi yoga project
$50,000
Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Bronte-stewarts parkinsons research
$50,000
Three Jewels Outreach Center · New York, NY · 2023
Nandi yoga project
$50,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operatins
$50,000
Poor Peoples Radio- Kpoo · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operations
$50,000
Three Jewels Outreach Center · New York, NY · 2022
Nandi yoga project
$50,000
Three Jewels Outreach Center · Bovina Center, NY · 2021
General operations
$50,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2021
General operations
$40,000
Echoing Green · New York, NY · 2021
General operations
$35,000
Poor Peoples Radio- Kpoo · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General operations
$30,000
Day One New York · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$30,000
High Plateau Humane Society · Alturas, CA · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Institute for Cultural Activism · Delhi, NY · 2023
Regenerative earth project
$25,000
Stanford University · Woodside, CA · 2022
Jasper ridge biological reserve
$20,000
Day One New York · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Day One New York · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Day One New York · New York, NY · 2021
General operations

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