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Louise K Smith Foundation

Name: Louise K Smith Foundation 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.

213
grants reported: $369,366
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $200
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Concert Artists Guild4 grants · $109,860
Third Coast Percussion4 grants · $88,000
University of Chicago4 grants · $20,200
Columbia Univ Irving Medical2 grants · $19,000
Ny Public Radio Wnyc1 grant · $15,000
Metropolitan Opera4 grants · $14,100
Chicago Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $10,100
Wayne State University4 grants · $10,000
Four Nations Ensemble4 grants · $7,900
Assn Chamber Music Players3 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$106,005

2022

$77,726

2023

$104,005

2024

$81,630

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 213 grants.

$43,525
Concert Artists Guild · New York, NY · 2022
General
$42,600
Concert Artists Guild · New York, NY · 2024
General
$30,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$30,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$23,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$18,000
Columbia Univ Irving Medical · New York, NY · 2025
General
$15,000
Ny Public Radio Wnyc · New York, NY · 2025
General
$13,735
Concert Artists Guild · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Concert Artists Guild · New York, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,200
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Ny Public Radio Wqxr · New York, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Third Coast Percussion · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$5,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$3,750
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2025
General
$3,750
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2024
General
$3,750
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
General
$3,250
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$3,000
Acmp · New York, NY · 2025
General
$3,000
Assn Chamber Music Players · New York, NY · 2024
General
$3,000
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$3,000
Assn Chamber Music Players · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2,850
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
General
$2,500
Four Nations Ensemble · Hudson, NY · 2025
General
$2,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2025
General
$2,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024
General
$2,500
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$2,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
General
$2,500
Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$2,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2022
General
$2,200
Four Nations Ensemble · Hudson, NY · 2024
General
$2,200
Four Nations Ensemble · Hudson, NY · 2023
General
$2,000
Columbia Univ Irving Medical Naomi Bernie Diabetes Center · New York, NY · 2025
General
$1,500
Chamber Music America · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,500
Assn Chamber Music Players · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,500
Chamber Music America · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,500
Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,480
American Civil Liberties Union · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$1,200
American Composers Orchestra · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Chamber Music America · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General
$1,000
Access Contemporary Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$1,000
American Composers Orchestra · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Chamber Music America · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Columbia Univ Irving Medical · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Ny Presbyterian Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Chicago Public Radio · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$1,000
Natl Network Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2023
General
$1,000
Wqxr · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Four Nations Ensemble · Hudson, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Natl Network Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
General
$900
Wnyc · New York, NY · 2023
General
$750
New Music America · New York, NY · 2023
General
$600
American Ballet Theater · New York, NY · 2025
General
$500
Cedille Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$500
Classical Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$500
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Gemeral
$500
New Music America · New York, NY · 2025
General
$500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$500
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago · Evanston, IL · 2024
General
$500
Musical Mentors Collaborative · New York, NY · 2024
General
$500
New Music America · New York, NY · 2024
General
$500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$500
Bright Promises Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Caic · Evanston, IL · 2023
General
$500
Cedille Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$500
Bright Promises Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$500
Caic · Evanston, IL · 2022
General
$500
Cedille Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$500
Planned Parenthood · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$480
American Ballet Theater · New York, NY · 2024
General
$480
American Ballet Theater · New York, NY · 2023
General
$300
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2025
General
$300
Musical Mentors Collaborative · New York, NY · 2025
General
$300
Classical Music Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$300
International Music Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$300
International Music Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$275
American Friends of Georgian Group · New York, NY · 2025
General
$250
Access Contemporary Music · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$250
Accion · Allentown, NJ · 2025
General
$250
Chicago Arts Partnership in Education · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$250
Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$250
Smartlove · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$250
Cedille Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$250
Chamber Music Intl · Richardson, TX · 2024
General
$250
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2024
General
$250
Julliard School · New York, NY · 2024
General
$250
Smartlove · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$250
The Century Association · New York, NY · 2024
Generalgeneralgeneral
$250
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023
General
$250
Julliard School · New York, NY · 2023
General
$250
Smartlove · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$250
Southern Poverty Leadership Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General
$250
The Century Association · New York, NY · 2023
Generalgeneralgeneral
$250
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
General
$250
New Music America · New York, NY · 2022
General
$250
Smartlove · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$250
Southern Poverty Leadership Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.