Funding search · EIN 066299809 · Wilmington, DE

Smilow Foundation

Name: Smilow Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

49
grants reported: $10.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $6,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

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.

The Cobbs Creek Restoration and1 grant · $3.0M
The Cobbs Creek Restoration & Community1 grant · $3.0M
Yale University2 grants · $2.0M
Norwalk Hospital Foundation1 grant · $2.0M
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Westport Country Playhouse1 grant · $76,800
Weta2 grants · $70,000
University of Pennsylvania2 grants · $50,000
Frederick Gunn School2 grants · $40,000
Temple Israel3 grants · $20,360

Giving over time

$3.0M

2022

$122,000

2023

$7.4M

2024

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

$3.0M
The Cobbs Creek Restoration & Community · Conshohocken, PA · 2024
Program support
$3.0M
The Cobbs Creek Restoration and · Conshohocken, PA · 2022
General
$2.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Program support
$2.0M
Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Norwalk, NY · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Program support
$76,800
Westport Country Playhouse · Westport, CT · 2024
Program support
$60,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$35,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Frederick Gunn School · Washington, CT · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Frederick Gunn School · Washington, CT · 2023
General
$15,000
Fairfield University · Fairfield, CT · 2023
General
$15,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$15,000
Trustees of the University of · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
$12,500
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
Program support
$10,000
The East Lake Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
General
$10,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
$10,000
Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General
$8,000
Mad Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
$7,500
Earthplace · Westport, CT · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Temple Israel · Westport, CT · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General
$6,360
Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General
$6,000
Homes With Hope · Houston, TX · 2023
General
$6,000
The Grammy Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Hartford, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Homes With Hope · Westport, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2023
General
$5,000
Aspetuck Land Trust · Westport, CT · 2023
General
$5,000
Jackson Hole One Fly · Jackson, WY · 2023
General
$5,000
The East Lake Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General
$5,000
Frederick Gun School · Washington, CT · 2022
General
$2,500
New York Philharmonic · Syosset, NY · 2023
General
$1,000
Southport Fire Department · Southport, NC · 2023
General
$1,000
Yellow Tulip Project · St Portland, ME · 2023
General
$1,000
Nyu Langone Health · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General
$800
Westport Library Assoc · Westport, CT · 2024
Program support
$500
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General
$500
American Cancer Soceity · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
General
$500
Desert Community Foundation · Palm Desert, CA · 2022
General
$500
New Heights Youth · New York, NY · 2022
General
$500
St Michael'S Home · Portland, ME · 2022
General
$500
The Shelter · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General
$500
Ukraine Aid International · Westpory, CT · 2022
General
$150
Doc Wayne Youth Services · Boston, MA · 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.