Private foundation · New York, NY

Louise K Smith Foundation

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Typical grant size
$100 – $120 – $600
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
57
Repeat grantees
37
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Louise K Smith
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
16.4%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'16
'17
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
434
Total grants awarded
$622K
Total amount
$1K
Average grant
$44K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$104K
50 grants
2023
$78K
62 grants
2022
$106K
52 grants
2021
$85K
49 grants
2020
$74K
54 grants
2018
$59K
54 grants
2017
$61K
58 grants
2016
$55K
55 grants

Top recipients

9 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$225K
10 grants · IL · ≈ likely match
$141K
8 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$49K
7 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$35K
7 grants · MI · ≈ likely match
$13K
Timeline Theatre
5 grants · IL
$11K
4 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$10K
Assn Chamber Music Players
4 grants · NY
$9K
8 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$8K
8 grants · IL · ≈ likely match
$8K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Concert Artists Guild
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$43K
Third Coast Percussion
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$30K
University of Chicago
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$5K
Metropolitan Opera
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$4K
Timeline Theatre
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$3K
Assn Chamber Music Players
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Wayne State University
GENERAL
MI · TY 2024
$3K
Four Nations Ensemble
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Chamber Music America
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Columbia Univ Irving Medical
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Ny Presbyterian Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$1K
American Composers Orchestra
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Access Contemporary Music
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$1K
Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$500
Planned Parenthood
GENERAL
DC · TY 2024
$500
New Music America
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$500
Musical Mentors Collaborative
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$500
American Ballet Theater
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$480
Classical Music Chicago
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$300
Cedille Chicago
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$250
The Century Association
GENERALGENERALGENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$250
Smartlove
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$250
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$250
Julliard School
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$250
Chamber Music Intl
GENERAL
TX · TY 2024
$250
Newberry Library
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$200
Noon
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$200
Guggenheim Museum
GENERALGENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$180
Museum of Modern Art
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Accion
GENERAL
NJ · TY 2024
$100
Century Assn Archives Foundation
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Chicago Arts Partnership in Education
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$100
Carnegie Friends
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Doctors Without Borders
GENERAL
MD · TY 2024
$100
Earth Justice
GEMERAL
CA · TY 2024
$100
Guarneri Hall
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$100
Momenta Quartet
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
International Rescue Cmte
GENERALGENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Morgan Library
GENERALGENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Ny Philharmonic
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Chicago Community Trust
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$100
Imani Winds Foundation
2GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Antiquarian Society
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$100
Central Park Conservancy
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
Sybarite Chamber Players
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$100
American Civil Liberties Union
GENERAL
DC · TY 2024
$100
Bright Promises Foundation
GENERAL
IL · TY 2024
$100
Frick Collection
GENERAL
NY · TY 2024
$75
Alumni Assn Univ of Michigan
GENERAL
MI · TY 2024
$70
Akc Canine Health Foundation
GENERAL
NC · TY 2024
$50

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.