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The Smidt Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 81-4631478 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$21.1M
Grants reported
145
Typical grant
$35K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$175K

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE SMIDT FOUNDATION

Where The Smidt Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

LOS ANGELES, CA

$3MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Smidt heart institute

Holocaust Museum La

LOS ANGELES, CA

$2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operating support; project support

Anti-Defamation League

NEW YORK, NY

$2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operating support

Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc

NEW YORK, NY

$1.7MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Nonprofit support

United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc

NEW YORK, NY

$1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operating support; project support

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Smidt Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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