Louise K Smith Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 34-7183475 · reported 2023–2025
161grants reported
$200median award
$100lower quartile
$25smallest grant
$263Ktotal paid
14states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 161 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1,200 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
20 W 64TH St Apt 33k
New York, NY 10023-7138
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Concert Artists Guild | New York, NY | $42,600 |
| Third Coast Percussion | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| Third Coast Percussion | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| Columbia Univ Irving Medical | New York, NY | $18,000 |
| NY Public Radio Wnyc | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Concert Artists Guild | New York, NY | $13,735 |
| Concert Artists Guild | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Third Coast Percussion | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| NY Public Radio Wqxr | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $3,750 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $3,750 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $3,750 |
| Acmp | New York, NY | $3,000 |
| Assn Chamber Music Players | New York, NY | $3,000 |
| Assn Chamber Music Players | New York, NY | $3,000 |
| Timeline Theatre | Chicago, IL | $3,000 |
| Four Nations Ensemble | Hudson, NY | $2,500 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $2,500 |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $2,500 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $2,500 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $2,500 |
| Four Nations Ensemble | Hudson, NY | $2,200 |
| Four Nations Ensemble | Hudson, NY | $2,200 |
| Columbia Univ Irving Medical Naomi Bernie Diabetes Center | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| Chamber Music America | New York, NY | $1,500 |
| American Civil Liberties Union | Washington, DC | $1,480 |
| American Composers Orchestra | New York, NY | $1,200 |
| Chamber Music America | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 |
| Natl Network Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $1,000 |
| Chicago Public Radio | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Wqxr | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| American Composers Orchestra | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Access Contemporary Music | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Chamber Music America | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Columbia Univ Irving Medical | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| NY Presbyterian Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Wnyc | New York, NY | $900 |
| New Music America | New York, NY | $750 |
| American Ballet Theater | New York, NY | $600 |
| Cedille Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Classical Music Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Earth Justice GEMERAL | San Francisco, CA | $500 |
| New Music America | New York, NY | $500 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $500 |
| Bright Promises Foundation | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Caic | Evanston, IL | $500 |
| Cedille Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Planned Parenthood | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago | Evanston, IL | $500 |
| Musical Mentors Collaborative | New York, NY | $500 |
| New Music America | New York, NY | $500 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $500 |
| American Ballet Theater | New York, NY | $480 |
| American Ballet Theater | New York, NY | $480 |
| Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $300 |
| Musical Mentors Collaborative | New York, NY | $300 |
| International Music Foundation | Chicago, IL | $300 |
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