Data / Foundation grants / John and Gwen Smart Foundation
John and Gwen Smart Foundation: 19 grants to organizations, $4.1 million (tax year ended December 2025)
John and Gwen Smart Foundation, a private foundation in Lisle, IL, paid 19 grants to organizations totaling $4,055,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 2, 2026. The largest was $800,000 to Usher III Initiative Inc in Chicago, IL for general operations.
SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. It reads every private foundation's Form 990-PF as the IRS publishes it, and this page is that reading. Ask for the foundations that fund your cause in your state, with the amounts and purposes, and new grants arrive in your sheet, CRM, Slack or agent as the returns are filed.
- EIN
- 811535437
- Based in
- Lisle, IL
- Assets
- $97,582,809
- Grants paid
- $4,055,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed September 2, 2026, IRS object ID 202602459349100105. It reported $4,055,000 in grants paid; 19 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usher III Initiative Inc | Chicago, IL | General operations | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | General operations | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | Metastatic breast cancer research | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | Byers eye institute | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Nurses Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | General operations | Education | $340,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rogosin Institute Inc | New York, NY | General operations | Health care | $260,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | Parkinson's research | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Creativity Explored | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Health care | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kqed Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| CG Jung Institute of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | General operations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Egoscue Foundation | San Diego, CA | General operations | Health care | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pacific Currents Inc | Bandon, OR | General operations | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary | Summerland, CA | General operations | Animal-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | General operations | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | New York, NY | Weill cornell medicine covid 19 | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cultural Activism International Project Inc | Delhi, NY | Reg earthe project | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Three Jewels Outreach Center Inc | New York, NY | Nandi yoga project | Religion-related | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Day One New York Inc | New York, NY | General operations | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Middle Way School | Saugerties, NY | General operations | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed August 20, 2025, IRS object ID 202512329349100901. It reported $3,380,000 in grants paid; 18 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usher III Initiative Inc | Chicago, IL | General operations | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | General operations | $450,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | Metastatic breast cancer research | $420,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Nature Conservancy | Sacramento, CA | San andreas corrido | $350,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | Byers eye institute | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | Allen morgan standish library fund | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rogosin Institute Inc | New York, NY | General operations | Health care | $210,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | Parkinson's research | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Nurses Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | General operations | Education | $120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Creativity Explored | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Health care | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary | Summerland, CA | General operations | Animal-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | New York, NY | Weill cornell medicine covid 19 | $85,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | General operations | Human services | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cultural Activism International Project Inc | Delhi, NY | Reg earthe project | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kqed Inc | San Francisco, CA | General operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Three Jewels Outreach Center Inc | New York, NY | Nandi yoga project | Religion-related | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Day One New York Inc | New York, NY | General operations | Human services | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| High Plateau Humane Society | Alturas, CA | General operations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $1,300,000 |
| Health care | $800,000 |
| Education | $480,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $285,000 |
| Human services | $240,000 |
| Animal-related | $200,000 |
| Religion-related | $110,000 |
| Environment | $100,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $3,390,000 |
| New York | $2,185,000 |
| Illinois | $1,300,000 |
| Maryland | $460,000 |
| Oregon | $100,000 |
Also on SpecStream
- Who funds diseases, disorders and medical disciplines in Illinois
- Who funds health care in New York
- Who funds education in Maryland
- Who funds health care in California
- Who funds human services in New York
- Who funds animal-related in California
Updated September 2, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.