THE WILBUR AND NISO SMITH FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£160k

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

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Accounts grants total

£11k

extracted from its FY2024 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
Education/training (1 grantee)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Botswana (1 grantee)
Cameroon (1 grantee)
Ethiopia (1 grantee)
Gabon (1 grantee)
Ghana (1 grantee)
Haiti (1 grantee)
India (1 grantee)
Ivory Coast (1 grantee)
Kenya (1 grantee)
Benin (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2022 → FY2023

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2022	FY2023
new	Giles Kristian	—	£10k
new	Grace Bailey	—	£1k
new	Rafi Ahmad	—	£200
new	Caleb Indhivan Victor	—	£100
new	Ellie Karlin	—	£100
not listed	Rachel Joyce	£10k	—
not listed	WORLDREADER	£5k	—
not listed	Charis Odoki	£1k	—
not listed	Joseph Dodd	£200	—
not listed	Heather Chapman	£100	—
not listed	Aaron Ding	£100	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Giles Kristian	FY2023	£10k	Best Published Novel Prize
Grace Bailey	FY2023	£1k	Author of Tomorrow 16-21 Years Prize
Rafi Ahmad	FY2023	£200	Niso’s Commendation Prize
Caleb Indhivan Victor	FY2023	£100	Author of Tomorrow 11 and Under Prize
Ellie Karlin	FY2023	£100	Author of Tomorrow 12-15 Years Prize
Rachel Joyce	FY2022	£10k	Best Published Novel Prize
Worldreader	FY2022	£5k	Grant funding of activities / Author of Tomorrow partnership
Charis Odoki	FY2022	£1k	Author of Tomorrow 16-21 Years Prize
Joseph Dodd	FY2022	£200	Wilbur and Niso’s commendation
Heather Chapman	FY2022	£100	Author of Tomorrow 12-15 Years Prize
Aaron Ding	FY2022	£100	Author of Tomorrow 11 and Under Prize
Jake Avila	FY2021	£15k	Best Unpublished Manuscript Prize: Publishing Deal with Bonnier Books UK, with a writer’s advance
Worldreader	FY2021	£5k	Grant funding of activities
Sarah Ang	FY2021	£1k	Author of Tomorrow, 16-21 Years Prize
Oliver Wright	FY2021	£200	Wilbur and Niso’s commendation, Author of Tomorrow
Rosie Shaw	FY2021	£100	Author of Tomorrow, 11 and Under Prize

About this data

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