Clara B & W Aubrey Smith Charitable
Dallas, TX · EIN 75-6314114. Reported 94 grants totalling $3,970,500 to 44 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Clara B & W Aubrey Smith Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri County Senior Nutrition Project | Denison, TX | $425,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Child & Family Guidance Center of Texoma | Sherman, TX | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texoma Family Shelter | Denison, TX | $345,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Austin College | Sherman, TX | $331,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Denison Independent School District | Denison, TX | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Denison Isd Education Foundation | Denison, TX | $260,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $168,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Junior League of Grayson County | Denison, TX | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Masterkey Ministries of Grayson County Inc | Sherman, TX | $152,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Denison | Denison, TX | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Denison Main Street Inc | Denison, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA of Grayson County | Sherman, TX | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Beginning Fellowship Church | Denison, TX | $84,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grant Halliburton Foundation | Dallas, TX | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Homeless Empowerment Action Team | Denison, TX | $73,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Grayson County Inc | Sherman, TX | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Sherman Inc | Sherman, TX | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Austin, TX | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| House of Eli Inc | Sherman, TX | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Multicultural Family Center | Sherman, TX | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Denison Inc | Denison, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Texoma Health Clinic | Denison, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rehabilitation Center Therapeutic Solutions for Children/Adults | Sherman, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Denison Helping Hands | Denison, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grayson County Children's Advocacy Center | Sherman, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Grayson County | Sherman, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates | Sherman, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Denison Performing Arts Inc | Denison, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Red River Railroad Museum | Denison, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Pottsboro Area Public Library | Pottsboro, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Baptist Church | Denison, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sherman Symphony Orchestra Association | Sherman, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texas Ramp Project | Richardson, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Waples Memorial United Methodist Church | Denison, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Texoma Health Foundation | Denison, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Refuge Foundation | Sherman, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grayson Grand Central Station | Sherman, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Texas Inc | Richland Hills, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sherman Museum | Sherman, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women Rock | Sherman, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Your Health Clinic Dba Callie Clinic | Sherman, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Four Rivers Outreach Inc | Sherman, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
28 of 44 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- University of Texas Foundation
SOCIAL WORK INTERNSHIP FOR - Austin College
HEALTH CAMPUS RENOVATIONS - Tri County Senior Nutrition Project
HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAM - Denison Isd Education Foundation
2022-2023 CLASSROOM GRANTS - City of Denison
SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY - Boys & Girls Club of Sherman Inc
SUPPORT FOR FEEDING HUNGRY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $1,010,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $1,000,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $1,056,000 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $904,500 | $23,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Clara B & W Aubrey Smith Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 653067, Dallas, TX, 75265. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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