The Smith Family Foundation Inc
Carmel, IN · EIN 35-2015637. Reported 275 grants totalling $16.6M to 112 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. The Smith Family Foundation Inc 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 $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahn Academy | Mountain View, CA | $2,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lds Philanthropies | Provo, UT | $1,275,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | Rexburg, ID | $1,100,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $755,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Florence Immigration & Refugee Rights Project | Florence, AZ | $505,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Khan Academy | Mountain View, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $495,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Als Therapy Development Institute | Cambridge, MA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $340,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Utah College of Nursing | Salt Lake City, UT | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Utah State University | Logan, UT | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shoes for Africa | New York, NY | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Menon Family Foundation | Bloomfield Twp, MI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Maria Urban Ministry | San Jose, CA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | San Jose, CA | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Byu Pathway Worldwide | Salt Lake City, UT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epilepsy Foundation | Landover, MD | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Matthew 25MINISTRIES | Blue Ash, OH | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation Parkinson's | Hagerstown, MD | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | Miami, FL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wateraid America Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | Monterey, CA | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Warren Village | Denver, CO | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | $164,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lifting Hands International | Salt Lake City, UT | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Family Services | Denver, CO | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Operation Smile | Norfolk, VA | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donorschooseorg | New York, NY | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Students Rising Above | San Francisco, CA | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peace House | Park City, UT | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Their Story Is Our Story | Orem, UT | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cancer Carepoint | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clayton Christensen Institute | Lexington, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope for the Warriors | Springfield, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Operation Second Chance | Germantown, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Tech Interactive | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Tech Museum of Innovation | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mothers Without Borders | American Fork, UT | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids' Meals Houston | Houston, TX | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | Seattle, WA | $79,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cityteam | San Jose, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fresh Lifelines for Youthsobrato Center for Nonprofits | Milpitas, CA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| No Script Nonprofit | Cyprus, TX | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cy-Fair Helping Hands | Houston, TX | $59,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Their Story If Our Story | Orem, UT | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beauty Out of Dust | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bellwether International | Lindon, UT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ethiopian Community Development Council | Arlington, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank | Issaquah, WA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kaeme Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Puppies Behind Bars | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transcending Through Education Foundation | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation | Cedar Hills, UT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mary's Place | Seattle, WA | $49,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Country | Hockley, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls & Boys Country | Hockley, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hospice of the Valley | San Jose, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Plan International USA | Providence, RI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St John Vianney Center | North Whales, PA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Global Response Management | Yulee, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington DC, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pars Equality Center | Sherman Oaks, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eastside Baby Corner | Issaquah, WA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Come and See Foundation | Huntington Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Convoy of Hope | Springfield, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Luthern Community Services Northwest | Tacoma, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Houston | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Heath Foundation | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valley Medical Center Foundation | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kidvantage | Issaquah, WA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Second Wind Fund | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Issaquah Schools Foundation | Issaquah, WA | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Tree | Wheat Ridge, CO | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Village Theatre | Issaquah, WA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Abby Meeske Foundation | Los Gatos, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amigos De Honduras | Bremerton, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | Washington DC, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Gemma Project | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Worthmore | Aurora, CO | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | Seattle, WA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Public Radio Kuow | Venice, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mamma's Hands | Issaquah, WA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain Goat Foundation | Parker, CO | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ida-Rmb | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| NAMI Colorado | Englewood, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Refuge Bowling Green | Bowling Green, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Francis J Gaudette Theater | Issaquah, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oldenburg Academy | Oldenburg, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Street Vet | San Diego, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Summit School District | Coalville, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ogden School Foundation | Ogden, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
69 of 112 (62%) 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 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Kahn Academy
GENERAL SUPPORT OF CHARITY - Lds Philanthropies
GENERAL SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN FUND, FAMILY SEARCH AND PERPETURAL EDUCATION FUND - Brigham Young University-Idaho
SUPPORT OF PATHWAY PROGRAM - Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley
GENERAL SUPPORT OF REFUGEES WELCOME FUND - Lutheran Family Services
GENERAL SUPPORT OF REFUGEE & ASYLEE PROGRAMS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 139 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 70 | $3,465,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 69 | $3,145,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 72 | $4,213,000 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | 64 | $5,792,500 | $50,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 26% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 $30,000. 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 California.
- 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 The Smith Family Foundation Inc'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: 11711 North Meridian Street 600, Carmel, IN, 46032. 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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