Charles Henry Smith SR Foundation
Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-6609892. Reported 158 grants totalling $287,000 to 59 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Charles Henry Smith SR Foundation 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $6,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $26,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Leesburg Presbyterian Church | Leesburg, VA | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Park View 19 Scholarship Fund | Sterling, VA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Zoological Society | San Antonio, TX | $14,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yorkminster Presbyterian Preschool | Yorktown, VA | $12,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tulane University (development) | New Orleans, LA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association | Phoenix, AZ | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio | Lorain, OH | $9,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center | Chagrin Falls, OH | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lanai Cat Sanctuary | Lanai City, HI | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wild Animal Sanctuary | Keenesburg, CO | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Food Bank | San Antonio, TX | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen (donor Services Team) | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yorkminster Presbyterian Church (music Ministry) | Yorktown, VA | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Fort Wayne, IN | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fstop Foundation | Plantation, FL | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Operations Warrior Foundation | Tampa, FL | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Unit Scholarship Fund | Fort Bragg, NC | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Canine Lifeline | Garfield Heights, OH | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Forging Industry Education and Research Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hathaway Brown School Office of Advancement | Shaker Heights, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Smile Train | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Broadway Theater | San Antonio, TX | $4,645 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation | Dublin, OH | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Church of the Isles | Indiana Rocks Beach, FL | $4,355 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greensboro Day School | Greensboro, NC | $4,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cota in Honor of Team Lily B | Bloomington, IN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Antonio Broadway Theatre | San Antonio, TX | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wonders and Worries | Austin, TX | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miss North Dakota Scholarship Organization | Williston, ND | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Naples Coucil of World Affairs | Naples, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Naples Council on Word Affairs- Model Un | Naples, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University School Annual Fund | Hunting Valley, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington & Lee University | Lexington, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glaucoma Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Havaheart Rescue | Springfield, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purdue for Life Foundation | W Lafayette, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Candlelight Ranch | Austin, TX | $1,600 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coal Creek Elementary PTA | Louisville, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls on the Run of Bexar County | San Antonio, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Matthew's House (development) | Naples, FL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Childsafe | San Antonio, TX | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Girls Inc of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $1,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Forging Industry Education and Researchg Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Judicial Watch | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation | Springfield, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Provision Outreach | Buelverde, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rey Feo Rf 75 | San Antonio, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | Hagerstown, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rey Feo Scholarship Foundation | San Antonio, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The David Horowitz Freedom Center | Sherman Oaks, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yorkminster Presbyterian Church -L Gayk's Memorial Fund | Yorktown, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
38 of 59 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 74%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Navy Seal Foundation
CONTRIBUTION TO HELP PROVIDE CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE WARRIORS, VETERANS, AND FAMILIES OF NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE. - Park View 19 Scholarship Fund
CONTRIBUTION TO COLLECTIVELY IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATING CLASSES. - American Heart Association
CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT CRITICAL RESEARCH, IMPROVE CARE, AND TO HELP SAVE LIVES. - Leesburg Presbyterian Church
CONTRIBUTION FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH. - San Antonio Broadway Theatre
CONTRIBUTION TO HELP BRING PREMIER LIVE THEATRE PRODUCTIONS TO SAN ANTONIO. - Wonders and Worries
CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS DURING A PARENT'S SERIOUS ILLNESS OR INJURY.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 80 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27 | $38,500 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 30 | $38,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $68,500 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $71,500 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $70,000 | $2,000 |
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
32% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- 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 Charles Henry Smith SR Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 970 East 64TH Street, Cleveland, OH, 44103. 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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