The Smith Family Foundation Inc
Carmel, IN · EIN 35-2015637. Reported 343 grants totalling $22.9M to 125 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 $40,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $60,000; 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kahn Academy | Mountain View, CA | $2,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lds Philanthropies | Provo, UT | $2,075,000 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | Rexburg, ID | $1,550,000 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $1,125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Florence Immigration & Refugee Rights Project | Florence, AZ | $840,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $755,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Als Therapy Development Institute | Cambridge, MA | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Khan Academy | Mountain View, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $460,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Utah College of Nursing | Salt Lake City, UT | $400,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Utah State University | Logan, UT | $400,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | San Jose, CA | $380,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Shoes for Africa | New York, NY | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Santa Maria Urban Ministry | San Jose, CA | $305,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $280,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Byu Pathway Worldwide | Salt Lake City, UT | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Epilepsy Foundation | Landover, MD | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Menon Family Foundation | Bloomfield Twp, MI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | Miami, FL | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley | Los Gatos, CA | $249,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Warren Village | Denver, CO | $240,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Donorschooseorg | New York, NY | $225,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation Parkinson's | Hagerstown, MD | $225,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $220,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $220,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium | Monterey, CA | $215,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fresh Lifelines for Youthsobrato Center for Nonprofits | Milpitas, CA | $200,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Matthew 25MINISTRIES | Blue Ash, OH | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wateraid America Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lutheran Family Services | Denver, CO | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Operation Smile | Norfolk, VA | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Their Story Is Our Story | Orem, UT | $177,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Students Rising Above | San Francisco, CA | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Peace House | Park City, UT | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lifting Hands International | Salt Lake City, UT | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Tech Museum of Innovation | San Jose, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kids' Meals Houston | Houston, TX | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Clayton Christensen Institute | Lexington, MA | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mothers Without Borders | American Fork, UT | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | Seattle, WA | $119,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cancer Carepoint | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope for the Warriors | Springfield, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota | St Paul, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics | Alexandria, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Operation Second Chance | Germantown, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prism | Golden Valley, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Humble Village | Carlsbad, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Tech Interactive | San Jose, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cy-Fair Helping Hands | Houston, TX | $99,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| No Script Nonprofit | Cyprus, TX | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Academy for Creating Enterprise | Lehi, UT | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank | Issaquah, WA | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cityteam | San Jose, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation | Cedar Hills, UT | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mary's Place | Seattle, WA | $74,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Phoenix, AZ | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Kaeme Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Puppies Behind Bars | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St John Vianney Center | North Whales, PA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Transcending Through Education Foundation | Providence, RI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Country | Hockley, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls & Boys Country | Hockley, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Country of Houston | Hockley, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hospice of the Valley | San Jose, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington DC, DC | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Plan International USA | Providence, RI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Global Response Management | Yulee, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kidvantage | Issaquah, WA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| The Gemma Project | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Valley Heath Foundation | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valley Medical Center Foundation | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Issaquah Schools Foundation | Issaquah, WA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Village Theatre | Issaquah, WA | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mamma's Hands | Issaquah, WA | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| One Love Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Second Wind Fund | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | Seattle, WA | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Family Tree | Wheat Ridge, CO | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Abby Meeske Foundation | Los Gatos, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest | Tacoma, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Project Worthmore | Aurora, CO | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Public Radio Kuow | Venice, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| World Link Partners | Holladay, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Francis J Gaudette Theater | Issaquah, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| African Library Project | Mount Royal, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
74 of 125 (59%) 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 76%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- 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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 187 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2025 | 68 | $6,270,000 | $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
25% of its giving went to organizations in California. 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 $40,000. 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 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 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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