W Keith Smith Family Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 31-1720606. Reported 71 grants totalling $123,400 to 58 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. W Keith Smith Family 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,500; the smallest was $150 and the largest $10,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | Duquesne, PA | $19,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Upmc Hillman Cancer Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| River City Brass Band | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Search Inc | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shadyside Academy | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The University of Western Ontario Foundation Inc | London, Ontario | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Southwestern Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Saskatchewan | Saskatoon, Saskatchwan | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upmc Childrens Hospital | Pittsburgh, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dm Care | Carefree, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shadyside Presbyterian Church | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Margaret Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The University of Western Ontario - Ivey Business School | London, Ontario | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Saskatchewan - Edwards School of Business | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St James Episcopal Parish | Lothian, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Epilepsy Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Audobon Society of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Frick Art & Historical Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Botanic Garden | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The First Tee of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Allegheny Rivertrail Park | Aspinwall, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Backpack for Hunger | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heartland Animal Shelter | Wheeling, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Immerman Angels | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Life Chronicles | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Manchester Bidwell Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mayo Clinic Phoenix | Scottsdale, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Naples Botanic Garden | Naples, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Riverlife | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The First Tee Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Neighborhood Academy | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Pa Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wqed | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conservancy of Southwest Florida | Naples, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cooper-Siegel Community Library | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservatory | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| River Life | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| River Life Headwaters | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Frick Art and Historical Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Garden Club of Allegheny County | Sewickley, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foxwall Ems | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Phipps Conservatory and Bontanical Gardens | Pittsburgh, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve | Pittsburgh, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cooper-Siegal Community Library | Pittsburgh, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fox Chapel Volunteer Fire Department | Pittsburgh, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Humane Animal Rescue | Pittsburgh, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Music Foundation of Greater Naples | Naples, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fox Chapel District Association | Pittsburgh, PA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
10 of 58 (17%) 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 43%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 29 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 | 10 | $3,600 | $300 |
| 2022 | 4 | $3,000 | $550 |
| 2023 | 3 | $7,000 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $21,600 | $600 |
| 2025 | 41 | $88,200 | $1,000 |
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
75% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 $1,000. 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 Pennsylvania.
- 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 W Keith Smith Family Foundation'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: One Hunt Club Lane, Pittsburgh, PA, 15215. 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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