Vanderbilt University Medical Cente
NASHVILLE, TN
$360KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Medical reserach
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Carolyn Smith Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 81-4706113 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Randy Smith
- Phone
- (615) 973-3613
- Deadlines
- None specific
- Application materials
- Formal request from applicants
- Restrictions
- Restricted to total assets
Original filing text
- Contact
- RANDY SMITH
- Address
- 1000 CAGES BEND COURT GALLATIN, TN, 37066
- Phone
- 6159733613
- Deadlines
- NONE SPECIFIC
- Application materials
- FORMAL REQUEST FROM APPLICANTS
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED TO TOTAL ASSETS
Reported organization name: CAROLYN SMITH FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | $4.8M |
| 2024 | 162 | $3.9M |
Where Carolyn Smith Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
The Store
Nashville, TN
$225KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Provide food for needy
Gallatin Shalom Zone
Gallatin, TN
$200KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Aid children & families
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
$200KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Medical research
Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center
HENDERSONVILLE, TN
$200KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Preserve local & regional art
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (327 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Carolyn Smith Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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