Mark and Dorothy Smith Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Santa Maria, CA · EIN 20-8775647 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Mark and Dorothy Smith Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Santa Maria, CA (EIN 20-8775647). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $1.7M paid in 96 grants, with a median grant of $15K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $14.6M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/mark-and-dorothy-smith-family-foundation-208775647
- Total grants paid
- $1.7M
- Grants reported
- 96
- Typical grant
- $15K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $14.6M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Mark and Dorthy Smith Foundation
- Phone
- (805) 928-6628
- Deadlines
- Open
- Application materials
- Written-letter form
- Restrictions
- Local-charitable or educational
Original filing text
- Contact
- MARK AND DORTHY SMITH FOUNDATION
- Address
- 2011 J SOUTH BROADWAY SANTA MARIA, CA, 93454
- Phone
- 8059286628
- Deadlines
- OPEN
- Application materials
- WRITTEN-LETTER FORM
- Restrictions
- LOCAL-CHARITABLE OR EDUCATIONAL
Reported organization name: MARK AND DOROTHY SMITH FAMILY 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.
Where Mark and Dorothy Smith Family 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.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/mark-and-dorothy-smith-family-foundation-208775647
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foodbank Sb County | Santa Barbara, CA | Support | Tax year 20252025 | $80K |
| Foodbank Sb County | Santa Barbara, CA | Support | Tax year 20242024 | $75K |
| Marian Regional Med Ctr (Csu) | Santa Maria, CA | Support | Tax year 20252025 | $70K |
| Marian Regional Med Ctr (Csu) | Santa Maria, CA | Support | Tax year 20242024 | $70K |
| Honor Flight Central Coast | Paso Robles, CA | Support | Tax year 20242024 | $39K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (96 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Mark and Dorothy Smith Family 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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