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Mary Jean and Frank P Smeal Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 13-3318167 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$2.1M
Grants reported
22
Median grant
$55K
Future commitments
None reported

Giving by tax year

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202411$1.2M
202311$965K

Where Mary Jean and Frank P Smeal Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.

RecipientLocationPurposeTax yearAmount
Peninsula Open Space TrustPalo Alto, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2024$300K
Metropolitan Opera Association IncNew York, NYGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2024$250K
Metropolitan Opera Association IncNew York, NYGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$200K
The James Beard Foundation IncNew York, NYGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$200K
Peninsula Open Space TrustPalo Alto, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$150K
Sierra WatchNevada City, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$100K
Sierra WatchNevada City, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2024$100K
Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NYGeneral Charitable Purposes2024$100K
The Wilderness SocietyWashington, DCGeneral Charitable Purposes2024$100K
Tufts UniversityMedford, MAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2024$70K
Tufts UniversityMedford, MAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$60K
Insight Meditation CenterRedwood City, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$50K
LifeMovesMENLO PARK, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$50K
Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon ValleySan Jose, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2024$50K
Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeHANOVER, NHGeneral Charitable Purposes2024$50K
Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon ValleySan Jose, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$50K
Penn State UniversitySTATE COLLEGE, PAGeneral Charitable Purposes2024$50K
LifeMovesMENLO PARK, CAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2024$50K
Yale UNIVERSITYNew Haven, CTGeneral Charitable Purposes2024$40K
Yale UNIVERSITYNew Haven, CTGeneral Charitable Purposes2023$40K
State Line Abortion Access PartnersBRISTOL, VAGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES2023$40K
NEO PhilanthropyNew York, NYGeneral Charitable Purposes2023$25K

How to apply

This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Mary Jean and Frank P Smeal Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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 e-file archive.

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