Friends of Rowan
SALISBURY, NC
$1.2MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General fund
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The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 56-1658247 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE WILSON L SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION THE 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 | 5 | $1.5M |
| 2024 | 2 | $1.2M |
Where The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
North Carolina$2.8M
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
University NC Education Foundation
CHAPEL HILL, NC
$1MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General fund
University NC Education Foundation
CHAPEL HILL, NC
$500KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General fund
Friends of Rowan
SALISBURY, NC
$13.7KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General fund
Dental Foundation of NC
CARY, NC
$1KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General fund
Showing 5 of the 7 largest grants (7 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the 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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