Alabama · Private foundation
Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $365k
- Granted FY2019
- 6
- Grants FY2019
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of Greater Birmingham, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $365k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
- Total assets, FY2019
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 83% of the organizations Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 6 | $365k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epic Church | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Highlands Inc | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Highlands College | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homewood City Schools Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 59% |
| KultureCity | $58,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Samford University | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 18% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hope Institute | $11,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Daymark Pastoral Counseling Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epic Church | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Highlands Inc | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Highlands College | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homewood City Schools Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 59% |
| KultureCity | $58,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Samford University | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 18% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hope Institute | $11,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Daymark Pastoral Counseling Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc
- How much does Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc give?
- Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $365,000 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2019.
- What does Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Religion (33%), Education (9%).
- Who are Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Epic Church ($1.0M), Church of the Highlands Inc ($300k), Highlands College ($200k).
- Does Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arlington Partners Charitable Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc based?
- Bill and Pam Smith Foundation Inc is based in AL.
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