Texas · Private foundation
George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $111k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $29,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $111k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $106k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $111k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $128k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $128k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $105k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $102k | 82% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $107k | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Hillsboro City Library | $173,333 | 3 | 16% |
| Hillsboro Foundation Inc | $41,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission Hillsboro Medical Clinic | $34,500 | 6 | 28% |
| Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce | $29,700 | 3 | 14% |
| Hillsboro Interfaith Ministries Inc | $24,691 | 2 | 31% |
| Hill County Paw Pals | $22,700 | 4 | 7% |
| Hillsboro Heritage League Inc | $19,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Covington Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 13% |
| Lake Whitney Arts Association | $12,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Hill County Kids | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Hillsboro City Library | $173,333 | 3 | 16% |
| Hillsboro Foundation Inc | $41,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission Hillsboro Medical Clinic | $34,500 | 6 | 28% |
| Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce | $29,700 | 3 | 14% |
| Hillsboro Interfaith Ministries Inc | $24,691 | 2 | 31% |
| Hill County Paw Pals | $22,700 | 4 | 7% |
| Hillsboro Heritage League Inc | $19,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Covington Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 13% |
| Lake Whitney Arts Association | $12,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Hill County Kids | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas Ramp Project | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Malone Volunteer Fire Dept | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hill County Child Protective Services Board | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels Waco | $8,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Ruth Fields Civic Club | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Through Time Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodbury Community Center Association | $2,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Hill County Museum Incorporated | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($539k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
Open a dossier: The Dorothy Gaines Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation
- How much does George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation give?
- George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $110,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Youth Development (15%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Hillsboro City Library ($173k), Hillsboro Foundation Inc ($42k), Mission Hillsboro Medical Clinic ($35k).
- Does George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dorothy Gaines Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation based?
- George G & Alva Hudson Smith Foundation is based in TX.
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