North Carolina · Private foundation
Miles J Smith Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $394k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $73,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Miles J Smith Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 23 | $394k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $213k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $310k | 79% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $40k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $207,870 | 6 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Rowan | $110,091 | 3 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $72,876 | 5 | 0% |
| North Hills Christian School | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Appalachian State University Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stonebridge Church Community | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salisbury Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Covenant Classical School | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $207,870 | 6 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Rowan | $110,091 | 3 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | $72,876 | 5 | 0% |
| North Hills Christian School | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Appalachian State University Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stonebridge Church Community | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salisbury Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Covenant Classical School | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $24,841 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $22,689 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Life | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saving Grace Farm Inc | $16,482 | 3 | 7% |
| Psalm 119 Association Inc | $7,205 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Care Clinic Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Union County Community Shelter | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hargrave Military Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maplebrook School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Capstone Recovery Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Council on Aging Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary Carmels Light | $1,792 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Miles J Smith Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Foundation for the Carolinas · Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Rowan Regional Medical Center Inc · The Wallace Family Foundation Inc · Novant Health Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Miles J Smith Family Foundation
- How much does Miles J Smith Family Foundation give?
- Miles J Smith Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $393,961 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Miles J Smith Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (23%), Education (17%), International (17%).
- Who are Miles J Smith Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Samaritan's Purse ($208k), Meals on Wheels of Rowan ($110k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($75k).
- Does Miles J Smith Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Miles J Smith Family Foundation 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 Miles J Smith Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc, The Cannon Foundation Inc.
- Where is Miles J Smith Family Foundation based?
- Miles J Smith Family Foundation is based in NC.
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