Texas · Private foundation
Ross H and Eva J Smith 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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $113k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 4 | $11k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $44k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $32k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $47k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $27k | 14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Christian Services Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mary Catholic School | $16,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels | $12,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mauriceville Heritage Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lamar State College - Orange Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lutcher Theater Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mike Eden Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southeast Texas Hospice Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Orange County Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Christian Services Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Mary Catholic School | $16,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Meals on Wheels | $12,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mauriceville Heritage Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lamar State College - Orange Foundation | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lutcher Theater Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mike Eden Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Southeast Texas Hospice Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Orange County Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Diocese of Beaumont | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridge City Orangefield Ministerialalliance | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Orange County Livestock Show Association | $1,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Orange Community Players Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Orange Community Action Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($149k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ross H and Eva J Smith 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 Southeast Texas Inc · Nelda C and H J Lutcher Stark Foundation · Dow Company Foundation · Mechia Foundation · International Paper Company Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation
- How much does Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation give?
- Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $10,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (46%), Health (12%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
- Who are Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Orange Christian Services Inc ($40k), Shriners Hospitals for Children ($30k), St Mary Catholic School ($16k).
- Does Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ross H and Eva J Smith 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 Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for Southeast Texas Inc, Nelda C and H J Lutcher Stark Foundation, Dow Company Foundation.
- Where is Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation based?
- Ross H and Eva J Smith Foundation is based in TX.
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