Texas · Public charity
Southern Smoke Foundation
To provide support and assistance for those in the food and beverage community and their suppliers who are in crisis. We provide funds directly to people in need that are battling health crises, winter storm damage, natural disasters, and mental health needs.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $304k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $105,386
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations Southern Smoke Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k 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 | 10 | $304k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $303k | 88% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $80k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $325k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $347k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $517k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The George Washington University | $131,600 | 1 | 0% |
| California Lutheran University | $105,386 | 2 | 0% |
| Roots Fund Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Yeshiva University | $74,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisiana State University | $71,843 | 2 | n/a |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $58,289 | 2 | n/a |
| New York University | $57,530 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $52,200 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maine System Inc | $34,181 | 2 | n/a |
| East Tennessee State University | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The George Washington University | $131,600 | 1 | 0% |
| California Lutheran University | $105,386 | 2 | 0% |
| Roots Fund Inc | $80,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Yeshiva University | $74,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisiana State University | $71,843 | 2 | n/a |
| USC School of Medicine Greenville | $58,289 | 2 | n/a |
| New York University | $57,530 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $52,200 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maine System Inc | $34,181 | 2 | n/a |
| East Tennessee State University | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $20,287 | 1 | 0% |
| Roberts Wesleyan University | $16,380 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $16,202 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois University Foundation | $15,444 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan School of Psychology | $15,260 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois University | $10,448 | 1 | n/a |
| Legacy Community Health Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Austin Community College Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Southern Smoke 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: Tulsa Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Southern Smoke Foundation
- How much does Southern Smoke Foundation give?
- Southern Smoke Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $303,566, out of $1,796,850 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Southern Smoke Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (51%), Public Safety & Disaster (38%), Employment (6%).
- Who are Southern Smoke Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The George Washington University ($132k), California Lutheran University ($105k), Roots Fund Inc ($80k).
- Does Southern Smoke Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Southern Smoke Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Southern Smoke Foundation based?
- Southern Smoke Foundation is based in TX.
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