Kentucky · Nonprofit
More Than A Smile Foundation
More Than A Smile Foundation (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,800 to it, the largest being METRO UNITED WAY INC ($6,800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $1k
What More Than A Smile Foundation does
Mission
To empower immigrant refugee and low-income communities through culturally responsive youth development mentorship and family-centered programs that advance educational attainment mental wellness leadership and equitable access to opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
More Than a Smile Foundation provided comprehensive community-based programming to support immigrant refugee and low-income youth and families in Louisville Kentucky. Through its flagship Fun & Play initiative the organization delivered weekly and monthly programming that combined sports arts and mental wellness activities in safe accessible community spaces. These sessions were designed to reduce social isolation promote emotional well-being and foster leadership among youth facing systemic barriers.The organization also implemented mentorship and youth development programming focused on building life skills academic confidence and positive peer relationships. Youth participated in structured activities including soccer training creative arts financial literacy and leadership workshops. Special emphasis was placed on culturally responsive engagement ensuring programming was inclusive of multilingual learners and families from diverse backgrounds.In addition the organization hosted community engagement events and youth-led conferences that elevated youth voice and addressed critical issues such as mental health identity and access to resources. These events brought together youth…
$41,407 spentof which $50,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $41,407.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Amina Shale
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of More Than A Smile Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of More Than A Smile Foundation's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
More Than A Smile Foundation receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for More Than A Smile Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds More Than A Smile Foundation?
- More Than A Smile Foundation (Kentucky) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,800 to it, the largest being METRO UNITED WAY INC ($6,800). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does More Than A Smile Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,800 in grants to More Than A Smile Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of More Than A Smile Foundation?
- METRO UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like More Than A Smile Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing