Tennessee · Nonprofit
RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION
RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $425 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($425). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $425
- Net assets
- $669k
What Rufus H Smith Jr Housing Foundation does
Mission
To build and provide single-family low income housing to qualified individuals.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
Grant established at the university of tennessee
$55,000 spentof which $55,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $55,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $584k to $617k (+6%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $250 → $175.
From the IRS filings of RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION's revenue fell 29% between 2017 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,781 housing & shelter nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING 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 RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION?
- RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $425 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($425). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $425 in grants to RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION?
- BAIRD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RUFUS H SMITH JR HOUSING FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 1 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