Funding search · EIN 571046595 · Spartanburg, SC

J M Smith Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

428
grants reported
$2.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • First Presbyterian Church4 grants · $99,000
  • Mobile Meals4 grants · $87,600
  • First Baptist Church of Spartanburg4 grants · $69,780
  • Grace Baptist Church4 grants · $62,300
  • United Way of the Piedmont4 grants · $57,189
  • Woodruff Church of God4 grants · $56,500
  • Waccamaw Community Foundation4 grants · $56,000
  • St Francis United Methodist Church4 grants · $56,000
  • Mt Zion Baptist Church4 grants · $56,000
  • New Faith International Church4 grants · $56,000

Giving over time

$623,079
2022
$539,882
2023
$536,524
2024
$539,160
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 428 grants.

  • $55,000

    Presbyterian College · Clinton, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $28,200

    Mobile Meals · Spartanburg, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $28,000

    Grace Baptist Church · Duncan, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $28,000

    Mobile Meals · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $26,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $25,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $24,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $24,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $18,000

    First Baptist Church of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $18,000

    Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $17,780

    First Baptist Church of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $17,400

    Calvary Hmong Alliance Church - Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $17,009

    United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $17,000

    First Baptist Church of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $17,000

    First Baptist Church of Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $16,372

    United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $16,000

    Make-a-Wish South Carolina · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $16,000

    Mobile Meals · Spartanburg, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $15,400

    Mobile Meals · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $15,280

    First Church of God of Paragould · Paragould, AR · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $15,000

    Oneal Church of God · Greer, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $15,000

    South Carolina Charities · Greenville, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,500

    Woodruff Church of God · Woodruff, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,500

    Spartanburg County Foundation · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,400

    Lake Bowen Baptist Church · Inman, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,274

    United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Chesnee First Baptist Church · Chesnee, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Drake Rayden Foundation - Simpsonville · Simpsonville, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Freedom House Church of God · Knoxville, TN · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Kings Players Youth Ministry · Prospect, KY · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Lyman Methodist Church · Lyman, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Mt Zion Baptist Church · Jasper, GA · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    New Faith International Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Northwood Baptist Church · Greer, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    St Francis United Methodist Church · Cary, NC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Waccamaw Community Foundation · Murrells Inlet, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Woodruff Church of God · Woodruff, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Browns Chapel Baptist Church · Paragould, AR · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Christian Penecostal Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Church at Mill · Moore, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Freedom House Church of God · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Grace Church · Greenville, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Lake Bowen Baptist Church · Inman, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Lyman Methodist Church · Lyman, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Mt Zion Baptist Church · Jasper, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    New Faith International Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Northwood Baptist Church · Greer, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    St Francis United Methodist Church · Cary, NC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Waccamaw Community Foundation · Murrells Inlet, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Browns Chapel Baptist Church · Paragould, AR · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Calvary Academy · Springfield, IL · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    First Baptist North Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Mt Zion Baptist Church · Jasper, GA · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    New Faith International Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    St Francis United Methodist Church · Cary, NC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Una Fire Department · Una, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Waccamaw Community Foundation · Murrells Inlet, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Woodruff Church of God · Woodruff, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Browns Chapel Baptist Church · Paragould, AR · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Chesnee First Baptist Church · Chesnee, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    First Baptist North Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Freedom House Church of God · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church · Greenville, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Mt Zion Baptist Church · Jasper, GA · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    New Faith International Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    St Francis United Methodist Church · Cary, NC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    The Summit Church · North Little Rock, AR · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Una Fire Department · Una, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Waccamaw Community Foundation · Murrells Inlet, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $14,000

    Woodruff Church of God · Woodruff, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $13,600

    First Church of God of Paragould · Paragould, AR · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $13,000

    Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church · Greenville, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $13,000

    Calvary Hmong Alliance Church · Drayton, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,762

    Southside Community Church · Paragould, AR · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,000

    Nettleton Baptist Church · Jonesboro, AR · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,000

    First Church of God of Paragould · Paragould, AR · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,000

    Nettleton Baptist Church · Jonesboro, AR · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,000

    Oneal Church of God · Greer, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,000

    Grace Church · Greenville, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,000

    Nettleton Baptist Church · Jonesboro, AR · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $12,000

    Calvary Academy · Springfield, IL · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $11,600

    Grace Baptist Church · Duncan, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $11,400

    Grace Baptist Church · Duncan, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $11,300

    Grace Baptist Church · Duncan, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $11,000

    Oneal Church of God · Greer, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $11,000

    St Luke'S Free Clinic · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $10,500

    Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church · Greenville, SC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $10,400

    Calvary Hmong Alliance Church · Drayton, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Quogue Wildlife Refuge · Quogue, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra · Spartanburg, SC · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Quogue Library Society · Quogue, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    The Quogue Library Society · Quogue, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Legacy Advancement · Greenville, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    New Beginning Ministry · Taylors, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    Northgate Baptist Church · Greenville, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $10,000

    West End Baptist Church · Woodruff, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $9,800

    Cherokee Springs United Methodist Church · Spartanburg, SC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $9,534

    United Way of the Piedmont · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

  • $9,000

    Illumi Nations · Alpharetta, GA · 2025

    Unrestricted charitable contribution

  • $9,000

    Ymca of Greater Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC · 2022

    Unrestriced charitable contribution

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