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J Smith Howell Foundation

Name: J Smith Howell Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

70
grants reported: $252,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Western Carolina University8 grants · $26,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill5 grants · $17,500
North Carolina State University4 grants · $17,000
University of North Carolina - Charlotte4 grants · $15,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel H3 grants · $11,500
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Kelsey2 grants · $10,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Klancy2 grants · $10,000
Appalachian State University4 grants · $10,000
East Carolina University3 grants · $8,000
North Carolina St Univ Fbo Emma1 grant · $5,500

Giving over time

$83,500

2022

$77,000

2023

$44,000

2024

$47,500

2025

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$5,500
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$5,500
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$5,500
North Carolina St Univ Fbo · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,500
North Carolina St Univ Fbo Emma · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Gardner Webb University Fbo Montana · Boiling Springs, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
University of North Carolina - Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Kelsey · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Klancy · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Michael Yan · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina University Fbo Ivy · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina University Fbo Sarah · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
North Carolina St Univ Fbo Connor · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Baylee · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Ivy Odom · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Kelsey · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Klancy · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Sarah Gibby · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$4,500
University of North Carolina - Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$4,500
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$4,500
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Eric Maennle · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$4,500
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Rachel Cline · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$4,500
Wingate Univ Fbo Savannah Horton · Wingate, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel H · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$4,000
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$4,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel H · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
North Carolina State University Fbo · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$4,000
Western Carolina University Fbo Dalson · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$4,000
Appalachian St Univ Fbo MacKenzie · Boone, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
North Carolina St Univ Fbo Cooper · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$4,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Dalson · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$3,500
University of North Carolina - Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,500
University of North Carolina at Chapel H · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,500
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,500
Wingate University · Wingate, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,500
Univ of Nc at Chapel Hill Fbo · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$3,500
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$3,500
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Madison · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$3,000
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,000
East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,000
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,000
Western Carolina University · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$3,000
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$3,000
Appalachian State University Fbo · Boone, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
Appalachian State University Fbo Brooke · Boone, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
Appalachian State University Fbo Caleb · Boone, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
Western Carolina University Fbo David · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$3,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$2,500
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Locklie · Cullowhee, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
Central Piedmont Community College · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
Southwestern Community College · Sylva, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2025
Scholarship
$2,000
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
East Carolina University · Greenville, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
University of North Carolina - Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Western Carolina University · Cullowhee, NC · 2024
Scholarship
$2,000
Tricounty Community College Fbo · Murphy, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Western Carolina Univ Fbo Emma Nichols · Cullowhee, NC · 2023
Scholarship
$2,000
Tricounty Community College Fbo Ashlyn · Murphy, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
Tricounty Community College Fbo Drey · Murphy, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
Tricounty Community College Fbo Emily · Murphy, NC · 2022
Scholarship
$1,500
Southwestern Community College · Sylva, NC · 2024
Scholarship

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.