Funding search · EIN 810876820 · Teaneck, NJ

Jeffrey and Mary Smith Family 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.

47
grants reported
$1.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$20,000
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation4 grants · $285,000
  • Open Medicine Foundation3 grants · $140,000
  • National Disaster Search Dog Foundation4 grants · $100,000
  • Natural Resources Defense Council3 grants · $90,000
  • Fish Reef Project3 grants · $70,000
  • Giffords Law Center2 grants · $70,000
  • National Institutes of Health2 grants · $40,000
  • Environmental and Energy Study Institute2 grants · $35,000
  • Environmental Defense Fund1 grant · $35,000
  • American Civil Liberties Union Foundation1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$265,000
2022
$270,000
2023
$300,000
2024
$320,000
2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

  • $85,000

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation · Akron, OH · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $80,000

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation · Akron, OH · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $75,000

    Open Medicine Foundation · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $60,000

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation · Akron, OH · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $60,000

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation · Akron, OH · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $50,000

    Giffords Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $40,000

    Open Medicine Foundation · Agoura Hills, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $40,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $35,000

    Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    Fish Reef Project · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    National Disaster Search Dog Foundation · Santa Paula, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    Fish Reef Project · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    National Disaster Search Dog Foundation · Santa Paula, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    National Disaster Search Dog Foundation · Santa Paula, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    Open Medicine Foundation · Agoura Hills, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    The Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    National Disaster Search Dog Foundation · Santa Paula, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    National Institutes of Health · Rockville, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $25,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $20,000

    Environmental and Energy Study Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $20,000

    Fish Reef Project · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $20,000

    Giffords Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Apples To Zucchini Cooking School · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Nature Conservancy of California · Sacramento, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Transgender Law Center · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    National Institutes of Health · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Environmental and Energy Study Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $15,000

    Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Gig Harbor Peninsula Food Bank & Community Service · Gig Harbor, WA · 2025

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Santa Barbara Baseball Parents Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Teachers Supporting Teachers · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Clientearth USA · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Santa Barbara Baseball Parents Association · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Harbor Wildwatch · Gig Harbor, WA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $10,000

    Rachel Lynn Henley Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Gig Harbor Peninsula Food Bank & Community Service · Gig Harbor, WA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    The Project for Resilient Communities · Montecito, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted grant

  • $5,000

    Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted grant

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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.