Grants awarded
Who does J M Smith Foundation fund?
J M Smith Foundation has awarded $4.9 million across 751 grants to 357 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $3,000, with most between $1,000 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $4,000 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$4.9M
Typical grant
$3K
Grantees
357
Grants
751
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| M Mobile Meals | $213K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Presbyterian College
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$170K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | SC | |
| F First Presbyterian Church | $147K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Spartanburg County Foundation
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$130K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SC | |
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$126K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| C Converse College | $110K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Wingate University
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$110K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
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$88K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | SC | |
| W Woodruff Church of God | $84K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mt Zion Baptist Church | $84K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Francis United Methodist Church | $84K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Faith International Church | $84K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Northside Development Group | $80K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Grace Baptist Church | $80K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S SC School for the Deaf & Blind | $72K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Browns Chapel Baptist Church | $70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Waccamaw Community Foundation INC
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$70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| F Freedom House Church of God | $70K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F First Baptist Church of Spartanburg INC | $68K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| H Habitat for Humanity of Spartanburg | $62K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Club of the Upstate | $60K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nettleton Baptist Church | $60K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F First Church of God of Paragould | $59K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Grace Church | $53K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Limestone College | $51K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S St Luke's Free Clinic | $51K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church | $51K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| S Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra | $50K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Calvary Academy | $50K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Spartanburg Community College Foundation | $50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F First Baptist North Spartanburg | $49K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Calvary Hmong Alliance Church | $47K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SC | |
| N Northgate Baptist Church | $45K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Spartanburg Humane Society INC
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$39K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| W West End Baptist Church | $38K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Oneal Church of God | $38K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kings Players Youth Ministry | $37K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Christ Church Cathedral | $36K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Una Fire Department | $35K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N Northwood Baptist Church | $35K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chesnee First Baptist Church | $34K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Wofford College
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$33K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Spartanburg Methodist College
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$33K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| C Children's Cancer Partners - Carolinas | $32K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Charles Lea Center Foundation INC | $32K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
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$32K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SC | |
Upstate Family Resource Center
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$30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | SC | |
| L Legacy Advancement | $30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | SC | |
| Y YMCA of Greater Spartanburg | $30K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W West Springs Baptist Church | $29K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| T The Pearl Foundation | $29K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Partners for Active Living
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$28K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| L Lyman Methodist Church | $28K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Harmony Baptist Church | $26K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Morningside Baptist Church | $26K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tyger River Chapel Foundation | $26K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SC | |
Coaches 4 Character INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | SC | |
| N New Beginning Ministry | $25K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Summit Church | $24K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Spartanburg Regional Foundation | $23K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pi Kappa Alpha Foundation
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$22K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| H Halter INC | $22K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| N Northfield Church | $22K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| C Calvary Hmong Alliance Church - Spartanburg | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Methodist Church of the Covenant | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
Ballet Spartanburg INC
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$20K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| N Northeast Christian Church | $19K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Deerfield Valley Community Cares | $18K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VT | |
| M Make-A-Wish South Carolina | $18K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F First Baptist Church of Spartanburg | $17K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hub City Writers | $17K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Men of Valor | $16K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boiling Springs First Baptist | $15K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Spartanburg Community Band INC | $15K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
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$15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | SC | |
| H Healthy Smiles | $15K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Illumi Nations | $15K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | VA | |
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$15K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| B Boy Scouts of America | $14K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lake Bowen Baptist Church | $14K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of the Piedmont | $14K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Christian Penecostal Church | $14K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Church at Mill | $14K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Central United Methodist Church | $14K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Q Quogue Wildlife Refuge | $14K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Drake Rayden Foundation - Simpsonville | $14K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chesnee First Baptist Church | $14K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Summit Church | $14K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Waccamaw Community Foundation | $14K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lake Bowen Baptist Church | $14K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| Q Quogue Library Society | $14K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church | $13K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Southside Community Church | $13K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Assocation for the Blind & Visually Impaired | $12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Space | $12K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N North American Friends of Great Dixter | $12K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| T The Royal Oak Foundation | $12K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Downtown Sertoma Club | $12K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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