Private foundation · EIN 82-3050087 · Austin, Texas · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Allen and Mimi Smith Family Foundation

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you're in Texas. The foundation accepts applications (No submission deadlines.) and its median grant is $1,750.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 14 grants paid, $31K total, median $1,750. 79% of grants stayed in Texas. Stated restrictions: No grants are restricted or limited.

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
14
$31K
Median grant
$1,750
Stays in TX
79%
of grants
Deadline
See below
No submission deadlines.
Assets
$1.0M

How to apply

Grant requests are to be submitted via email. Contact: Allen Smith, 4911 East 7th Street, Austin, Tx, 5123812814 Deadlines: No submission deadlines. Restrictions: No grants are restricted or limited.

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, all shown · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
Borderlands Research FoundationAlpine, TXTo support the organization$5,000
Foster Angels of Central TexasAustin, TXTo support the organization$3,500
Texas Parks and Wildlife FoundationDallas, TXTo support the organization$3,500
Christ the King Presbyterian ChurchAustin, TXTo support the organization$3,000
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country IncKerrville, TXTo support the organization$3,000
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NCTo support the organization$3,000
University of Texas at Austin - Doty SocietyAustin, TXTo support the organization$2,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Permian BasinOdessa, TXTo support the organization$1,500
Mission AgapeMidland, TXTo support the organization$1,500
Reformed University FellowshipLawrenceville, GATo support the organization$1,040
Central Texas Food BankAustin, TXTo support the organization$1,000
Special Forces Charitable TrustEssex, CTTo support the organization$1,000
The Christi CenterAustin, TXTo support the organization$1,000
St Peter's Episcopal SchoolKerrville, TXTo support the organization$1,000

By state: Texas 11 · North Carolina 1 · Georgia 1 · Connecticut 1

About this foundation

Allen and Mimi Smith Family Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation in Austin, Texas, tax-exempt since 2018. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Allen and Mimi Smith Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Grant requests are to be submitted via email. Deadlines: No submission deadlines..

How much does Allen and Mimi Smith Family Foundation give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $31K across 14 grants, a median of $1,750.

Where does Allen and Mimi Smith Family Foundation give?

Texas (11 grants), North Carolina (1 grants), Georgia (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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