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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 22-2506212

Phyllis and Irving Smith Foundation

A private foundation in San Diego, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $214,200 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $214,200

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,480,580

  • Tax year 2024

    $192,700

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,507,693

  • Tax year 2023

    $189,200

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,546,985

  • Tax year 2022

    $206,025

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,579,446

  • Tax year 2021

    $191,193

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,647,927

  • Tax year 2020

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $3,627,025

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Scripps Health FoundationLa Jolla, CA

    Contribution

    $51,500
  2. Basser Center for BrcaPhiladelphia, PA

    Contribution

    $50,000
  3. Penn Medicine DevelopmentPhiladelphia, PA

    Contribution

    $45,000
  4. Congregation Bnai IsrealBoca Raton, FL

    Contribution

    $10,000
  5. Jewish Family Services San DiegoSan Diego, CA

    Contribution

    $10,000
  6. SharsheretTeaneck, NJ

    Contribution

    $10,000
  7. MannaPhildelphia, PA

    Contribution

    $10,000
  8. Feeding San DiegoSan Diego, CA

    Contribution

    $8,500
  9. Francis Parker SchoolSan Diego, CA

    Contribution

    $5,000
  10. The Hotchkiss SchoolLakeville, CT

    Contribution

    $5,000
  11. The Dalton SchoolNew York, NY

    Contribution

    $5,000
  12. Jewish Federation in the Heart of NJSouth River, NJ

    Contribution

    $3,200
  13. The Pad ProjectLos Angeles, CA

    Contribution

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $10,00034% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00034% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $8,50029% of the total
  4. International aid1 grant $1,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania3 grants $105,000
  2. California5 grants $76,000
  3. New Jersey2 grants $13,200
  4. Florida1 grant $10,000
  5. Connecticut1 grant $5,000
  6. New York1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Debra FishmanPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Linda KivitsV PRES Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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