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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 25-1515142

Arlene H Smith Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Erie, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $411,150 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.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Arlene H Smith Foundation
100 State Street 700
Erie, PA 16507
(814) 870-7711
Form and materials
See Attached.
Deadlines
See Attached.
Restrictions
See Attached.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $411,150

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $5,027,878

  • Tax year 2024

    $359,856

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $5,183,213

  • Tax year 2023

    $351,500

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,960,025

  • Tax year 2022

    $318,400

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $5,069,914

  • Tax year 2021

    $418,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $4,601,835

  • Tax year 2020

    $299,930

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $4,770,054

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Corry Area Food PantryCorry, PA

    General Unrestricted.

    $70,000
  2. Corry Community FoundationCorry, PA

    General Unrestricted.

    $65,000
  3. Individual

    General unrestricted.

    $50,000
  4. Relevant ChurchCorry, PA

    General unrestricted

    $50,000
  5. Hamot Health FoundationErie, PA

    General unrestricted.

    $40,000
  6. Corry Community CenterCorry, PA

    General unrestricted.

    $30,000
  7. Downtown Corry Business AssociationCorry, PA

    General unrestricted

    $20,000
  8. Corry Area Chamber of CommerceCorry, PA

    General unrestricted

    $13,650
  9. Corry Area Arts Council IncCorry, PA

    General unrestricted.

    $12,000
  10. Individual

    General Unrestricted.

    $10,000
  11. Salvation ArmyCorry, PA

    General Unrestricted.

    $10,000
  12. Individual

    General Unrestricted.

    $8,000
  13. Council for the Women's Garden of SCorry, PA

    General Unrestricted.

    $8,000
  14. Individual

    General unrestricted

    $7,500
  15. Safe JourneyUnion City, PA

    General Unrestricted.

    $7,000
  16. American Cancer Society NW RegionErie, PA

    General Unrestricted.

    $5,000
  17. Corry First ChurchCorry, PA

    General unrestricted

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Food and agriculture1 grant $70,00060% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $40,00034% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $7,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania13 grants $335,650

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • James W AnundsonPresident Hours 5Pay $13,000
  • Mamie S SprandelVice President Hours 5Pay $13,000
  • Michael P ThomasTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0
  • Russell S WarnerSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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