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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 47-2963339

The Sybil Smith Foundation

A private foundation in Mobile, AL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $466,669 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Carol Hunter
6 St Joseph Street
Mobile, AL 36602
(251) 432-0208
Form and materials
No specific form; letters to outline request
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $466,669

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $11,107,661

  • Tax year 2023

    $465,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $10,776,484

  • Tax year 2022

    $360,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $10,529,463

  • Tax year 2021

    $323,900

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $10,026,990

  • Tax year 2020

    $362,192

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $9,930,445

  • Tax year 2019

    $227,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $10,018,913

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,383,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $9,950,886

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Dumas Wesley Community CenterMobile, AL

    Community welfare

    $300,000
  2. Northwest Florida BalletFt Walton BCH, FL

    Arts, culture, and humanities

    $50,000
  3. Alabama School of Math and ScienceMobile, AL

    Education

    $46,000
  4. Monroe County Heritage MuseumMonroeville, AL

    Arts, culture, and humanities

    $33,169
  5. Mobile Botanical GardensMobile, AL

    Community welfare

    $12,500
  6. Mobile Museum of ArtMobile, AL

    Community welfare

    $10,000
  7. Providence FoundationMobile, AL

    Community welfare

    $10,000
  8. Nature Conservancy of AlabamaMobile, AL

    Community welfare

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $93,16988% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $12,50012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama7 grants $416,669
  2. Florida1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

8 people as filed

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

  • First Horizon as Corporate Co-TrustCO-TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $52,514
  • Ann S BedsoleCHAIR, DISTRIBUTION COMMIT Hours 1Pay $10,092
  • Loraine BedsoleMEMBER, DISTRIBUTION COMMI Hours 1Pay $5,767
  • Carol S HunterMEMBER, DISTRIBUTION COMMI Hours 1Pay $5,767
  • Mary CousarCO-TRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $20,000
  • Alexandra DemmasMEMBER, DISTRIBUTION COMMI Hours 1Pay $5,767
  • Massey DemmasMEMBER, DISTRIBUTION COMMI Hours 1Pay $5,767
  • Karen KennedyEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 30Pay $57,000

The return

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