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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 56-2283549

The H Russell Smith Foundation

A private foundation in Newport Beach, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $950,000 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $950,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $12,113,467

  • Tax year 2023

    $405,002

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $12,001,789

  • Tax year 2022

    $505,010

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $12,350,925

  • Tax year 2021

    $540,028

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $12,652,666

  • Tax year 2020

    $530,023

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $11,798,666

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA

    Stewart Smith Interdisciplinary Global Engagement Fund

    $800,000
  2. American Ballet TheatreNew York, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  3. The Huntington LibrarySan Marino, CA

    Society of Fellows

    $25,000
  4. Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA

    General support

    $25,000

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA

    Stewart Smith Interdisciplinary Global Engagement Fund

    $1,200,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $825,00089% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $100,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $850,000
  2. New York1 grant $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Stewart R SmithPres/Dir/CEO/Tre Hours 20Pay $85,000
  • Robin A FerraconeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Logan S SmithDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Mackenzie C TeymouriDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Shelley SkerbitzSECRETARY Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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