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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 63-6018078

MW Smith Jr Foundation

A private foundation in Mobile, AL. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 8 grants and $146,757 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 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
Mary Martin Riser
1809 Yuille Lane
Daphne, AL 36526
(251) 510-1311
Form and materials
No prescribed form; letter to outline request
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $146,757

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,541,769

  • Tax year 2023

    $151,192

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $3,507,223

  • Tax year 2022

    $118,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,842,749

  • Tax year 2021

    $47,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,696,122

  • Tax year 2020

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,481,946

  • Tax year 2019

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $2,457,250

  • Tax year 2018

    $161,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,540,610

Grants paid in 2024

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. White Smith Memorial LibraryJackson, AL

    Community education

    $52,000
  2. Kings Kids Foundation IncMobile, AL

    Community welfare

    $30,000
  3. Wilcox Community Health FoundationCamden, AL

    Community welfare

    $29,000
  4. Fairhope Film FestivalFairhope, AL

    Community promotion of arts

    $24,500
  5. Pride of AtmoreAtmore, AL

    Community welfare

    $4,500
  6. Alabama Junior Miss Scholarship FoundationMobile, AL

    Scholarship

    $3,000
  7. Friends of the Swift Coles Historic HomeMontrose, AL

    Community welfare

    $2,000
  8. First United Methodist ChurchFairhope, AL

    Community welfare

    $1,757

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture2 grants $26,50085% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $4,50015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Alabama8 grants $146,757

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

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

  • Regions BankTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $7,652
  • Mary Martin RiserCHAIRPERSON Hours 2Pay $2,636
  • Malcolm PearsonCOMMITTEE MEMBER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sandy SmithCOMMITTEE MEMBER/SECRETARY Hours 4Pay $2,757
  • Marshall RiserCOMMITTEE MEMBER Hours 1Pay $1,757
  • Malcolm W SmithCOMMITTEE MEMBER Hours 1Pay $1,757

The return

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