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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 85-1059772

Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation

A private foundation in Wilmington, DE. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $2.2 million 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

    $2,225,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $40,947,403

  • Tax year 2023

    $725,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $41,080,950

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $42,123,823

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $242,954

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $101,010

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Hawaii FoundationHonolulu, HI

    Professor Barbara Barnard Smith Endowed Chair in Ethnomusicology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Department of Music

    $2,100,000
  2. East-West Center FoundationHonolulu, HI

    Charitable Event

    $50,000
  3. Holocaust Museum LALos Angeles, CA

    Capital Campaign

    $25,000
  4. University of California Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  5. Friends of the Brattleboro Music Center IncBrattleboro, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  6. River Gallery School IncBrattleboro, VT

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $2,100,00095% of the total
  2. Arts and culture3 grants $50,0002% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $50,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Hawaii2 grants $2,150,000
  2. California2 grants $50,000
  3. Vermont2 grants $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Marilyn CassidyDir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Gregory H SmithDir, Treas, Pres Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeffrey P SmithDir, Sec Hours 1Pay $0
  • Barbara StupayDir Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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