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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 92-0298202

Austin Smith Foundation

A private foundation in St Paul, OR. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $9,500 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
Austin Smith Foundation
PO Box 36 ST Paul OR 97137
St Paul, OR 97137
(503) 880-6231
[email protected]
Form and materials
The Austin Smith Scholarship Application Process includes the application form recommendation letters letter of intent congratulations from the college trade or technical school of your choice listing of all school and community activities with years of participation and Applicants statement addressing which career path you wish to pursue and why. Please include a brief introduction to your family background in this page as well. Please title the document Career Pursuit and Family Background. To prevent disqualification the essay must be typed and double spaced using no less than 12 point type in 1 page or less.
Deadlines
Spring
Restrictions
The Austin Smith Foundation will award scholarships of applicants pursuing higher education. Annual amounts will vary applicants should be graduates of St. Paul High School Woodburn High School Newberg High School Gervais High School North Marion High School or Kennedy High School pursuing a career in the following fields: Fire Sciences Criminal Justice Medical Paramedic or Nursing.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $9,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $166,983

  • Tax year 2023

    $13,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $100,795

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,500

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $9,157

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Blue Mountain Community CollegePendleton, OR

    Nursing Scholarship Funds

    $3,500
  2. University of PortlandPortland, OR

    Nursing Scholarship funds

    $3,500
  3. Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, WA

    Medical Field Scholarship

    $2,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $3,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon2 grants $7,000
  2. Washington1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Kevin SchindlerPresident Hours 5Pay $0
  • Alyssa JohnsonTreasurer Hours 5Pay $0
  • Jackson ConnorSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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