Emily Balz Smith Foundation Inc
Jacksonville, FL · EIN 59-3483065. Reported 128 grants totalling $1,176,688 to 64 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Emily Balz Smith Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $8 and the largest $26,881. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cummer Museum | Jacksonville, FL | $62,700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center | Jacksonville, FL | $61,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Young Lives Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $53,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Street | Jacksonville, FL | $49,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seamark Ranch | Green Cove Springs, FL | $48,781 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Tributary | Jacksonville, FL | $46,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City Year Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $44,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Orphanetwork | Virginia Beach, VA | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mandarin Presbyterian | Jacksonville, FL | $41,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| River City Church | Jacksonville, FL | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Children's Rights | Jacksonville, FL | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Operation New Hope | Jacksonville, FL | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fscj | Jacksonville, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| St Vincents Health Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Younglives Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Haven Retreats | Jacksonville, FL | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baptist Health Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $28,770 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| 904WARD | Jacksonville, FL | $28,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mandarin Presbyterian Church | Jacksonville, FL | $27,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nonprofit Center of Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $26,700 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $26,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City Year | Jacksonville, FL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Florida Philanthropic Network | Tampa, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yoga 4 Change | Rockledge, FL | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unified Community Investors | Jacksonville, FL | $20,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mission of Hope | Jacksonville, FL | $20,083 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $19,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| My Village Project | Jacksonville, FL | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YOGA4CHANGE | Fleming Island, FL | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Jacksonville Public Education Fund | Jacksonville, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Riverside Presbyterian Day School | Jacksonville, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Network | Jacksonville, FL | $14,821 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nonprofit Center | Jacksonville, FL | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Life National (young Lives) | Bethel, CT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Central American Enpowerment | Jacksonville, FL | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riverside Presbyterian | Jacksonville, FL | $9,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Williamsburg Community Chapel | Williamsburg, VA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Support Services | Jacksonville, FL | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sulzbacher Center | Jacksonville, FL | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Younglifenfl | Atlantic Beach, FL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Giving Alliance | Jacksonville, FL | $5,992 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Builders Care | Jacksonville, FL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Way Free Medical Clinic | Green Cove Springs, FL | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Builders Care of Ne Florida | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christian Fellowship Center | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Families of Slain Children | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| If Gathering | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northwest Jacksonville Cdc Cure Violence | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rethreaded | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Lives Global De | Oxford | $3,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bolles School | Jacksonville, FL | $3,233 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jubilee Justice | Oakland, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leadership Jacksonville | Jacksonville, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mission of Hope | Cedar Park, TX | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Community Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $2,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Don't Miss a Beat | Jacksonville, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mass Clinic | Jacksonville, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Florida School | Jacksonville, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Volunteers in Medicine | Jacksonville, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid | Jacksonville, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Giving Alliance | Jacksonville, FL | $1,508 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Onejax | Jacksonville, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
35 of 64 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 | $205,000 | $7,625 |
| 2021 | 27 | $237,188 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 24 | $213,500 | $10,500 |
| 2023 | 26 | $238,000 | $9,700 |
| 2024 | 25 | $283,000 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 92% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Emily Balz Smith Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3741 San Jose Place 7, Jacksonville, FL, 32257. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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