Smithville Charitable Foundation Grant

The Smithville Charitable Foundation Grant supports 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in seventeen counties, distributing approximately $1 million annually. Eligible organizations must be headquartered in these counties and can address various causes including education, health, and arts. However, the Foundation does not fund operating expenses or requests from organizations located outside the specified counties. For best results, applicants should contact the Foundation to confirm eligibility before applying.

The Smithville Charitable Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that are classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Smithville Charitable Foundation does not accept sponsorship requests.
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Annually, the SCF grants approximately $1 million to counties served by customers of Smithville Communications. Over the past 10 years, the SCF has distributed over $10 million dollars in grants to local counties. We support a variety of causes related to education, health, relief of poverty or distress, arts and culture, and various public organizations in the counties listed below. However, our grantmaking is not limited to these categories, and we encourage you to contact us with questions regarding eligibility.

Eligibility

We support nonprofit organizations that are classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.While we occasionally award grant requests to nonprofits who serve multiple counties, we encourage those organizations to contact us before applying. For example, we will not accept requests from organizations located in Indianapolis who would then distribute the funds to our counties. Your organization must be headquartered in one of the seventeen counties the Foundation awards grants to. Those counties are: Boone, Brown, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Hendricks, Howard, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, Owen, Posey, Sullivan, or Tipton.

Ineligibility

If your organization is located in Indianapolis and your application states the grant would be used in Brown County, your application will be denied since the headquarters are in Marion County.The Smithville Charitable Foundation will not approve applications that request funds for Operating Expenses. The Foundation defines Operating Expenses as expenses that are incurred in the regular operations of business. The following are examples of requests that will not be considered for a grant:Payroll and/or Benefits
Marketing
UtilitiesWe rarely consider multi-year requests or pilot programs.