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Frank Litz Smoot Charitable Trust: 24 grants to organizations, $56,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
Frank Litz Smoot Charitable Trust, a private foundation in Bluefield, WV, paid 24 grants to organizations totaling $56,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 7, 2026. The largest was $5,500 to American Red Cross Southeast WV Chapter in Charleston, WV for emergency services in.
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- EIN
- 550717997
- Based in
- Bluefield, WV
- Assets
- $1,092,439
- Grants paid
- $56,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 7, 2026, IRS object ID 202601279349102205. It reported $56,000 in grants paid; 24 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Red Cross Southeast WV Chapter | Charleston, WV | Emergency services in | $5,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Salvation Army | Bluefield, WV | Homeless services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Child Shall Lead Them Food Pantry | Tazewell, VA | Food pantry | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bluefield Union Mission | Bluefield, WV | Meeting social, physical | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Helpful Harvest Food Bank | Morgantown, WV | Community | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Historic Crab Orchard Museum | Tazewell, VA | Cultural heritage center | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tender Mercies Ministries | Princeton, WV | Food pantry | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bluefield Arts & Revitalization Corp | Bluefield, WV | Cultural heritage center | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bluefield Beautification Commission | Bluefield, WV | New landscape at the art | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Hinton Area Foundation Inc | Hinton, WV | General operations | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bluefield University | Bluefield, WV | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Bluefield WV | Bluefield, WV | Holiday of lights | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Marys Cradle | Bluefield, WV | Contribution | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Barter Foundation | Abingdon, VA | To support project | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Mercer County Fair | Celina, OH | Donation | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Westminster at Wade Inc | Bluefield, WV | Donation | Youth development | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Appalachian Teen Challenge | Athens, WV | Residential training | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Buckskin Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | East Charleston, WV | Support bsa in wv, va & ky | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Home Society of WV | Charleston, WV | Child welfare | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Make A Wish of Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia | Pittsburgh, PA | Gift to make a wish for a | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mercer County Opportunity Industries | Princeton, WV | Assist individuals with | Employment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Read Aloud West Virginia of Mercer Cnty | Charleston, WV | Literacy | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southwest Virginia Community College | Cedar Bluff, VA | Donation | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias Inc | Bluefield, WV | General purpose | Community improvement and capacity building | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 1, 2025, IRS object ID 202501219349100805. It reported $49,000 in grants paid; 22 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County Opportunity Industries | Princeton, WV | Assist individuals with | Employment | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Salvation Army | Bluefield, WV | Homeless services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A Child Shall Lead Them Food Pantry | Tazewell, VA | Food pantry | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bluefield Union Mission | Bluefield, WV | Meeting social, physical | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Helpful Harvest Food Bank | Morgantown, WV | Community | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tender Mercies Ministries | Princeton, WV | Food pantry | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wade Center | Bluefield, WV | Children's programming and | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Red Cross Southeast WV Chapter | Charleston, WV | Emergency services in | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bluefield State University Foundation | Bluefield, WV | General purposes | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bluefield University | Bluefield, WV | General purpose | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southwest Virginia Community College | Cedar Bluff, VA | Donation | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The City of Bluefield | Bluefield, WV | Donation | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Historic Crab Orchard Museum | Tazewell, VA | Cultural heritage center | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | Charitable | Religion-related | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Appalachian Teen Challenge | Athens, WV | Residential training | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bluefield Arts & Revitalization Corp | Bluefield, WV | Cultural heritage center | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bluefield Beautification Commission | Bluefield, WV | New landscape at the art | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Buckskin Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | East Charleston, WV | Support bsa in wv, va & ky | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Children's Home Society of WV | Charleston, WV | Child welfare | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Citizens for the Arts Inc | Richlands, VA | Program sponsorship | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Make A Wish of Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia | Pittsburgh, PA | Gift to make a wish for a | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce | Bluefield, WV | Mercer/tazewell reading bee | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Employment | $7,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $6,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $3,500 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $2,500 |
| Youth development | $2,000 |
| Education | $2,000 |
| Religion-related | $1,500 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | $79,500 |
| Virginia | $18,000 |
| Ohio | $2,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $2,000 |
| North Carolina | $1,500 |
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Updated May 7, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.