J Smith Howell Foundation
Private foundation · Saint Louis, MO · EIN 74-3135477 · reported 2023–2025
66grants reported
$3,250median award
$2,000lower quartile
$1,500smallest grant
$227Ktotal paid
1states reached
3years giving
Gives only in NC. Every grant it reported went to a single state. If you are outside it, this is not a prospect. If you are inside it, that is the strongest signal on this page: a funder with a local mandate and less competition from out of state.
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 7 of its 66 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $26K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 505
Saint Louis, MO 63166-0505
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 2,647 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $5,500 |
| North Carolina St Univ FBO | Raleigh, NC | $5,500 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $5,500 |
| Gardner Webb University FBO Montana | Boiling Springs, NC | $5,000 |
| Western Carolina University FBO Sarah | Cullowhee, NC | $5,000 |
| Western Carolina University FBO Ivy | Cullowhee, NC | $5,000 |
| University of North Carolina - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 |
| Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $5,000 |
| Western Carolina Univ FBO Klancy | Cullowhee, NC | $5,000 |
| University of North Carolina - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 |
| Western Carolina Univ FBO Kelsey | Cullowhee, NC | $5,000 |
| Western Carolina Univ FBO Michael Yan | Cullowhee, NC | $5,000 |
| University of North Carolina - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $4,500 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $4,500 |
| University of North Carolina - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $4,500 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $4,500 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $4,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Raleigh, NC | $4,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel H | Chapel Hill, NC | $4,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $4,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $4,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel H | Charlotte, NC | $4,000 |
| Western Carolina University FBO Dalson | Cullowhee, NC | $4,000 |
| North Carolina State University FBO | Raleigh, NC | $4,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $4,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $4,000 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel H | Chapel Hill, NC | $4,000 |
| Wingate University | Wingate, NC | $3,500 |
| University of North Carolina - Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $3,500 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel H | Raleigh, NC | $3,500 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $3,500 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $3,500 |
| Univ of NC at Chapel Hill FBO | Chapel Hill, NC | $3,500 |
| Western Carolina University | Charlotte, NC | $3,000 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC | $3,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $3,000 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $3,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $3,000 |
| Appalachian State University | Boone, NC | $3,000 |
| Appalachian State University FBO | Boone, NC | $3,000 |
| Western Carolina University FBO David | Cullowhee, NC | $3,000 |
| Appalachian State University FBO Brooke | Boone, NC | $3,000 |
| Appalachian State University FBO Caleb | Boone, NC | $3,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $3,000 |
| Appalachian State University | Boone, NC | $3,000 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC | $3,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $3,000 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $3,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $3,000 |
| Appalachian State University | Boone, NC | $3,000 |
| Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte, NC | $2,000 |
| Southwestern Community College | Sylva, NC | $2,000 |
| Appalachian State University | Boone, NC | $2,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $2,000 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $2,000 |
| Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,000 |
| Tricounty Community College FBO | Murphy, NC | $2,000 |
| Western Carolina Univ FBO Emma Nichols | Cullowhee, NC | $2,000 |
| Western Carolina Univ FBO | Cullowhee, NC | $2,000 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC | $2,000 |
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