Smiles For Life Foundation
EIN 87-0575845 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 19 grants · $704.0k
Who it funds most
28 of its 62 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Smiles For Life Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202530439349302118
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $890.3k | — | $1.3m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $979.4k | — | $1.4m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns7 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202640549349301574 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202530439349302118 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202440829349300614 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202341009349300544 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202213189349317021 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202240189349300614 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202100219349301115 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Smiles For Life Foundation made 117 grants across 2019–2025, totalling $2.7m as filed.
- Grants
- 117
- Total, as filed
- $2.7m
- Years
- 2019–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 4 | $602.1k |
| ESPERANZA INTERNATIONAL | 6 | $585.8k |
| MORTENSEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | $169.7k |
| EAGLE UNIVERSITY | 4 | $153.2k |
| THE DUSTIN J WELLS FOUNDATION | 1 | $134.4k |
| KOLTAEL INC | 2 | $108.6k |
| BOXES OF BASICS | 2 | $95.2k |
| CHRIST'S HAVEN FOR CHILDREN | 6 | $64.4k |
| CHOICE HUMANITARIAN | 2 | $63.4k |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | 2 | $37.1k |
| CANDLELIGHTERS CHILDHOOD CANCER FAM | 2 | $33.7k |
| ELIZABETHTOWN AREA EDUCATION | 3 | $31.4k |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NEW ALBANY | 4 | $27.5k |
| THE RIDING THERAPY CENTER | 3 | $25.2k |
| WARRIOR FOUNDATION | 2 | $24.4k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 | $349.1k |
| 2020 | 18 | $195.1k |
| 2021 | 30 | $475.3k |
| 2022 | 2 | $114.9k |
| 2023 | 17 | $526.2k |
| 2024 | 20 | $507.1k |
| 2025 | 15 | $506.9k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-870575845. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified