Smithville Foundation
Eastern Greene Schools
“I'm just really glad Smithville helped us provide this opportunity to our students. Thank you!”
Amy Goodwin, Eastern Greene Middle School
Recent Donations
About the Family
Smithville Communications, INC. became a part of the Draper family in 1930. It remains with the family today with Darby A. McCarty as President and Chairwoman of the Board.
The family continues to support the communities around the area. Each year Smithville Charitable Foundation generously gifts to many different causes.
Inspired by altruism, our main goal is to enrich the lives of those around us by creating opportunities and bringing necessities to communities in our areas. Through Smithville Charitable Foundation, we passionately gift money and supplies to charities and public organizations.
Smithville Charitable Foundation is a private organization, officially formed in October 2007. We may accept donations from other sources to benefit charitable or public organizations. Since beginning the foundation, we’ve experienced great success in each of our communities. The stories are truly inspiring.
Many educational opportunities have been realized through the grants we’ve provided. One allowed a class to take a field trip rafting down the Wabash River, visiting historical sites and vividly experiencing local history as they went. Another donation supplied new computers for Hymera Elementary School, giving the students access to enhanced resources for learning.
As a private foundation, we work closely with community foundations in each of our surrounding counties. We support the community foundations and a variety of causes related to religion, education, health, relief of poverty or distress, and various public organizations.