The Alex Smith Foundation in Bonita is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit incorporated in 2006 under EIN 20-4055249, providing foster youth with scholarship grants, mentoring, and transitional support toward independent adulthood. The foundation's six-pillar program—education, housing, internships, jobs, mentoring, and advocacy—operates in the same South Bay youth-services network as South Bay Youth Center, targeting the critical 18-to-24 aging-out population. Scholarship disbursements have been administered through the San Diego State University Research Foundation and the University of Utah, funding tuition, room, and board for former foster youth pursuing postsecondary degrees. The foundation's workforce-readiness track connects recipients with vocational and continuing-education pathways at institutions including Chula Vista Adult School for those building career credentials outside the four-year university model. Between 2008 and 2010, the foundation directed 91 percent of all revenue to direct program services—a ratio covering tuition grants, transitional housing stipends, and mentorship coordination for foster youth statewide.