Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation
Newton, MA · EIN 23-7090011. Reported 614 grants totalling $66.6M to 256 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$37,500median grant
$66.6Mgranted, 2020-2023
256organizations funded
55%of grantees funded again the next year
$369.3Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $37,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $12,500 and $125,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $3,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 256 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies | Boston, MA | $9,240,000 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, MA | $3,827,500 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $2,895,500 | 17 | 3 | 2022 |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston, MA | $2,575,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $2,250,000 | 14 | 4 | 2023 |
| Esplanade Association | Boston, MA | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston, MA | $1,537,500 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Harvard College President and Fellows of | Cambridge, MA | $1,458,500 | 12 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester, MA | $1,434,000 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge | Needham, MA | $1,217,723 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters | Boston, MA | $1,176,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston, MA | $1,170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Milton Academy | Milton, MA | $1,147,500 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston, MA | $1,059,829 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $1,035,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Brookline, MA | $1,001,203 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell | Lowell, MA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Father Bill's & Mainspring | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brockton Neighborhood Health Center | Brockton, MA | $997,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $967,000 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Health Resources in Action | Boston, MA | $872,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater New Bedford Community Health Center | New Bedford, MA | $830,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Dothouse Health | Dorchester, MA | $787,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $735,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Boston Community Health Center | South Boston, MA | $637,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Broad Institute | Cambridge, MA | $625,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massinc | Boston, MA | $594,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $585,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Dimock Center | Roxbury, MA | $534,816 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lowell Public Schools | Lowell, MA | $530,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program | Boston, MA | $519,572 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Massachusetts | Amherst, MA | $503,812 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Resources in Actionmedical Foundation | Boston, MA | $497,787 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Francis House | Boston, MA | $472,500 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | $450,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Middlesex Community College | Bedford, MA | $431,850 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boston Children's Hospital Trust | Boston, MA | $425,000 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education | Malden, MA | $422,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| My Life My Choice | Boston, MA | $401,215 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boston Plan for Excellence | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Joslin Diabetes Center | Boston, MA | $400,000 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | Cambridge, MA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Lawrence Public Schools | Lawrence, MA | $377,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lynn Public Schools | Lynn, MA | $377,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $368,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel | Boston, MA | $357,400 | 14 | 4 | 2023 |
| Buckingham Browne & Nichols | Cambridge, MA | $350,500 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $350,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jff | Boston, MA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education | Boston, MA | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Daily Table | Dorchester, MA | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buckingham Browne and Nichols School | Cambridge, MA | $310,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston College | Chestnut Hill, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (tyler Jacks) | Cambridge, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Salem Public Schools | Salem, MA | $277,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pine Street Inn | Boston, MA | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooke Charter Schools | Roslindale, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin Cummings Tech | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haverhill Public Schools | Haverhill, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jvs Boston | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston | Boston, MA | $248,500 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $237,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $232,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham, MA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Alliance for Early College | Weston, MA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Heights Charter School of Brockton | Brockton, MA | $216,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical School | South Easton, MA | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Medical Foundation | Boston, MA | $207,658 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| North Shore Community College | Danvers, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Health Care for All | Boston, MA | $180,400 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Boston Foundation | Boston, MA | $180,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fenway High School | Boston, MA | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Bay Community College | Wellesley, MA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meadowbrook School of Weston Incorporated | Weston, MA | $162,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Edward M Kennedy Academy Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bellwether Education Partners for Umass Boston | Sudbury, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Latinos for Education | Belmont, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School (essex Tech) | Hathorne, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Park School | Brookline, MA | $111,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Base | Roxbury, MA | $104,730 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Catholic Schools Foundation | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Massachusetts Alliance for Early College (paid Through the Boston Foundatio | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Newton Wellesley Hospital Foundation | Newton, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Project Learn (for Lowell Public Schools) | Lowell, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Learn (for Lowell Public Schools) | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reach University | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Massachusetts Bay | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Y2Y Network | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $75,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Squash and Education Alliance | New York, NY | $69,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fenway High School Fund | Boston, MA | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| La Colaborativa | Chelsea, MA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Place | Boston, MA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lovin Spoonfuls | Newton, MA | $64,991 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Steppingstone Foundation | Boston, MA | $62,500 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Youth Development Organization | Lawrence, MA | $62,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hyde Square Task Force | Boston, MA | $61,206 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Top Notch Scholars | Lawrence, MA | $55,140 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| About Fresh | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alternative House (women in Transition) | Lowell, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bikes Not Bombs | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for the Study of Social Policy | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Hospital Boston | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commonwealth Kitchen | Dorchester, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Lawrence Technical School | Andover, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hms Medscience | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Immigrant Family Services Institute | Mattapan, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lowell Transitional Living Center | Lowell, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Merrimack Valley Food Bank | Lowell, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Revolutionary Spaces (old South Meeting House) | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sociedad Latina | Roxbury, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center | Dorchester, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Boston House | Brookline, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Bridge Club of Greater Lowell | Lowell, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Forsyth Institute | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras | Boston, MA | $49,795 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fall River | Fall River, MA | $49,548 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Neighborhood Developers | Chelsea, MA | $48,828 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Economic Mobility Pathways | Boston, MA | $48,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rian Immigrant Center | Boston, MA | $47,874 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| House of Possibilities | North Easton, MA | $47,334 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County | Boston, MA | $46,537 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Cod Healthcare (falmouth Hospital) | Hyannis, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| West End House Boys & Girls Club | Allston, MA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Children's Chorus | Boston, MA | $44,350 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Boston Scores | Boston, MA | $44,127 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youthbuild Boston | Boston, MA | $43,779 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Boston Social Centers | Boston, MA | $42,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beyond Walls | Lynn, MA | $42,081 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caritas Communities | Braintree, MA | $41,224 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lyric Stage Company of Boston | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Science | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Raising a Reader Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coalition for a Better Acre | Lowell, MA | $38,065 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill, MA | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Salem State University | Salem, MA | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School | Philadelphia, PA | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Raw Art Works | Lynn, MA | $37,417 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commonwealth Shakespeare Company | Boston, MA | $37,164 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA Myrna | Boston, MA | $36,638 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catie's Closet | Dracut, MA | $36,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Area Gleaners | Waltham, MA | $35,895 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| School on Wheels | Ventura, CA | $35,675 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pathways Adult Education & Training | Lynn, MA | $33,547 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm | Andover, MA | $33,033 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breaktime | Boston, MA | $32,715 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $32,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leap for Education | Salem, MA | $32,392 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lyons Consulting LLC | Methuen, MA | $32,317 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doc Wayne Youth Services | Boston, MA | $32,208 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Old North Illuminated | Boston, MA | $32,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mujeres Unidas Avanzando (mua) | Dorchester, MA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA Esperanza | Roxbury, MA | $31,995 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Science Club for Girls | Cambridge, MA | $31,948 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Learn | Lowell, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northern Essex Community College Foundation | Haverhill, MA | $29,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Mary's Center for Women and Children | Dorchester, MA | $28,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Children-Boston | Boston, MA | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ellis Memorial | Boston, MA | $27,791 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center | Framingham, MA | $26,807 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Entrepreneurship for All | Lowell, MA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Piers Park Sailing Center | East Boston, MA | $25,453 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough Greater Boston | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brown University Football Association | Providence, RI | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Brown University-Omac Project | Providence, RI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cape Cod Healthcare | Hyannis, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | Brookline, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Center for Hope and Healing | Lowell, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tufts University Annual Fund | Medford, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Project Citizenship | Boston, MA | $23,719 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Codman Square Health Center | Dorchester, MA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Lowell Community Health Center | Lowell, MA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Silver Lining Mentoring | Waltham, MA | $20,859 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fcnl Education Fund | Washington, DC | $20,450 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston Foundation (civic Leadership Fund) | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rehearsal for Life | Jamaica Plain, MA | $19,717 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice | Boston, MA | $19,037 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Operation Able | Boston, MA | $18,631 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Loop Lab | Cambridge, MA | $17,995 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boston Debate League | Boston, MA | $17,550 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mspca-Angell | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Express Yourself | Beverly, MA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Justice Resource Institute Inc | Needham, MA | $15,600 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dream Out Loud Center | New Bedford, MA | $15,580 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Can Help | Newton, MA | $15,508 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Enroot | Cambridge, MA | $15,104 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adaptive Sports New England | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brookview House | Dorchester Center, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Families First Parenting Programs | Watertown, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fathers Uplift Inc | Dorchester, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Found in Translation | Dorchester, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Boston Nazarene Compassionate Center | Mattapan, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts | Dorchester, MA | $14,190 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Money Matters | Boston, MA | $13,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Notre Dame Education Center-Lawrence | Lawrence, MA | $13,580 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Somali Development Center | Roxbury, MA | $13,483 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beth El Temple Center | Belmont, MA | $12,900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Man With a Plan | Hyde Park, MA | $12,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Apple Orchard School | Brookline, MA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Arlington Eats | Arlington, MA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Fresh Truck | Boston, MA | $10,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth Avodah | Newton, MA | $10,524 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Animal Rescue League of Boston | Denham, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Believe in Belize (for Placencia Humane Society) | Potomac, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Budget Buddies | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buildon | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cancer Cartel | Enumclaw, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flying Kites | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lasell University | Auburndale, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Princeton College | Princeston, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Squashbusters | Boston, MA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports | Killington, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Via Art Fund | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arlington Libraries Foundation | Arlington, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Up Education Network | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Judith Evans | Shrewsbury, MA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children International | Kansas City, MO | $2,850 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Friends of Robbins Farm Park | Arlington, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mayyim Hayyim | Newton, MA | $2,450 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Philanthropy Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of Brookline Rowing Inc | Chestnut Hill, MA | $1,266 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Utec | Lowell, MA | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Noble & Greenough School | Dedham, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Villages Foundation Inc | Memphis, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brookline Education Foundation | Brookline, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Our Space Inc | Belmont, MA | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anxiety and Depression Association of America | Silver Spring, MD | $263 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brookline High School Innovation Fund | Brookline, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Centre Street Food Pantry | Newton, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Station Opportunity Area Neighborhood Council | Carlisle, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Rivers Alliance | Cambridge, MA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Tsne Missionworks | Boston, MA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alzheimer's Association | New York, NY | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Washington, WA | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
102 of 256 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 55%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 369 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 125 | $14.8M | $38,000 |
| 2021 | 162 | $15.2M | $41,532 |
| 2022 | 178 | $18.3M | $32,154 |
| 2023 | 149 | $18.2M | $37,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $37,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: One Newton Executive Park 104, Newton, MA, 02462. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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