W E Smith Family Charitable Trust Fund
Hamilton, OH · EIN 31-1438321. Reported 96 grants totalling $399,039 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. W E Smith Family Charitable Trust Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,028 and $5,750; the smallest was $252 and the largest $13,491. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler County Historical Society | Hamilton, OH | $43,381 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Middletown Historical Society | Middletown, OH | $37,264 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oxford Museum Association | Oxford, OH | $35,430 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smith Library of Regional History | Oxford, OH | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pyramid Hill Scupture Park and Museum | Hamilton, OH | $21,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Over-the-Rhine Museum | Cincinnati, OH | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Talawanda Middle School | Oxford, OH | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atrium Medical Center Fdn | Middletown, OH | $17,176 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Chrisholm Historic Farmstead | Seven Mile, OH | $14,624 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Chester Union Township | West Chester, OH | $13,154 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of White Water Shaker Village | Harrison, OH | $11,883 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe House | Cincinnati, OH | $11,425 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Preble Co Historical Society | Eaton, OH | $11,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Veterans Memorial Museum Foundation | Germantown, OH | $11,160 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New London Cemetery Assn | Ross, OH | $9,337 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Action Tank Plan | Cincinnati, OH | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting | West Chester, OH | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Cincinnati | Harrison, OH | $8,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reily Township Historical Society | Oxford, OH | $6,667 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marsha Robinson | Bexley, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monroe Historical Society | Monroe, OH | $4,740 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miami University | Oxford, OH | $4,357 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kings Studios | Cincinnati, OH | $3,612 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Citizens for Historical and Preservation Services | Hamilton, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Metroparks of Butler Co | Liberty Township, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mentoring Young Men | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Middletown Cemetery Board | Middletown, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cincinnati Preservation Association | Cincinnati, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Warren Co Historical Society | Lebanon, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Hamilton Inc | Hamilton, OH | $2,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eldorado Activities Committee | Eldorado, OH | $2,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miami Historical Society | Miamitown, OH | $2,064 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ross Township Historical Society | Ross, OH | $2,028 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio History Connection | Columbus, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wyoming Historical Society | Wyoming, OH | $1,551 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harrison Village Historical Society Museum | Harrison, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miami University Foundation Inc | Oxford, OH | $1,495 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxford Visitors & Convention Bureau | Oxford, OH | $1,475 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Delhi Historical Society | Cincinnati, OH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Falcon Productions Inc | Newport, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League | Fairfield, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Franklin Area Historical Society | Franklin, OH | $772 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Historic Southwest Ohio Inc C/O William Dichtl | Cincinnati, OH | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hamilton Parks Conservancy | Hamilton, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Northern Model Railroad Club | Hamilton, OH | $432 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| God's House of Praise and Worship | Oxford, OH | $410 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trenton Historical Society | Trenton, OH | $252 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
20 of 47 (43%) 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 64%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Butler County Historical Society
501(C)(3) GENERAL OPERATING - National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting
MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT - PHASE - Friends of Chrisholm Historic Farmstead
LEGACY PROJECT, PUBLICATION - Talawanda Middle School
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STUDY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 35 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | $103,596 | $3,140 |
| 2022 | 23 | $108,218 | $3,750 |
| 2023 | 25 | $97,204 | $2,527 |
| 2024 | 21 | $90,021 | $3,025 |
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. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. 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 Ohio.
- 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 W E Smith Family Charitable Trust Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 300 High Street, Hamilton, OH, 45011. 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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