Open Foundations · Massachusetts

Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation

Newton, Massachusetts · EIN 237090011. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $14.1M across 126 grants in 2024, a median of $30K each.

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$14.1M
paid in 2024
126
grants paid
$30K
median grant
15%
to first-time recipients
$302.9M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
ROBERT A SMITH TRUSTEE
Address
ONE NEWTON EXECUTIVE PARK 104, NEWTON, MA, 02462
Phone
8574040700
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
LETTER DESCRIBING REQUEST, INCLUDING AMOUNT AND USAGE
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202600709349100915. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

medical researchjewish causesyouth developmentcultural vitalityeducationhumanhealth

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 126 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Boston Medical CenterMA$1,500,000HEALTH
2Combined Jewish PhilanthropiesMA$1,500,000JEWISH CAUSES
3Esplanade AssociationMA$1,000,000CULTURAL VITALITY
4Ymca Cape CodMA$800,000HUMAN SERVICES
5University of Massachusetts BostonMA$730,000EDUCATION
6Brigham and Women's HospitalMA$500,000HEALTH
7More Than WordsMA$500,000YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
8Health Resources in ActionMA$373,158MEDICAL RESEARCH
9Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyMA$250,000EDUCATION
10Boston Children's HospitalMA$250,000HEALTH
11Bunker Hill Community CollegeMA$250,000EDUCATION
12Harvard College President and Fellows ofMA$250,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
13Middlesex Community CollegeMA$250,000EDUCATION
14Pan Massachusetts ChallengeMA$250,000MEDICAL RESEARCH
15The Dimock CenterMA$250,000HEALTH

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020125$14.8M
2021151$14.1M
2022166$16.9M
2023144$17.5M
2024126$14.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts89%
California2%
New York2%
New Hampshire2%
Connecticut1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Amy HampeSENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER · 2024
Amy S BerylsonTRUSTEE · 2024
Andrew KnezTRUSTEE · 2024
Dana W SmithTRUSTEE · 2024
Debra S KnezTRUSTEE · 2024
Elizabeth Berylson KatzTRUSTEE · 2024
Halle Kendall SmithTRUSTEE · 2024
Jackson SmithTRUSTEE · 2024
James BerylsonTRUSTEE · 2024
Jennifer BlockTRUSTEE · 2024
Jessica Knez DulacTRUSTEE · 2024
Jonathan BlockTRUSTEE · 2024
Krista KnezTRUSTEE · 2024
Lynne DoblinEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Madeleine SmithTRUSTEE · 2024
Marjorie RingroseDIRECTOR OF EDUCATION · 2024
Nicolas DulacTRUSTEE · 2024
Robert KatzTRUSTEE · 2024
Robert a SmithTRUSTEE · 2024
Ryan SmithTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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