Open Foundations · Missouri

The W W Smith Charitable Trust

Saint Louis, Missouri · EIN 236648841. 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 $11.2M across 237 grants in 2024, a median of $35K each.

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$11.2M
paid in 2024
237
grants paid
$35K
median grant
100%
to first-time recipients
$243.2M
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
GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR
Address
1001 CONSHOHOCKEN STATE ROAD SUITE, WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, 19428
Phone
6103971844
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
WWW.WWSMITHCHARITABLETRUST.ORG
Submission deadline
WWW.WWSMITHCHARITABLETRUST.ORG
Restrictions on awards
WWW.WWSMITHCHARITABLETRUST.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523179349103902. 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 researchbasicscholarships

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 237 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducPA$223,000SCHOLARSHIPS
2Drexel UniversityPA$200,000SCHOLARSHIPS
3West Chester University FoundationPA$163,000SCHOLARSHIPS
4Rowan University Foundation IncNJ$155,000SCHOLARSHIPS
5Saint Joseph's UniversityPA$141,000SCHOLARSHIPS
6Villanova UniversityPA$138,000SCHOLARSHIPS
7Drexel UniversityPA$125,000HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
8Institute for Cancer ResearchPA$125,000CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
9Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$125,000HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
10Lankenau Institute for Medical ResearchPA$125,000CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
11The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPA$125,000HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
12Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA$125,000HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
13Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPA$125,000HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
14Wistar Institute of Anatomy & BiologyPA$125,000AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH
15Thomas Jefferson UniversityPA$124,931CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201$8.4M
20211$9.7M
20221$10.1M
20231$8.2M
2024237$11.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Pennsylvania92%
New Jersey6%
Maryland1%
Rhode Island0%
Massachusetts0%

Who decides

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

Deborah MckennaCO-TRUSTEE · 2024
Wells Fargo Bank NaCO-TRUSTEE · 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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