· Private foundation
Harold Tn Smith Memorial Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k25 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SALEM ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| COAST GUARD FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP | $10,000 |
| Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,400 |
| LIFE BRIDGE | $5,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SALEM | $5,000 |
| BUSTER BRUSH OLD GLORY | $3,500 |
| LEAP FOR EDUCATION | $2,500 |
| COMMUNITY SUPPER HOLIDAY DINNERS | $2,500 |
| HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES | $2,500 |
| HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS | $2,500 |
| CAMP SUNSHINE | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| NEW ENGLAND SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETS | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS FOREVER | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +101%
YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +121%
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALEM INC3× · 2019–2021 · $18k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- NSNORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER COVID RESPONSEone grant, 2020 · $10k
- RCROTARY CLUBone grant, 2018 · $7k
- TMTUFTS MEDICAL CENTERone grant, 2018 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
To advance an economically just region where prosperity is shared across race and ethnicity.
We seek to facilitate a just energy transition by putting black and brown communities first, and enabling systems change at the intersection of social, environmental, and economic justice. we are powering a just energy transition in the…
Our mission is to always welcome and connect young people and families to opportunities that embrace diversity, nurture growth, and inspire success.
Boys & girls clubs of boston (bgcb) stands as a transformative force in boston and chelsea, where high expectations unlock greatness. we believe that every young person who walks through our doors carries limitless potential. through our…
Teach of bangladesh is an exempt organization to support its counter part teach of bangladesh in bangladesh to launch a movemewnt of capable, committed and compassionate leaders in bangladesh who share an understanding of inequity and are…
Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…
The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…
Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…
The mission of children's friend and service (the organization) is to be the innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of rhode island's most vulnerable young children. they accomplish this by providing flexible…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 90 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALEM INC ↗
- Who funds PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds LEAP for Education Inc ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN M OGRADY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WINDRUSH FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUITATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC ↗
- Who funds FLYING KITES INC ↗
- Who funds PATHWAYS FOR CHILDRENINC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · People's United Community Foundation of Eastern Massachusetts Inc · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Rogers Family Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harold Tn Smith Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold Tn Smith Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pathways for Childreninc: 86% of income from government
- Plummer Youth Promise Inc: 64% of income from government
- The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
- Leap for Education Inc: 9% of income from government
- Ymca of the North Shore Inc: 6% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem Inc: 4% of income from government
- Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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