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The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$666k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
60
Grants FY2025
56
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
56 to 66
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$8.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving60$666k5%
FY202456$600k7%
FY202361$566k8%
FY202257$572k4%
FY202157$598k5%
FY202057$504k5%
FY201963$546k10%
FY201866$586k11%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.0MEducation$979kHealth$540kHousing & Shelter$503kFood & Nutrition$354kEmployment$317kScience & Tech$290kArts & Culture$280kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bethesda Project$116,60090%
The Care Center Foundation$110,655918%
Cityteam Ministries$105,10090%
Musicopia Inc$103,85591%
The Arc of Chester County$101,70090%
Wagner Free Institute of Science$101,25091%
Good Works Inc$101,00091%
West Chester Area Senior Center$100,63092%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$97,50090%
Chester County Futures Inc$96,00092%
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All grantees of The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bethesda Project$116,60090%
The Care Center Foundation$110,655918%
Cityteam Ministries$105,10090%
Musicopia Inc$103,85591%
The Arc of Chester County$101,70090%
Wagner Free Institute of Science$101,25091%
Good Works Inc$101,00091%
West Chester Area Senior Center$100,63092%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$97,50090%
Chester County Futures Inc$96,00092%
The City School$95,95580%
Surrey Services for Seniors Inc$95,00090%
Achieveability$94,45581%
Mercy Vocational High School Sisters of Mercy$94,0009n/a
Entrepreneur Works Fund$94,00092%
Baker Industries Inc$94,00091%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$92,20090%
Net Treatment Services Inc$92,00090%
Williamson College of the Trades$92,00090%
Trellis for Tomorrow$90,85592%
Support Center for Child Advocates$90,00090%
The Food Trust$90,00090%
Travis Manion Foundation$88,95580%
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf$88,50080%
Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc$86,00090%
Meals on Wheels of Central Bucks Co$80,355910%
Melmark Inc$80,00090%
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge$78,10571%
Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow$76,00081%
Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council$75,20070%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$74,50080%
Handi-Crafters Inc$74,00070%
Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia$72,00070%
Heights Philadelphia$70,00070%
Phoenixville Free Clinic$69,00081%
Senior Community Services Inc$67,50080%
Tech Impact$64,50080%
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services$64,50077%
The Camphill School Inc$56,00050%
Family Service of Chester County$52,00070%
Washington Crossing Foundation$50,00093%
West Chester University Foundation$50,00080%
Community Volunteers in Medicine$49,00050%
Drexel University$42,00050%
Villanova University$42,00060%
Philabundance$40,00040%
Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley$39,00052%
The Franklin Institute$35,00030%
Squashsmarts Inc$29,00031%
Face to Face Inc$27,00030%
Starfinder Foundation$26,00051%
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Inc$20,00020%
Caring for Friends$20,00020%
Philadelphia Montessori Charter School$19,00020%
The Center for Autism$18,00020%
Mighty Writers$18,00020%
Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund$17,50021%
Summer Search$17,50040%
Final Farewell$16,0002n/a
Integrate for Good Inc$15,00022%
Men's Center for Growth & Change$15,000211%
Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Centers Inc$15,00021%
Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory$10,0001n/a
Senior Adult Activity Center of the Phoenixville Area$10,00021%
Joni and Friends$9,70030%
Jevs Human Services$5,00010%
Play on Philly$5,00010%
First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry$4,5001n/a
Hosts for Hospitals$3,60012%
West Chester Food Cupboard$2,50010%
The Concept School$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBethesda Project: $116,600 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetThe Care Center Foundation: $110,655 over 9y, 18% of budgetCityteam Ministries: $105,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMusicopia Inc: $103,855 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetThe Arc of Chester County: $101,700 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWagner Free Institute of Science: $101,250 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetGood Works Inc: $101,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetWest Chester Area Senior Center: $100,630 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $97,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetChester County Futures Inc: $96,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetThe City School: $95,955 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSurrey Services for Seniors Inc: $95,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAchieveability: $94,455 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetEntrepreneur Works Fund: $94,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetBaker Industries Inc: $94,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: $92,200 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNet Treatment Services Inc: $92,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWilliamson College of the Trades: $92,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTrellis for Tomorrow: $90,855 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $90,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetThe Food Trust: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $88,955 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPennsylvania School for the Deaf: $88,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Multi-Service Center Inc: $86,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Central Bucks Co: $80,355 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetMelmark Inc: $80,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFreedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: $78,105 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetPennsylvania Home of the Sparrow: $76,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Chester County Council: $75,200 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $74,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHandi-Crafters Inc: $74,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $72,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHeights Philadelphia: $70,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPhoenixville Free Clinic: $69,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSenior Community Services Inc: $67,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTech Impact: $64,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEsperanza Immigration Legal Services: $64,500 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetThe Camphill School Inc: $56,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Service of Chester County: $52,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Crossing Foundation: $50,000 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetWest Chester University Foundation: $50,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Volunteers in Medicine: $49,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDrexel University: $42,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVillanova University: $42,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley: $39,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetThe Franklin Institute: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSquashsmarts Inc: $29,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 67.

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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.

The Philadelphia FoundationPA65.1× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Connelly Foundation · Chester County Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Independence Foundation · United Way of Chester County Inc · Sanders Caroline J S Td No 2 · Td Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation

How much does The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation give?
The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $666,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Education (19%), Health (10%).
Who are The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bethesda Project ($117k), The Care Center Foundation ($111k), Cityteam Ministries ($105k).
Does The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Gordon Charter Foundation, W W Smith Charitable Trust.
Where is The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation based?
The Smith Foundation Aka the Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 97 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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