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W W Smith Charitable Trust at a glance

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W W Smith Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
251
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$223k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$20MHuman Services$5.6MHealth$4.5MHousing & Shelter$2.6MFood & Nutrition$2.3MYouth Development$874kArts & Culture$775kCommunity Improvement$293kOther$0
02FY2025 · 251 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k166 grants · $4.6M
  • $50k–250k81 grants · $7.4M
$35,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$243M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUC$223,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$200,000
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$163,000
ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$155,000
SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY$141,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$138,000
WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGY$125,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$125,000
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$125,000
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$125,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$125,000
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$125,000
WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGY$125,000
LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH$125,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$125,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $35k → 8%CHRIST'S HOME: $40k → 6%TURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $50k → 22%CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $50k → 12%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CARE & PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $25k → 6%DRUEDING CENTER: $33k → 22%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $40k → 6%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $50k → 7%URBANPROMISE MINISTRIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $20k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $45k → 7%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $30k → 12%BRIDGE ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $31k → 6%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $40k → 10%YWCA TRI-COUNTY AREA: $30k → 7%CHESTER COUNTY CONNECT CARE: $20k → 6%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $50k → 7%PROJECT HOME: $40k → 22%UPPER MERION AREA COMMUNITY CUPBOARD: $16k → 7%PHILADELPHIA CORPORATION FOR AGING: $30k → 22%PREPARED TO THRIVE: $20k → 6%GARDEN OF HEALTH: $35k → 7%GOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $40k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $25k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $25k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $50k → 7%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $20k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $37k → 6%MATTIE N DIXON COMM CUPBOARD INC: $45k → 7%MEALS ON WHEELS OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $20k → 6%GREATER HARLEYSVILLE AND NORTH PENN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 7%ONE HOUSE AT A TIME: $40k → 7%EDUCATION CULTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION: $30k → 22%SUNDAY LOVE PROJECT: $30k → 22%OXFORD AREA NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES CENTER INC: $20k → 6%EDUCATION CULTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION: $25k → 22%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $35k → 6%OLD PINE COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 22%FACE TO FACE: $35k → 22%CENTER IN THE PARK INC: $25k → 22%WHOSOEVER GOSPEL MISSION AND RESCUE HOME ASSO OF GERMANTOWN: $25k → 22%CENTER IN THE PARK INC: $25k → 22%NORTHERN CHILDRENS SERVICES: $40k → 22%NORTH LIGHT COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 22%KITHS INTEGRATED AND TARGETED HUMAN SERVICES: $18k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $65k → 22%WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $40k → 22%WOMEN IN TRANSITION INC: $25k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33M · 172 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

172 repeat relationships: 142 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 56 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

172
61

Total granted

$33M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+1%

Still filing today

98%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +18%
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    4× · 2021–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +17%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • WC
    West Chester University Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $162k
  • LI
    Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
    one grant, 2022 · $125k
  • TM
    THE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $120k · revenue +16%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
2
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh

Catholic charities serves to not only meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable within our communities but to provide solutions that embrace a path to stability for those we are privileged to serve. catholic charities is the primary…

Human Services
3
Urban Affairs Coalition

Driving change from the ground up, the urban affairs coalition (uac) unites government, business, neighborhoods, and individual initiatives to improve the quality of life in the region, build wealth in urban communities, and solve emerging…

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4
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
5
Pennsylvania Community Real Estate Corp

None

Housing & Shelter
6
Mercy Life Center Corporation

We, pittsburgh mercy health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy life center is a member of pittsburgh mercy health system…

Health
7
Public Health Management Corporation

Public health management corporation (phmc) is a nonprofit public health institute that creates and sustains healthier communities. phmc uses best practices to improve community health through direct service, partnership, innovation,…

Health
8
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
9
Chartiers Center

Chartiers believes each individual, regardless of economic status, has a right to achieve his/her highest potential and become a self-sufficient and full participating member of the community.

Human Services
10
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Allentown Inc

Catholic charities, diocese of allentown serves as a living expression of christ's love by providing compassionate, professional services, advocacy, and hope to individuals, families, and communities, regardless of faith while respecting…

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11
The Green Home

Skilled nursing facility.

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12
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery

See schedule o.power's mission is to help women reclaim their lives from addiction and related emotional health issues and improve the well-being of future generations. we provide a range of gender-responsive, trauma-informed drug and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of Pennsylvania; the most unlike its peers is NORTH10 Philadelphia. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

271 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 271 of the 291 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
44
Early backer (in before they grew)
268/271
Grantees still filing
173/271
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $2,309,945 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,660,312 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $1,410,900 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Ed…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,174,931 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $865,884 · EducationROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $863,858 · EducationSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $788,964 · Education+36 more: $10,097,385 · Education+36 morePENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND: $759,035 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE U…LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $457,556 · OtherLANKENAU INSTITUTE F…UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES IN PHILADELPHIA: $398,213 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF THE SC…DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $363,000 · OtherDELAWARE VALLEY UNIV…PEIRCE COLLEGE: $264,200 · OtherIndependence Seaport Museum: $250,000 · Other+49 more: $4,043,399 · Other+49 moreBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $215,000 · Human ServicesMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $159,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN AGAINST ABUSE INC: $155,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $150,000 · Human Services+47 more: $3,754,463 · Human Services+47 moreTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $1,250,000 · HealthTHE WISTAR…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $620,300 · HealthTHE CHILDR…The Institute For Cancer Research: $374,557 · HealthThe Instit…MAGEE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $175,000 · HealthTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $120,266 · HealthVIRTUA HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $120,000 · HealthKELLY ANNE DOLAN MEMORIAL FUND: $115,000 · Health+8 more: $554,475 · Health+8 moreMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $160,000 · Food & NutritionCARING FOR FRIENDS: $144,731 · Food & NutritionWEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD: $130,000 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $105,000 · Food & NutritionSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $100,000 · Food & NutritionMONTCO ANTI-HUNGER NETWORK: $99,908 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD TRUST: $90,000 · Food & NutritionSHARING EXCESS: $80,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $80,000 · Food & NutritionCAMPHILL VILLAGE KIMBERTON HILLS INC: $79,986 · Food & NutritionPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $70,000 · Food & NutritionDAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $60,000 · Food & NutritionPENNYPACK FARM & EDUCATION CENTER: $50,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $39,145 · Food & NutritionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PHILADELPHIA INC: $160,000 · Housing & ShelterUTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND: $130,000 · Housing & ShelterENERGY COORDINATING AGENCY OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterSAINT JOSEPHS CARPENTER SOCIETY: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterGOOD WORKS INC: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterACHIEVEABILITY: $80,000 · Housing & ShelterXIENTE: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterBETHESDA PROJECT: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterHabitat For Humanity of Bucks County Inc: $60,000 · Housing & ShelterPATHWAYS TO HOUSING - PA: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterDEPAUL USA INC: $43,000 · Housing & ShelterWOMEN'S COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT: $40,000 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE PARKESBURG POINT: $128,000 · Youth DevelopmentLUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentFEDERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PHILADELPHIA PROJECT GARCIA: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Common Place Inc: $54,063 · Youth DevelopmentNORTH10 PHILADELPHIA: $35,000 · Youth Development
Education$19,172,179Other$6,535,403Human Services$4,433,463Health$3,329,598Food & Nutrition$1,288,770Housing & Shelter$1,103,000Youth Development$607,063

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $2,309,945 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,660,312 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $1,410,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $1,250,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $1,174,931 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $865,884 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $863,858 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $788,964 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $620,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $511,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $506,375 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $502,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetLANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $457,556 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetURSINUS COLLEGE: $445,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $441,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $409,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES IN PHILADELPHIA: $398,213 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $390,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Institute For Cancer Research: $374,557 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY: $371,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITY: $366,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $363,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEUMANN UNIVERSITY: $354,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $353,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $336,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $334,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $327,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE: $323,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES: $319,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIMMACULATA UNIVERSITY: $305,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHARCUM COLLEGE: $300,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $297,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCAIRN UNIVERSITY: $290,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: $276,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEIRCE COLLEGE: $264,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $258,610 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCABRINI LEGACY CORPORATION: $254,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIndependence Seaport Museum: $250,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $249,400 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $215,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetMANOR COLLEGE: $212,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetURBANPROMISE MINISTRIES: $210,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $202,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $202,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetTHE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION: $181,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetMAGEE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $167,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PHILADELPHIA INC: $160,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budget
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.

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 Foun…The Leo and Peggy Pie…The Gordon Charter Fo…Connelly FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Wsfs Cares FoundationLindback Cr & Mf Foun…Genuardi Family Found…PhilabundanceThe William Penn Foun…Beatty Helen D Groome…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA186.2× affinity158 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Genuardi Family Foundation · Philabundance · The William Penn Foundation · Beatty Helen D Groome Uw

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization W W Smith Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W W Smith Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Center for Family Services: 73% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rowan University Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
66report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to W W Smith Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 291 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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