Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC
THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,361 to it, the largest being BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($15,850). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $622k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Thomas E Smith Foundation Inc does
Mission
The thomas e. Smith foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to better the lives of those affected by and living with paralysis through financial and emotional support, as well as supporting preventive innovations that decrease the risk of spinal cord injuries.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The thomas e. Smith foundation maintains its stronger together program, which supports individuals and families affected by and living with paralysis. In 2025, this program distributed $313,242 in grants for various expenses not covered by insurance, such as: physical therapy, home modifications, nursing care, equipment, and research.
$551,326 spentof which $313,242 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $551,326.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sarah Merrefield
Executive director/COO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $6k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 44% · 2019 44% · 2020 99% · 2021 37% · 2022 40% · 2023 52% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Thomas E Smith Fight to Cure Paralysis Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC?
- THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,361 to it, the largest being BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($15,850). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $58,361 in grants to THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC?
- BOSTON SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THOMAS E SMITH FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing