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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 22-3850789

Robert and Dana Smith Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Newton, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $1.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Robert and Dana Smith Charitable Fo
Three Newton Executive Park Suite, 304
Newton, MA 02462
(617) 630-2400
Form and materials
Written form indicating amounts requested and projected use.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Charitable purposes under i.r.c. Section 501(c)(3)

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,309,158

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,838,341

  • Tax year 2023

    $677,800

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,349,739

  • Tax year 2022

    $930,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,550,369

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,400,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,748,012

  • Tax year 2020

    $940,964

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,331,619

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,130,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,978,311

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Boys and Girls Clubs of BostonBoston, MA

    General welfare

    $454,158
  2. Pan Massachusetts ChallengeNeedham, MA

    General welfare

    $350,000
  3. Boston Childrens HospitalBoston, MA

    Medical

    $250,000
  4. Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionMassachusetts, MA

    Educational

    $150,000
  5. Boston Medical Center CorporationBoston, MA

    Medical

    $100,000
  6. Southwest Montana Mountain Bike AssociationBozeman, MT

    General welfare

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Youth development1 grant $454,15856% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $350,00044% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts5 grants $1,304,158
  2. Montana1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Robert A SmithTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dana Weiss SmithTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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